Chapter 3 Sample Questions

Parker has an Android smartphone, Which type of processor is used in his mobile device?

ARM

A ___ is a climate and access controlled that houses the computer hardware that delivers an organizations's data and information systems

Data Center

___ is a program concerned with the efficient and environmentally responsible design, manufacture, operation, and disposal of IS-related products

Green Computing

A __ is a computer employed by many users to perform a specific task, such as running network or Internet applications

Server

Pintrest, a visual booking Website, logs more than 14 terabytes of new data each day, which means its storage needs are constantly changing. As a result, pintrest has turned to Amazon for

Storage as a service

___ are the most powerful computers

Supercomputers

_____ are used to support engineering and technical users who perform heavy mathematical computing, computer-assisted design (CAD), video editing, and other applications requiring a high-end processor.

Workstations

The process of converting human readable data into machine readable form is called

data entry

The component of a computer that provides the CPU with a working storage area for program instructions and data is called the

main memory

Helen is 72 years old, a new computer, arthritis, so she should get a

nettop

A type of memory where contents are not lost if the power is turned off

nonvolatile

CPU clock speed is the _______________ at a predetermined rate.

number of electronic pulsesctreated

Completing an instruction involves two phases- instruction and execution- which are each broken down into two steps for a total of four steps. Which of the following are NOT one of the four steps

process data

A _____ is a low cost centrally managed computer with no internal or external attached drives for data storage with limited capabilities

thin client