Cnee 101 midterm
In which ways are voice recognition and speech regonisiton programs the same?
A and C only
Tom an avid computer games player is dissatisfied with the processing speed of his old Pc what should he look for in a new PV
A and b
Which features make a monitor more ergonomic
A and b only
Which of the following are characteristics of rape cartridges
A and c only
Which utility rearranges files that are stored in noncontiguous sectors
A disk defragmenter
What software does every hardware device need in order to communicate with the operating system
A driver
True color graphics devices can display more that 16 million unique colors in comparison how many colors can a human distinguish
A few million
Which of the following statements describes the way data is stored on a compact computer
A high density laser record data by burning pits on the disc
Some PCs have a grid of tiny wires under the lCD screen which captures handwriting movements what instrument is used for writing on the screen?
A stylus
What distinguishes a workstation from a personal computer?
A workstation is more powerfuk
Which factor affects monitor quality and performance
All of these
Which feature can be found in windows 98
All of these
Which of the following speeds up the transfer of data from RAM to the CPU
All of these
Why are the semiconductors used in CPUs
All of these
Which of the following does not define a computer
Always produces the correct output
James is the natwork admin of a mid sized corporation he wants to be alerted if systems files are being rewritten. What type of softer should he install
An antivirus program
Windows 3.x ran on top of the do's kernel and therefor was referrred to as
An operating environment
With which of the following was the graphical user interface inteoduced
Apples lisa
Which of these statements is not true about flash drives are faster than hard disks
Are faster than hard disks
What benefits does wonders server 2008 provide over windows server 2003
B and c
A systems performance is affected not only by its hardware but also by
B and c only
Which of these are characteristics of a Cd rom disc
B and c only
Today's personal computers are considered fat but how many program instructions can they actually perform in one second
Billions
Which term describes scanned material which is stored as a matrix of dots
Bitmap
With which part of the human anatomy is the cup oftwn compared
Brain
The path on the motherboard that carries bits from one component to another is called a
Bus
Which of these features can be found in windows 95
C and a
Which of the following is an example of an output medium
CD
Which term describes any type of monitor that uses a large sealed glass tube
CRT
Processing time can be shortened by accessing recently used data that is being held in
Cache memory
Which of the following is not a function of the operating system?
Checking for viruses
On a hard disk what is the name of the smallest unit of storage space that has a memory address
Cluster
Which of the following is not part of a CPUs machine cycle
Coding
Which material is best for microship circuits
Copper
What is another name for mouse pointwr
Cursor
Which of the following is not a characteristics of the storage process on hard dicks?
Data acces is sequential
Some PCs have a grid of tiny wires under the LCD screen which captures handwriting movements what is the grid called?
Digitizer
Devices that perform a variety of complex processes are called computers what are the more specialized devices called?
Embedded computers
Where are you most likely to find special function keyboards in use?
Fast food restaurants
Hat occurs during a CPUs instruction time
Fetching and decoding
The two most popular types of scanners are
Flatbed and handheld
The computing world changed radically when personal computers were introduced to the public. When did that happen?
In the early 80s
What's us the name of the cycle that turns raw data into information
Information processing
Which operating system was designed specifically for business users running business applications
Is/2
Which of the following statements does not accurately describe the World Wide Web?
It is the internet
Which of the following is not a characteristic of flash memory?it is volatile
It is volatile
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Mac OS X operating system
It runs on only Macintosh computers
What term is used to describe a computer network that is limited to a small geographical area
LAM
Which of these is an open source software program
Linux
What do most flat panel displays use to display information
Liquid crystals
Linus torvalds created Linux because
MS Dos was too flawed
Which operating system has a unix foundation?
Mac OS x
What type of computer do banks and government agencies use as their network servers?
Mainframe
What is another name for a primary storage
Memory
Which of these activities is not performed by a utility program
Memory management
Another name for the central processing unit is
Microprocessor
Which of the following is a soft copy device
Monitor
Which of the following is an example of an output device
Monitor
What are the components in a dumb terminal?
Monitor and keyboard
Sue just received a faxed document through her computer a fax board what type of software must she use to convert the fax into text that she can edit
OCR
Which of the following is not an accurate statement of how a CRT monitor works?
On a color monitor the phosphor dots are red yellow and blue
Which of the following types of software contains instructions for starting the computer
Operating system software
Which type of printer can print images from a media card without being attached to a comouter
Photo printer
What tech allows a computer to begin executing a second instruction when the first one reaches the
Pielining
What forms the characters on dot matrix printer
Pins
In which step of the computing cycle is the data manipulated according to the instructions found in a software program
Processing
Which of the following is not performed by software
Processing is he information in BIOs
The input method used in digital cameras closely parallels the methods used in
Scanner
Which capabilities does a multifunctional device provide
Scanning copying and printing
Which of the following characteristics does not describe digital information
Stored in a continuous wave
Which type of computer can perform trillions of program instructions per second
Super computers
Which of the following is not a type of expansion bus
System bus
Technically speaking the term computer only applies to which of these?
System unit
Which of the following items are not found on a Windows desktop
Tabs
The speed of the CPUs system clock affects the speed of
The cpu
Which component converts digital signals from the CPU into the text and images displayed on the monitor
The graphics card
All of these are found on a motherboard except
The hard drive
How is an unavailable option indicated in a GUI menu
The item is grayed out
Which of the following is a ya d copy device?
The printer
What term is used to describe the part of a program that can run independently of other parts
Thread
What type do printing mechanism do plotters use
Tiny electrically charged wires
Which input device is often found on automated teller machines and in restaurants
Touchscreen
What happens during the dick formatting process
Tracks and sectors are created
When computers process data they use electrical currents created by tiny switches what are those switches called?
Transistors
Which of the following is not a requirement for a personal computer
Two processors
A virus checking program is an example of
Utility software
Which of the following types of software check for computer viruses
Utility software
Which of the following is not found in a laser printer
Vaporized ink bubbles
Which of these windows operating system versions introduced internet explorer
Windows 98
Which of the following is not supported by the basic sun micro system Unix operating system Solaris
Windows applications
Which of the following is not a feature of the Mac OS x
Windows media playee
Which for is usually found in the monitor if most home computers?0.26
0.26 mm
What are the approximate clock speed of the intel 80286 processor introduces in 1982
12 megahertz
High a professional photographer is tired of the dark room and wants to start using a digital camera what kind of resolution can he expect?16 megapixels
16 megapixels
What is the maximum capacity of the DVDs in use prior to the Sony Blu-ray Disc
17GB
How many bits are used to represent each pixel on a true color monitor
24
How many separate characters can be made from a eight bits?
256
The supersonic transistors created by IBM can reach speeds up to 500 GHZ
500 GHZ
How many CPUs can windows 2000 advances server support
9
