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Mark the correct answer on your scantron sheet for each of the following questions. | |
|Firewire |a. can move data between devices |b. allows multiple devices to be |c. is a high speed connection |d. all of the above |
| |at 900 or more megabits per |connected to the same port and to |standard developed by Seagate. | |
| |second. |be hot swapped. | | |
|Which of the following is true about the law according to the 1980 U.S. |a. It is legal to make an extra |b. It is illegal to copy the |c. If you give away or sell the |d. All of the above |
|Copyright Act? |copy of the software in case the |software from the distribution |software, you can legally keep one| |
| |copy you are using becomes |disks to the hard drive of your |copy. | |
| |damaged. |computer. | | |
|__________ usually includes a license that allows you to use the software for|a. Trial software |b. Shareware |c. Freeware |d. Application software |
|a trial period. | | | | |
|A __________ extension tells you that the file contains graphical data and |a. .grp |b. .pic |c. .wav |d. .bmp |
|that you could open it using almost any graphics software. | | | | |
|When the computer is on, the central processing unit performs instructions |a. ROM BIOS |b. CMOS |c. RAM BIOS |d. virtual memory |
|specified by the ____ that search the disk drive for the main operating | | | | |
|system files a | | | | |
|LANs allow home users to A |a. share printers among different |b. share software among different |c. use any computers they want. |d. All of the above |
| |computers. |computers. | | |
|File __________ prevents a network from allowing two users to open and edit |a. hyperkeying |b. locking |c. dimensionality |d. resolution |
|the same data file simultaneously. B | | | | |
|Which of the following is a way to measure the size of the Internet? D |a. By measuring how many computers|b. By measuring how many people |c. By measuring how much data |d. All of the above |
| |are connected |use it |flows through it | |
|A(n) _______ is a handheld device that can combine computing, telephone/fax, |a. portable computer |b. laptop |c. PDA |d. RFI |
|and networking features. C | | | | |
|A ________ is a ring on a disk where data can be written. C |a. platter |b. sector |c. track |d. cylinder |
|___________ knits together the Internet and allows data to travel smoothly |a. HTTP |b. FTP |c. TCP/IP |d. URL |
|over the communications links provided by NSPs worldwide. C | | | | |
|A(n) __________ is a company that maintains an Internet host computer that |a. TCP |b. IP |c. NSP |d. ISP |
|provides Internet access to businesses, organizations, and individuals. D | | | | |
|An IP address can be a set of four numbers between 0 and D |a. 24. |b. 36. |c. 128. |d. 255. |
|A virus can D |a. disrupt computer operations. |b. display an irritating message. |c. corrupt data. |d. all of the above |
|After removing a virus from your fixed hard disk, you should also use your |a. scanners. |b. printers. |c. removable media. |d. all of the above |
|antivirus software to check your C | | | | |
|In the context of computers, __________ management is the process of weighing|a. virus |b. loss |c. threat |d. risk |
|threats to computer data against the amount of data that is expendable and | | | | |
|the cost of protecting crucial data. D | | | | |
|Which of the following is a biometric technology? A |a. Voice recognition |b. Inkjet printers |c. Desktop scanners |d. All of the above |
|The decimal number 50 is ___________ in binary. B |a. 101010 |b. 110010 |c. 111101 |d. 100001 |
|Many early microcomputers had only a(n) __________ word size. A |a. 8-bit |b. 56-bit |c. 128-bit |d. 256-bit |
|Which of the following are the most widely used character representation |a. EBCDIC and ANSI |b. EBCDIC and Unicode |c. ASCII and ANSI |d. EBCDIC and ASCII |
|codes? D | | | | |
|Frequency is the number of times per second that a wave cycle repeats or A |a. oscillates. |b. forms. |c. reverberates. |d. ripples. |
|One __________ is equal to one wave, or oscillation, per second. A |a. hertz |b. megabyte |c. gigabyte |d. megahertz |
|A communications __________ is a physical path or frequency for a signal |a. line |b. channel |c. bridge |d. band |
|transmission. B | | | | |
