Quiz 2

How would you best describe the throughput or processing components of computers?

Input devices and the computer monitor are examples of visible throughput components.

The term that refers to the ability of the OS to be moved from one hardware architecture to another with few changes is:

Portability

Essentially, a computer is

All of these are correct

Outputs of machine learning techniques may contribute which of the following?

All of these are correct

Which of the following statements are correct about the input components of computers?

All of these are correct

Clinical decision support systems help users to:

All these are correct

Computer science can facilitate:

Both the acquisition and manipulation of data and information.

A neural network that models the entire nervous system would have all but which of the following?

Correlating Units

Computer technology has ushered in what has been called the Information Age, an age when:

Data, information, and knowledge are both accessible and able to be manipulated by more people than ever before in history.

The study of the nature and origin of knowledge is:

Epistemology

What term refers to using layered architecture with a protected executive layer that allows additional environment subsystems to be added without affecting the executive layer?

Extensibility

Considering principles of cognitive informatics when designing technology interfaces helps to mitigate:

Human mental workload

Applications of cognitive science to health informatics include all but which of the following?

Interoperability of systems

What term refers to a prime input device resembling a typewriter?

Keyboard

What term refers to the visual display resembling a television screen?

Monitor

What term refers to the second most commonly used input device manipulated by the user's hand to point, click, and move objects around the computer screen?

Mouse

What term refers to an external device that yields a hard copy of your documents?

Printer

Thinking is best understood in terms of:

Representational structures

In addition to exploring the nature of the mind, knowledge representation, language, problem solving, and decision making, cognitive science also includes:

Social factors influencing the design and use of technology.

Which one of the following is knowledge applied in a practical way, translated into actions, or to use knowledge and experience to heighten common sense and insight to exercise sound judgment in practical matters?

Wisdom