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1 Fifty years ago, computers were used primarily by researchers and __________.
a. Musicians
b. Scientists
c. Writers
d. Designers
2 ___________ process occurs when data is entered into the computer.
a. Output
b. Processing
c. Input
d. Storage
3 In addition to the four primary computer operations, today’s computers typically also
perform functions.
a. Calculations
b. Communications
c. Sorting
d. Programming
4 When data is processed into a meaningful form, it becomes .
a. Information
b. Code
c. a program
d. a database
5 The term refers to the programs or instructions used to tell the computer hardware what
to do.
a. Hardware
b. Port
c. Software
d. Adapter
6 Programming languages come in many varieties—for example, BASIC, Visual Basic, Pascal,
COBOL, C++,and .
a. TCP/IP
b. Rextore
c. PDF
d. Java
7 Anyone who uses a computer is a(n) , including an accountant
electronically preparing a client’s taxes.
a. computer programmer
b. application user
c. Web user
d. computer user
8 Conventional PCs are often referred to as because the
complete computer system fits on or nextto a desk.
 a. desktop PCs
b. laptop PCs
c. super PCs
d. processor PCs
9 The accompanying figure corresponds to the style for desktop PCs.
a. all-in-one case
b. tower case
c. desktop case
d. sub case
10 Most notebooks follow the traditional design in which the monitor is on the inside top
half of the PC,and the keyboard and touch pad are on the inside bottom half.
a. Clamshell
b. Microsoft
c. IBM
d. Book
11 Ultra-mobile PCs are also
called .
a. mini computers
b. handheld computers
c. range computers
d. frame computers
12 A(n) is a medium-sized computer used to host programs and data for a small
network.
a. mainframe computer
b. super server
c. midrange server
d. Internet server
13 All computer systems have input, processes, output and_______________.
a. Feedback
b. Information
c. Data
d. Storage
14 Eight bits grouped together are collectively referred to as a .
a. Kilobit
b. Byte
c. Pixel
d. binary
15 The numbering system we commonly use is called the decimal numbering
system because it uses ___________ symbols to represent all possible numbers.
a. 2
 b. 5
c. 10
d. 16
16 A is the smallest unit of data that a binary computer can recognize.
a. Byte
b. Datum
c. Pixel
d. Bit
17 A is equal to 1,024 bytes.
a. kilobyte (KB)
b. gigabyte (GB
c. megabyte (MB)
d. terabyte (TB)
18 A(n) instruction might look like a meaningless string of 0s and 1s, but it actually
represents specificoperations and storage locations.
a. COBOL language
b. ASCII
c. programming language
d. machine language
19 are very small pieces of silicon or other semiconducting material onto which
integrated circuits are embedded.
a. Pixels
b. Pentiums
c. Chips
d. Motherboards
20 One measurement of the speed of a CPU is the , which is rated
in megahertz (MHz) or gigahertz(GHz).
a. system speed
b. CPU clock speed
c. system rpm
d. CPU rpm
21 A computer________ is the amount of data (measured in bits or bytes) that a CPU can
manipulate at one time.
a. Word
b. Character
c. Statement
d. unit
22 A is an electronic path over which data can travel.
a. Bus
b. Lane
c. Word
d. cache memory
23 The bus width and bus speed together determine the bus’s____________or
bandwidth; that is, the amount of data thatcan be transferred via the bus in a given
period of time.
a. clock speed
b. throughput
 c. machine cycle
d. memory
24 The term__________refers to chip-based storage used by the computer.
a. storage media
b. memory
c. hard drive
d. Zip drive
25 consists of nonvolatile memory chips that can be used for storage by the
computer or the user.
a. RAM
b. Register
c. SDRAM
d. Flash memory
26 have begun to replace ROM for storing system information, such as a PC’s
BIOS.
a. Motherboards
b. Microprocessors
c. Adapter cards
d. Flash memory chips
27 The enables up to 127 devices to be connected to a computer’s PCI bus
through a single port on thecomputer’s system unit.
a. Hyper Transport bus
b. USB standard
c. AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)bus
d. PCI Express Bus
28 A USB is a device that plugs into your PC’s USB port to convert one port into several
USB ports.
a. Hub
b. Module
c. Bus
d. Connector
29 Most computers today support the standard, in which the
computer automatically configures newdevices as soon as they are installed
and the PC is powered up.
a. Plug and Play
b. Match
c. Serial port
d. Parallel port
30 The key element of the microprocessor is the a device made of
semiconductor material that acts likea switch controlling the flow of electrons inside
a chip.
a. Processor
b. Transistor
c. Chipbus
d. S-card
31 The _______ takes instructions from the prefetch unit and translates them into a form that
the control unit canunderstand.