|The bandwidth of a(n) __________ signal is usually measured in bits per |a. digital |b. analog |c. serial |d. parallel |
|second. A | | | | |
|Computer modems typically use a(n) __________ protocol, in which one modem |a. asynchronous |b. synchronous |c. block |d. analog |
|transmits a start bit to indicate the beginning of the data. A | | | | |
|A ___________ is an example of half-duplex transmission. C |a. telephone |b. radio transmitter |c. CB radio |d. All of the above |
|A twisted-pair cable usually contains ___________ pairs of wires. C |a. two |b. three |c. four |d. six |
|An integrated circuit is a thin slice of silicon crystal packed with |a. indexers. |b. transistors. |c. compactors. |d. All of the above |
|microscopic circuit elements such as B | | | | |
|Support chips and the battery for a computer's real-time clock are typically |a. motherboard. |b. databoard. |c. circuit sheet. |d. expansion card. |
|soldered to the A | | | | |
|The binary representation of the decimal number 7 is __________. B |a. 110 |b. 111 |c. 1000 |d. 1001 |
|__________ is the data representation code used on most microcomputers, many |a. ASCII |b. Binary |c. EBCDIC |d. Tertiary |
|minicomputers, and some mainframe computers. A | | | | |
|__________ allows computers without sufficient amounts of real memory to run |a. ROM |b. RAM |c. Virtual memory |d. CMOS |
|large programs. C | | | | |
|Which of the following is a Pentium computer model? C |a. AMD |b. Intel |c. MMX |d. All of the above |
|The budget processor produced by Intel is called the A |a. Celeron. |b. K6. |c. Athlon. |d. Pentium. |
|A power __________ is an increase in power that lasts a few millionths of a |a. failure |b. surge |c. spike |d. All of the above |
|second. B | | | | |
|__________ defines how the letters and words are spaced across each line. |a. Word wrap |b. Columnation |c. Casing |d. Justification |
|D | | | | |
|Netscape Navigator is a popular Web C |a. interface. |b. Gopher. |c. browser. |d. ISP. |
|A mail merge requires a document that D |a. contains your mailing list. |b. contains a form letter. |c. accesses a database. |d. Both A and B |
|The formula __________ works behind the scenes to tell the computer to |a. =B5-B4 |b. =B4-B5 |c. =B4(B5) |d. =B5(B5) |
|subtract the number in cell B5 from the number in cell B4. B | | | | |
|A predefined __________ is known as a function. C |a. assignment |b. calculation |c. formula |d. spreadsheet |
|The SQL command word to find records is C |a. identify. |b. sort. |c. select. |d. locate. |
|A document __________ is a preformatted document into which you type your |a. template |b. shell |c. skeleton |d. wizard |
|text. A | | | | |
|Generally, you can layer __________ one on top of another to achieve complex |a. text |b. headers |c. footers |d. frames |
|layout effects. D | | | | |
|Before you can post a document on the Web, it must be converted into a |a. HTML. |b. Java. |c. JavaScript. |d. URL. |
|Web-compatible format, such as A | | | | |
|Excel formulas typically begin with a(n) __________ sign and include |a. minus |b. equal |c. plus |d. dollar |
|references to other cells. B | | | | |
|Most spreadsheet software includes hundreds of functions for __________ |a. logistical |b. diametrical |c. statistical |d. All of the above |
|calculations. C | | | | |
|A ___________ plans an entire information system. B |a. programmer |b. systems analyst |c. database administrator |d. systems administrator |
|__________ execution is the normal pattern of program execution. D |a. Repetition |b. Control |c. Functional |d. Sequential |
|__________ structures are instructions that specify the sequence in which a |a. Execution |b. Repetition |c. Control |d. Subroutine |
|program is executed. C | | | | |
|A domain name ends with a three-letter extension that indicates its ____ |a. top-level |b. extensor |c. commercial |d. governmental |
|domain. A | | | | |
|____________________ is a form of algebra, in which all values are reduced to|a. Boole Logic |b. MS Logic |c. Binary Logic |d. Boolean Logic |
|either true or false. It is especially important for computer science | | | | |
|because it fits nicely with the binary numbering system, in which each bit | | | | |
|has a value of either 1 or 0. D | | | | |
|Using the Google search engine, what phrase would you need to search by to |a. Bass +music |b. Bass or music |c. Bass –music |d. Bass *music* |
