CIT 105 ch 4,6,& 7

When planning a network, which devices should be considered?

All devices that will connect with a wired or wireless connection

Which type of broadband Internet offers connections nearing the speed of light?

Fiber-optic

A special processing chip found on video cards is the

GPU

Which of the following might cause a potential problem on a wireless network?

Interference from walls, floors, and large objects

What two devices are often combined into one device to connect the network to the Internet and to share the connection between devices on the network?

Modem and router

Calendars, tasks, and e-mail can be found in which application?

Outlook

Bethany is in her home, watching a video she took on vacation, while her brother is playing FIFA Soccer on his Xbox, and her dad is checking stock quotes on his iPad. What kind of network does this family most likely have?

P2P network

The type of network used for communication among a laptop and smartphone using Bluetooth is a

PAN

Microsoft Office is an example of which type of software?

Proprietary application software

Which of the following would NOT be a benefit of networking computers?

Sharing software licenses

Software that is hosted by the vendor and accessed online is called

Software as a Service (SaaS).

Which type of productivity software would you most likely use to do calculations and what-if analyses?

Spreadsheet

Which of the following transmission media is used most often for wired connections within a home?

Unshielded twisted pair cable

The type of network that would be necessary to connect the networks of two college campuses would be:

WAN

Beta software is made available because

a company is making an early release to test bugs.

CPU ________ are measurements used to compare performance between processors.

benchmarks

A good way to assess your CPU usage is to

check the Performance tab of the Task Manager.

A macro is a program released early to the public for testing and evaluation.

false

Conventional hard drives are preferable to SSD drives because they transfer data more quickly.

false

There is no limit to how much RAM you can add to modern computers.

false

When the binary code is retrieved from RAM and moved to the CPU, this stage is known as

fetch

The fasted broadband internet service is usually

fiber optic

When you install all the most commonly used files and programs to your computer's hard drive, you have completed which kind of software installation?

full

Adding RAM to your computer

is relatively easy for most people to do

which type of software is not upgraded automatically

locally installed

Which is the central device to a home network?

modem/router

hard drives are classified as which type of storage

nonvolatile

LibreOffice is an example of which type of software?

open source software

Data can be retrieved fastest from

registers

Image-editing software allows you to

remove red eye.

Data can be retrieved fastest from

return your system to the way it was before you installed new software.

The minimum recommended standards for the operating system, processor, primary memory (RAM), and storage capacity for certain software are called

system requirements

Google Docs is an example of Software as a Service.

true

Which is a precaution to be taken when setting up a wireless network?

use WPA2 encryption

Ram is

volatile memory

Which of the following allows you to connect to the internet wirelessly without needing a cellular plan

wifi