Computers Midterm

So far, no more than two cores fit on a single processor chip True or False

False

A flash drive is used to _____ info Output Process Store Input

Store

_____ is a term that describes the tendency of technical devices to take on each other's functions Ubiquitous computing Technical singularity Technical Convergence Volatile Memory

Technical Convergence

In the early days of computing, software came from users, not companies T or F

True

Restarting your computer without turning it off is called a warm boot T or F

True

The hard disk in your computer rotates while heads read and write data to it True or False

True

The software program that controls the keyboard and interprets keystrokes is called a device driver True or False

True

Today's Macintosh computers can be set up to run Windows operating system True or False

True

Viruses and spyware can slow your computer by forcing it to run additional processes or corrupting system files True or False

True

Windows-based systems identify each driver by a unique letter True or False

True

The most common long-term storage medium is Your computer's RAM The flash drive your computer's internal hard drive the external hard drive

Your computer's internal hard drive

When the files on your computer are stored in a hierarchical file folder structure, the path to a particular file starts with the name of the ______ Folder where the file is stored File Drive where the file is stored Program used to create the file

Drive where the file is stored

Microsoft Office's database software is called Excel T or F

False

RAM is considered nonvolatile memory True False

False

The bits that make up a file on your computer must be stored together on the hard drive as a contiguous group T or F

False

The basic storage unit is the _____, which might contain a report, spreadsheet, picture, etc. Megabyte File Drive Pixel

File

Features such as payroll and general ledger are found in which type of professional application software? Financial Business processes Organizer Spreadsheet

Financial

This central connecting point between your computer's processors and its system devices has an affect on your computer's overall speed SDRAM USB port L1 cache Front side bus

Front side bus

______ software is software that allows you to create, edit, or manipulate images Contact management Graphics Web authoring Organizer

Graphics

The term "platform" is used to describe the combination of _____ used to run applications. Hardware architecture and software processors and peripherals RAM and ROM Memory and hard disk capacity

Hardware architecture and software

The speed of a processor is measured in Hertz (Hz) Megabytes (MB) Megabits per second (Mbps) Revolutions per minute (RPM)

Hertz (Hz)

Which of the following is an example of an optical disc drive? CD DVD Blue-Ray All of the above

All of the above

Which of the following could be considered an example of computer output? Sounds played through computer speakers A printed document Info viewed on a monitor All of the above

All of the above

During the computer's bot up sequence, the ______ checks devices such as the memory, monitor, keyboard, and disc drives RAM ROM BIOS CPU

BIOS

A gigabyte is approximately 1 _______ bytes Million Thousand Billion Trillion

Billion

What type of document would typically be printed on a plotter? memo blueprint photograph magazine

Blueprint

Problems or malfunctions in a software program are referred to as ______ Bogs Malware Worms Viruses

Bugs

Binary digits (bits) are assembled into 8-bit collections called Bytes megabytes Megabits Petaflops

Bytes

The ______ on a motherboard is a thin wafer made up of semiconducting material that processes a user's requests BIOS CPU DSIMM RAM

CPU

Starting your computer when the power is turned off is called a Cold boot Reboot Dark boot Warm boot

Cold boot

_______ involves the study of computer hardware and software systems and programming how devices interface with each other Information technology Software engineering Computer engineering Information systems

Computer engineering

People working in this field may design software, solve problems such as security threats, or come up with better ways of handling data storage Information technology Information Systems Computer science Software engineering

Computer science

_____ is what you put into your computer; _____ is what you get out of it Info; Data Info; output Data; Info Throughput; Output

Data; Info

Which type of application software is designed to help you manage large quantities of data? Database software Organizer software Presentation software Spreadsheet software

Database Software

Devices such as scanners are considered ______ devices Output Storage Input Processing

Input

The first commercially available mouse was sold with the Apple Macintosh in 1980 1984 1990 1992

1984

Which of the following best describes the device driver(s) needed to control the input and output devices used by your computer? A unique driver for each input and output device One driver for all devices Device drivers are no longer needed with today's operating systems One driver for input devices and one driver for output devices

A unique for each input and output device

Which of the following applications is used to animate objects and create interactive content? Adobe flash Sony creative Audacity All of the above

Adobe flash

Storage capacity is measured in Gigabytes Megabytes Kilobytes All of the above

All of the above

Punch cards and floppy disks are the processors for early analog computers early examples for permanent storage media failed attempts to find a medium for storing output the precursors to RAM

Early examples of permanent storage media

ERP stands for educational resource program engineering revisions program enterprise resource planning electronic revenue planning

Enterprise resource planning

Cache memory is a holding area for data that is used infrequently True or False

False

Data stored in Ram is stored there permanently True or False

False

A(n) _______ professional considers who needs what data to get work done and how it can be delivered most efficiently Computer engineering Software engineering Information systems Information technology

Information systems

What makes a digital device "peripheral"? It's not built into the computer It inputs data into the computer It outputs info from the computer All of the above

It's not built into the computer

An analog computer uses ____ operations to perform calculations. Mechanical Symbolic Chemical Digital

Mechanical

CPUs are made up of integrated electronic circuits called ALUs Flash drives Cache memory modules Microprocessors

Microprocessors

______ Law states that over time the number of transistors that can be placed on a chip will increase exponentially Moore's Murphy's Jude's Godwin's

Moore's

The_____ is the primary circuit board in your computer PC card RAM CPU motherboard

Motherboard

The ______ allows you to organize and control your computer hardware and software by translating your commands and performing appropriate actions Firmware Utility software Operating system Business software

Operating system

______ is the information that results from computer processing A file Output Input Data

Output

Tour computer's mouse is also referred to as a Touchpad Pointing device Joystick Device Driver

Pointing Device

The temporary memory area used by the CPU is known as DVD drive ALU The control unit RAM

RAM

Gaming or multimedia computers typically have higher-end Sound cards and monitors Video cards and monitors Mice and Keyboards Sound and video cards

Sound and Video Cards

Multicore processors work by Storing frequently used data in cache memory splitting up the work of computing tasks using hard disk space in addition to RAM Using bigger chunks of RAM

Splitting up the work of computing tasks

VisiCalc was the first _____ application for personal computers. Spreadsheet Database Word processing Presentation

Spreadsheet

A _______ is what you see when you look at your computer screen User interface Swap file Device driver Platform

User interface

When running several programs at once, your operating system places data that will not fit into RAM into ____ memory. ROM Flash Virtual Cache

Virtual

Where is the power supply located in a desktop computer? where the power cord is inserted into the system unit next to the internal hard drive in an expansion slot directly on the motherboard

Where the power cord is inserted into the system unit

A webcam is considered a(n) output device device driver storage device input device

input device