|find web pages about "bass" that do not contain the word "music"? C | | | | |
|A(n) __________ control structure repeats one or more instructions until a |a. sequence |b. conditional |c. repetition |d. order |
|certain condition is met. C | | | | |
|__________ errors can be caused by an inadequate definition of the problem or|a. Syntax |b. Run-time |c. Documentation |d. Logic |
|by an incorrect or incomplete solution specified by a flowchart or | | | | |
|pseudocode. D | | | | |
|__________ is external to a program and contains information about the |a. Pseudocode |b. Written documentation |c. A remark |d. A manual line |
|program that is useful to programmers and the people who use the program. B| | | | |
|The commands that you write in a high-level language are referred to as |a. object |b. language |c. operational |d. source |
|__________ code. D | | | | |
|A(n) __________ language is based on an approach to programming that uses |a. object-oriented |b. compiled |c. interpreted |d. entity-based |
|entities that a program can manipulate. A | | | | |
|A(n) __________ language helps programmers easily create programs that |a. GUI |b. button-based |c. event-driven |d. procedural |
|constantly check for, and respond to, a set of events. C | | | | |
|In the Macintosh file system, a list of all files on a given volume is known |a. disk directory. |b. finder. |c. directory service processor. |d. catalog b-tree. |
|as a D | | | | |
|Mircosoft Access is a |a. a database program. |b. a network management |c. is a browser. |d. none of the above. |
| | |application. | | |
|Software D |a. sets up a computer to do a |b. tells the computer how to |c. specifies how to process the |d. All of the above |
| |particular task. |interact with the user. |user's data. | |
|__________ are the fastest and most expensive type of computer. B |a. Mainframes |b. Supercomputers |c. Maxicomputers |d. Ultracomputers |
|__________ specifies the sequence and punctuation for command words and |a. Syntax |b. Control |c. Grammar |d. Diction |
|parameters. A | | | | |
|A software __________ may extend the rights given to you by copyright laws. |a. trademark |b. license |c. warranty |d. copyright extensor |
|B | | | | |
|__________ software is owned by the public rather than by the author. A |a. Public domain |b. Shareware |c. System |d. Application |
|When you create a file, you must provide it with a valid filename that |a. conventions. |b. policies. |c. procedures. |d. syntax. |
|adheres to specific rules, referred to as file naming A | | | | |
|Which of the following is a storage device? B |a. CPU drive |b. Zip drive |c. DEX drive |d. All of the above |
|A __________ mechanism in a disk drive reads and writes the magnetized |a. magnetizer |b. particle manager |c. read-write head |d. scribe |
|particles that represent data. C | | | | |
|When you store a file on a disk, Windows records the cluster number that |a. subdirectory. |b. FAT. |c. cluster manager. |d. sector manager. |
|contains the beginning of the file in a B | | | | |
|To regain peak performance on a drive, you can use a __________ utility to |a. defragmentation |b. contiguous |c. undelete |d. disk management |
|rearrange the files on a disk so that they are stored in contiguous clusters.| | | | |
|A | | | | |
|A ___________ is 1,024 bytes, but this is often rounded to one thousand |a. megabyte |b. gigabyte |c. terabyte |d. kilobyte |
|bytes. D | | | | |
|Document ___ can help you with the content and format for a variety of |a. templates |b. wizards |c. themes |d. styles |
|documents, such as an entry-level resume. b | | | | |
|CD-RW disks and CD-RW drives use __________ technology to alter the crystal |a. multi-session |b. auto-archival |c. phase change |d. optical memory management |
|structure on the disk surface. C | | | | |
|A ______ language is a low-level language in binary code that the computer |a. syntactical |b. machine |c. scripting |d. device |
|can execute directly. b | | | | |
|A __________ is an integrated circuit that is a small circuit board |a. DIMM |b. DIP |c. PGA |d. SEC |
|containing several chips typically used for memory. A | | | | |
|Which of the following is a type of memory? B |a. Reality |b. CMOS |c. Maximized |d. All of the above |
