Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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_____
are used to measure the amount of information a device can store
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Every
character on the keyboard is represented by _____ of information a. | one bit | c. | eight bytes | b. | one byte | d. | none of these | | | | |
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A byte
consists of _____ a. | eight bits | c. | one or more bits | b. | seven bits | d. | one thousand bits | | | | |
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A ____
is the smallest amount of information that a computer can process a. | byte | c. | kilobit | b. | bit | d. | kilobyte | | | | |
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A
_____ is equal to 1024 bytes of information a. | megabyte | c. | gigabyte | b. | kilobyte | d. | terabyte | | | | |
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A
megabyte is equal to about _____ of information a. | 1,000 bytes | c. | 1,000,000 bytes | b. | 1,000 bits | d. | 100,000,000 bytes | | | | |
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The
device into which all other computer devices are attached is called a. | the CPU | c. | the hard disk controller | b. | the motherboard | d. | the pci slot | | | | |
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The
path through which electricity travels inside a computer is called the a. | bus | c. | pci path | b. | agp path | d. | cpu path | | | | |
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SIMM's
and DIMM's are examples of a. | CPU's | c. | computer types | b. | RAM | d. | IO ports | | | | |
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Sets
of instructions to the computer are called a. | user responses | c. | programs | b. | key words | d. | ASCII codes | | | | |
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What
is the most common input device? a. | keyboard | c. | IBM PC | b. | monitor | d. | macintosh | | | | |
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All of
the following are pointing devices except a. | a mouse | c. | a joy stick | b. | a digitizer | d. | a hand scanner | | | | |
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Which
of the following devices converts light into pictures? a. | scanners | c. | OCR software | b. | laser printers | d. | Microsoft Power Point | | | | |
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What
type of software converts images into ASCII text that can be used in word processing programs, such
as MS Word? a. | ASCII
code | c. | CCD | b. | OCR | d. | scanner software | | | | |
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Sound
is stored in the computer and on disk in the form of a. | analog files | c. | ASCII files | b. | wave files | d. | avi files | | | | |
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LCD
stands for a. | liguid color
display | c. | limited color
display | b. | liquid crystal
display | d. | limited color
digitizing | | | | |
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Images
are displayed on the screen using patterns of lighted dots called _____ . a. | screen dots | c. | pics | b. | monochrom elements | d. | pixels | | | | |
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_____
refers to how close dots are to each other on the screen. a. | dot space | c. | dot matrix | b. | dot pitch | d. | dot resolution | | | | |
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All of
the printer types below are non-impact printers except _____ . a. | thermal | c. | dot matrix | b. | inkjet | d. | laser | | | | |
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Which
type of storage is not a form of magnetic storage? a. | CD ROM | c. | Hard Drives | b. | Floppy Disk | d. | Zip Disks | | | | |
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Formatting orgaizes a disk into a. | tracks | c. | cylinders | b. | sectors | d. | all of these | | | | |
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The
directory that keeps track of the location of files on a disk is called a. | the file association table | c. | the file allocation table | b. | ASCII table | d. | disk operating system | | | | |
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Hard
drives have _______ platter/s and read write head/s.
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A/An
_____ network is a group of connected computers that allow people to share a. | information only | c. | information and equipment | b. | equipment only | d. | information but not equipment | | | | |
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A
_____ is a network that connects computers within a small geographic area, such as a
building
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The
graphic above depicts a
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_____
refers to physically carrying information from one computer to another to exchange information.
a. | by-passing | c. | sneaker-net | b. | body-net | d. | carrier-net | | | | |
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_____
allows you to have face-to-face conversations with other people on a network, whether they are around
the corner or on the other side of the country. a. | email | c. | usergroups | b. | Video conferencing | d. | v-lans | | | | |
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Network traffic is the information that travels through a network. When there is a lot
of network traffic, information travels _____ through the network.
a. | indirectly | c. | faster | b. | directly | d. | more slowly | | | | |
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A is a
device that provides a central location where all the cables on a network come
together a. | hub
| c. | network interface card | b. | NIC | d. | server | | | | |
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A _____ is a device that physically connects each computer to a network. It
controls the flow of information between the network and the computer. a. | server | c. | workstation | b. | network interface card | d. | hub | | | | |
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In a
peer to peer network each computer stores their own files but they cannot share files they way you
can with a client-server network.
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The
most popular type of network in use is called a. | token ring | c. | ethernet | b. | ATM | d. | IP | | | | |
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You
can set-up a network that works like the internet but only operates inside a school or district. This
type of network is called _____ a. | a server based LAN | c. | a server based WAN | b. | an internet | d. | an intranet | | | | |
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A web
site that operates only within a school or school district is called a. | an internet | c. | a WAN | b. | a LAN | d. | an intranet | | | | |
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