 a. Register
b. decode unit
c. ALU
d. internal cache
32 The ________ is the section of the CPU that performs arithmetic involving integers and
logical operations
a. FPU
b. control unit
c. decode unit
d. ALU
33 The ________ orders data and instructions from cache or RAM based on the task at hand.
a. ALU
b. prefetch unit
c. control unit
d. decode unit
34 The ________ tries to predict what data and instructions will be needed and retrieves
them ahead of time, in orderto help avoid delays in processing.
a. control unit
b. floating point unit
c. arithmetic/logic unit
d. prefetch unit
35 Instructions and data flow in and out of the CPU via the _________.
a. control unit
b. prefetch unit
c. decode unit
d. bus interface unit
36 To synchronize all of a computer’s operations, a _______ quartz crystal located on the
motherboard is used.
a. cycle chip
b. fetch unit
c. system clock
d. microprocessor
37 Some ___________ must be added in pairs.
a. Interfaces
b. memory modules
c. USB ports
d. hard drives
38
A ___________ is the hardware where data is actually stored.
a. storage device
b. storage memory
c. storage processor
d. storage medium
39 A storage medium is inserted into the appropriate to be read from or
written to.
a. storage processor
b. bay
c. board
 d. storage device
40 Usually the storage device and storage medium are two separate pieces of
hardware (that is, the storagemedium is ).
a. Procurable
b. Static
c. Removable
d. Configurable
41 Regardless of how storage devices are connected to a computer,
and/or names are typically assignedto each storage device.
a. letters of the alphabet
b. vowels
c. single-digit numbers
d. special characters
42 Some drive letters, such as the letter typically used with the
primary hard drive, are usually consistent from computer to computer and do not
change even if more storage devices are added to acomputer.
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. H
43 means that data can be retrieved directly from any location on the storage medium, in any
order.
a. Indirect access
b. Random access
c. Sequential access
d. Online access
44 One type of storage device that is sometimes used with computers and that uses
sequential access is a ______.
a. hard drive
b. flash drive
c. compact card
d. magnetic tape drive
45 Anything (such as a program, letter, digital photograph, or song) stored on a storage
medium is referred toas a(n) .
a. label
b. index
c. folder
d. file
46 To keep files organized, related documents are often stored in (also
called directories) located on thestorage medium.
a. Indexes
b. Labels
c. Folders
d. programs
47 Virtually all personal computers come with a(n) that is used to store
most programs and data.
a. hard drive
b. floppy drive
 c. Zip drive
d. external drive
48 Each hard disk is divided into pie-shaped groups of .

a. tracks
b. clusters
c. Files
d. sectors
49 A , as shown in the accompanying figure, consists of a vertical stack of tracks, with
the same relativetrack on each disk surface
a. sector
b. segment
c. cylinder
d. section
50 A strategy for speeding up hard drive performance is .
a. disk caching
b. disk tracking
c. disk backing up
d. disk wiring
51 A is a place to store something temporarily
a. sector
b. cache
c. track
d. tape
52 The time required to move the read/write heads to the cylinder that contains (or will
contain) the desireddata is called the .
a. initial time
b. rotational delay
c. data movement time
d. seek time
53 Partitions are sometimes referred to as .
a. logical floppies
b. cylinder drives
c. logical drives
d. partition sectors
54 The recommended file system for computers running current versions of Windows is
.
a. FAT
b. FAT32
c. NTFS
d. FAT64
55 Conventional CD discs use lasers
 a. red
b. infrared
c. blue
d. violet
56 CD-ROM discs and DVD-ROM discs are optical
discs and come prerecorded withcommercial products.
a. recordable
b. rewritable
c. write-only
d. read-only
57 optical discs can be recorded on, erased, and overwritten just like magnetic disks.
a. Erasable
b. Rereadable
c. Rewritable
d. Recordable
58 Some types of storage systems include remote storage, smart cards, and
storage.
a. Wi-Fi
b. Satellite
c. artificial intelligence
d. holographic
59 Some smart cards today store ___________ data such as the characteristics of a
fingerprint—in the card and use that data to ensure the authenticity of the card’s user
before authorizing the smart card transaction.
a. biometric
b. holographic
c. optical
d. biomagnetic
60 To record data, holographic storage systems split the light from a blue laser beam into
_________ beams.
a. two
b. four
c. five
d. ten
61 To read data, the reference beam projects the hologram containing the requested
data onto a _________ that reads the entire data page at one time.
a. spacer
b. modulator
c. header
d. detector
62 A(n)_____keyboard folds or rolls up and connects to a device via a wired or
wireless connection whenneeded.
a. slide-out
b. portable
c. MIDI
d. on-screen
63 A _____ rests on the desk or other flat surface close to the user’s computer and is moved
across the surfacewith the user’s hand in the appropriate direction to point to and select
objects on the screen.
