Review for Test 2

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Review for Test 2

• Chapter 2 3

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The 1s and 0s that a digital device works with
are referred to as ____ digits.

• Character data
• Numeric Data
• Binary Numbers
• ASCII

3
The speed specifications that you see in a
computer ad indicate the speed of the
microprocessor ____.

• Control Unit
• Register
• RAM
• Clock

4
Intels budget processor is called the ____.

• Athalon
• Pentium
• Celeron
• Titanium

5
C, Java, COBOL, and Visual Basic are ______
languages.

• High level
• Machine
• Microprocessor
• Foreign

6
Software ____ are companies that specialize in
packaging, marketing, and selling commercial
software.

• Marketers
• Produces
• Publishers
• Makers

7
The ____ operating system was developed in 1969
at ATT's Bell Labs.

• Windows
• Mac OS X
• Linux
• Unix

8
____ means a billion cycles per second.

• Gigahertz
• Megahertz
• Exahertz
• Kilohertz

9
Hard disk and tape storage technologies can be
classified as ____ storage.

• Optical
• Magnetic
• Slow
• Volatile

10
____ access is the ability of a device to "jump"
directly to the requested data.

• Random
• Volatile
• Directed
• Sequential

11
Which of the following is considered to be
optical storage?

• Floppy Disk
• DVD
• RAM
• Tape

12
DPI is a measurement of quality for what?

• Monitor
• Printer
• Hard drive
• Memory

13
CRT stands for

• Common RAM techonolgy
• Computer read technology
• Cathode ray tube
• Computer ROM tube

14
The program that starts the computer is called
the

• Operating system
• Bootstrap
• DOS
• GUI

15
The two parts of the processor are the ____ the
_______.

• Control Unit, ALU
• ALU, RAM
• RAM, Virtual Memory
• ALU, registers

16
A computer with fewer instructions on the ROM
chip is considered to be

• RISC
• CISC
• TISC
• TASC

17
All of the following increase processing speed
except

• Parallel processing
• Pipelining
• Serial Processing
• All of the above increase processing

18
Software built for a certain type of business is
called

• Horizontal market software
• Flat market software
• Vertical market software
• Specialized market software

19
Microsoft Office is an example of a(n)

• Spreadsheet Program
• Vertical Market Program
• Software Suite
• Operating System

20
All of the following are examples of application
software except

• Powerpoint
• Internet Explorer
• Instant Messenger
• Windows XP

21
Which of the following is best suited for
answering what-if questions?

• Word
• Excel
• Powerpoint
• Outlook

22
All of the data about one entity in a database is
entered into a _____.

• Field
• File
• Disk Space
• Record

23
Which software program would you use to create
blueprints and product specifications?

• CAD
• CD Ripper
• MIDI
• Database

24
Accounting software is a good example of

• Vertical market software
• Horizontal market software
• Software suite
• Networking Software

25
A programmer uses a _____ to prepare instructions
into a format the computer can read.

• Object coder
• Suite
• Transformer
• Compiler

26
RAM is considered to be

• Magnetic Memory
• Volatile Memory
• Non-volatile Memory
• Permanent

27
_____ is the rate that the computer redraws the
screen.

• Plasma Rate
• Refresh Rate
• Redraw Rate
• Flicker Rate

28
A printer that spits ink onto the paper through
small nozzles is

• Ink jet
• Laser jet
• Dot matrix
• Thermal Transfer

29
Which of the following optical media stores the
most data?

• CD-R
• CD-ROM
• DVD-ROM
• CD-RW

30
Tape drives read data through

• Random access
• Sequential access
• Straight Access
• Limted Access

31
Character data can be represented in all of the
following except

• ASCII
• Unicode
• EBCIDIC
• PORTI

32
The chip that stores your computer configuration
and requires a small battery is

• ROM
• RAM
• CMOS
• DOS

33
ROMs function is

• Tell the computer where the hard drive is during
  booting
• Remember computers name on the network
• Control configuration files
• Temporarily store instructions for the ALU

34
All of the following are volatile memory storage
devices except

• RAM
• Registers
• CMOS
• ROM

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Higher disk ____ allows for increased storage.

• Quality
• Density
• Allocation
• Volatility

36
_______time is the average time the computer
takes in locating the media and reading it.

• Access time
• Read time
• Focus time
• Refresh time

37
Generally, which of the following is the least
expensive monitor type?

• CRT
• LCD
• Plasma
• Theyre all about the same

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SVGA and XGA are examples of

• Print quality
• Monitor resolutions
• Expansion cards
• Vertical market software

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A GUI interface

• Allows you to manipulate icons and files in a
  graphical environment
• Requires the user to memorize commands
• Was first developed by Microsoft in ATT labs in
  the 1960s
• Is another name for the surface of a magnetic
  disk

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If plug and play doesnt work, youll need to
install a ____ to get your peripheral to work.

• Operating System
• BIOS software
• Device driver
• Helper file

41
Magnetic storage can be endangered by

• Dust
• Magnets
• Heat
• All of the above

42
ALU stands for

• Arithmetic Learning Unit
• Arithmetic Linking Unit
• Arithmetic Logic Unit
• Arithmetic Load Unit

43
The light data areas on a CD or DVD are called

• Lands
• Pits
• Scratches
• Cells

44
All of the following are magnetic storage devices
except

• Floppy disk
• Hard drive
• Zip Disk
• Compact Flash Card

45
Tests run to test the overall speed of a
processor are called

• Comparison matches
• Benchmarks
• Quality Control
• Prototyping

46
RAM is generally measured in

• Kilobytes
• Megabytes
• Exabytes
• Megabits

47
A file that runs when you click on it is
generally called a(n)

• Operating system
• Office suite
• Executable file
• Compressed file

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The compiled code that the computer understands
is called

• Source Code
• Object Code
• Secret Code
• Machine Code

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The operating system is responsible for

• Booting the computer
• Storing records in databases
• Providing the user interface
• Keeping the time when the computer is turned off.