|__________ is the study of the most efficient way to represent or encode |a. Linguistics |b. Information theory |c. Crypticism |d. All of the above |
|information. B | | | | |
|__________ is the general term used to describe the process of recoding data |a. Encoding |b. Rationing |c. Data compression . |d Run length encoding |
|so that it requires fewer bytes of storage space. C | | | | |
|The process of reversing data compression is sometimes referred to as |a. extracting |b. resizing |c. indexing |d. All of the above |
|__________ a file. A | | | | |
|Most of today's computer have a(n) __________ feature that helps you update |a. auto updating |b. quick add |c. auto setup |d. plug and play |
|CMOS if you install a new hard drive. D | | | | |
|CPU speed is influenced by B |a. clock size. |b. word size. |c. instruction set rate. |d. All of the above |
|When an instruction calls for data, the CPU first checks to see if the |a. RAM. |b. ROM. |c. ALU. |d. cache. |
|required data is in the D | | | | |
|__________ Mode is a limited version of Windows that allows you to use your |a. Safe |b. Integrity |c. Restore |d. Restricted |
|mouse, monitor, and keyboard, but no other peripheral devices. A | | | | |
|Inside the __________ unit, chips are housed on a circuit board called the |a. DIMM |b. data |c. system |d. soldered |
|motherboard. C | | | | |
|ROM contains a small set of instructions called the D |a. CMOS. |b. ALU. |c. CPU. |d. BIOS. |
|A ____ is a section of code that is part of a program, but is not included in|a. function |b. module |c. procedure |d. all of the above |
|the main sequential execution path. D | | | | |
|In a desktop computer, the sound card typically plugs into a(n) __________ |a. ISA |b. PCI |c. AGP |d. Both A and B |
|slot. D | | | | |
|The __________ was one of the first sound cards designed for PCs. B |a. Altec Lansing |b. Sound Blaster |c. Koss |d. Harmon/Kardon |
|A(n) __________ has a nozzle-like print head that sprays ink onto the paper |a. dot-matrix printer |b. scanner |c. ink-jet printer |d. laser printer |
|to form characters and graphics. C | | | | |
|To select a monitor, you should consider A |a. screen size. |b. dot matrix. |c. resolution. |d. All of the above |
|A hard disk drive typically uses a(n) _________ bay because it doesn’t |a. external |b. internal |c. superimposed |d. PCMCIA |
|require you to insert and remove disks. B | | | | |
|The term __________ device designates equipment that might be added to a |a. mounted |b. peripheral |c. modem |d. system-based |
|computer system to enhance its functionality. B | | | | |
|______________ is a set of rules for accessing databases and providing a |a. MFC |b. DNS |c. ODBC |d. RMDBS |
|standard doorway to database data. C | | | | |
|____________ is a designated portion of an IP address that is used to divide |a. Subnet mask |b. Subnet protocol |c. Packet mask |d. Octet |
|a network into smaller subnetworks as a way to manage traffic patterns, | | | | |
|enable security, and relieve congestion. A | | | | |
|An internal, automatically running program, usually in UNIX, that serves a |a. data fork. |b. daemon. |c. kerberos. |d. micro-switch. |
|particular function such as routing e-mail to recipients or supporting | | | | |
|dial-up connectivity is known as a B | | | | |
|A(n) ____________ is in the business of providing server space, Web services,|a. web host |b. ISP |c. dedicated server |d. gateway |
|and file maintenance for Web sites controlled by individuals or companies | | | | |
|that do not have their own Web servers. A | | | | |
|A(n) __________ cartridge is a popular chip package for many of today's most |a. DIMM |b. DIP |c. PGA |d. SEC |
|powerful processors. D | | | | |
|A(n) __________ is an integrated circuit that has two rows of connecting |a. DIMM |b. DIP |c. PGA |d. SEC |
|pins; once used for memory, it now contains specialized support circuitry. B | | | | |
|The backup of all data files that have been modified since the last |a. cumulative incremental backup. |b. full backup. |c. differential incremental |d. image backup. |
|incremental backup or archival backup is a(n) c | | |backup. | |
|What is the central module of an operating system? It is the part of the |a. a. Kernel |b. Core |c. Kerberos |d. Cache |
|operating system that loads first, and it remains in main memory. A | | | | |
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