a. touch screen
b. virtual keyboard
c. stylus
d. mouse
64 A(n) is a flat, touch-sensitive device used in conjunction with a digital pen.
a. graphics table
b. graphics tablet
c. image tablet
d. touch screen
65 With a , the user touches the screen with his or her finger to select
commands or otherwise provideinput to the computer with which it is being used.
a. touch screen
b. graphics tablet
c. signature capture device
d. laser screen
66 uses a combination of multi-touch input from multiple users and object recognition
to interact withcomputers that are typically built into tabletops and other surfaces
a. Tactile feedback
b. Surface computing
c. A digitizing tablet
d. Touch coding
67 A is designed to scan flat objects one page at a time.
a. sheetfed scanner
b. handheld scanner
c. flatbed scanner
d. C-Pen scanner
68 A is an optical code that represents data with bars of varying widths or

heights.
a. digital code
b. character code
c. bar table
d. barcode
69 The accompanying figure shows a portable reader.
a. barcode
b. scanner
c. RFID
d. optimal mark
70 One of the most common 2D barcodes, the code represents data with a
matrix of small bars.
a. ISBN
 b. QR
c. Code 39
d. UPC
71 _________ are used to input data about a person into a computer system so that the
individual can be identifiedbased on a particular unique physiological characteristic.
a. Biometric readers
b. RFID tags
c. MICR readers
d. OMRs
72 Digital still cameras most often use cards for storage.
a. flash memory
b. RAM memory
c. ROM memory
d. laser memory
73 One factor affecting digital camera quality is the number of pixels, measured in ______,
used to store thedata for each image
a. kilo pixels
b. mega pixels
c. giga pixels
d. tera pixels
74 The display device for a desktop computer is formally called a .
a. touch screen
b. video reader
c. video input
d. monitor
75 Display devices can be ________ displays, in which each pixel can only be one of two
colors, such as black orwhite.
a. monochrome
b. bichrome
c. flat color
d. ID
76 A is the smallest colorable area in an electronic image.
a. bit
b. dot
c. dpi
d. pixel
77 The number of bits used to store color information about each pixel is called
.
a. bit depth
b. color concentration
c. pixel depth
d. byte resolution
78 Wireless displays connect to a computer using a wireless networking connection such as
Wi-Fi or ____________.
a. Bluetooth
b. 3D
c. USB
 d. VGA
79 A(n) uses charged liquid crystals located between two sheets of
clear material to light up the appropriate pixels to form the image on the
screen.
a. organic light emitting diode (OLED) display
b. gas plasma display
c. digital television (DTV)
d. liquid crystal display (LCD)
80 A(n) connects to a computer, and any output that is sent to the computer monitor is
also projectedthrough it onto a wall or projection screen
a. data projector
b. SED
c. IMOD
d. scanner
81 The accompanying figure shows a(n) printer.
a. dot-matrix
b. ink-jet
c. laser
d. thermal
82 In a printer, the number of affects the quality of printed output.
a. characters per inch (cpi)
b. dots per inch (dpi)
c. lines per inch (lpi)
d. characters per second (cps)
83 In a printer, the print affects the quality of the printed output.
a. depth
b. size
c. palette
d. resolution
84 Print speed is typically measured in .
a. pages per minute (ppm)
b. dots per second (dps)
c. pixels per minute (ppm)
d. characters per second(cps)
85 form images by spraying tiny drops of liquid ink onto the page, one printed line at a time.
a. Laser printers
b. Ink-jet printers
c. Dot-matrix printers
d. Line printers
86 All the following devices are output devices except .
a. Touchpad
b. Touch Screen
c. Speaker
d. Monitor
87 The term used to define all input and output devices in a computer system is
.
a. Monitor
 b. Shared resources
c. Software
d. Hardware

Answers
1 B 21 A 41 A 61 D 81 A
2 C 22 A 42 C 62 B 82 B
3 B 23 B 43 B 63 D 83 D
4 A 24 B 44 D 64 B 84 A
5 C 25 D 45 D 65 A 85 B
6 D 26 D 46 C 66 B 86 A
7 D 27 B 47 A 67 C 87 D
8 A 28 A 48 D 68 D
9 A 29 A 49 C 69 A
10 A 30 B 50 A 70 B
11 B 31 B 51 B 71 A
12 C 32 D 52 D 72 A
13 D 33 B 53 C 73 B
14 B 34 D 54 C 74 D
15 C 35 D 55 B 75 A
16 D 36 C 56 D 76 D
17 A 37 B 57 C 77 A
18 D 38 D 58 D 78 A
19 C 39 D 59 A 79 D
20 B 40 C 60 A 80 A