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Chapte 1

Introduction To Information Technology: The Future Now


Self-Test Questions
1. The _________ ________ _________ refers to the part of the Internet that presents information in
multimedia form.
Answer: world wide web
2. “_________technology” merges computing with high-speed communications.
Answer: Information
3. A(n) _________ is an electronic machine that accepts data and processes it into information.
Answer: Computer
4. The _________ is a worldwide network that connects hundreds of thousands of smaller networks.
Answer: internet
5. _________ refers to information presented in non-textual forms such as video, sound, and graphics.
Answer: Multimedia
6. _________are high-capacity computers with thousands of processors.
Answer: Supercomputers
7. Embedded computers, or _________, are installed in “smart” appliances and automobiles.
Answer: microcontrollers
8. The kind of software that enables users to perform specific tasks is called _________ software.
Answer: application
9. RAM is an example of _________ storage, and a hard _________drive is an example of storage.
10. _________ is data that is so large and complex that it cannot be processed using conventional methods.
Answer: Big data
11. A(n) _________ is a communications system connecting two or more computers.
Answer: network
12. The four basic operations of all computers are _________,_________,_________ , and _________.
Answer: input, processing, storage, and output
13. The first programmable computer in the United States, which appeared in 1946, was called _________.
Answer: ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator)
14. The _________ is the display device that takes the electrical signals from the video card and forms an
image using points of colored light on the screen.
Answer: monitor

15. The base material for computer processing devices is _________, a natural element found in sand.
Answer: silicon
16. The general term for all the machinery and equipment in a computer system is _________.
Answer: hardware
17. The _________ and the _________ are the two most common input devices.
Answer: keyboard, mouse
18. The processor chip, commonly called the _________ or a(n) _________, is a tiny piece of silicon that
contains millions of miniature electronic circuits.
Answer: processor, CPU
19. One gigabyte is approximately _________ characters.
Answer: billion
20. _________ refers to two-way communication; the user can respond to information received via the
computer and modify what the computer is doing.
Answer: Interactivity

Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Which of the following devices converts computer output into displayed images?
a. printer
b. monitor
c. modem
d. processor
e. hard-disk drive
2. Which of the following computer types is the smallest?
a. mainframe
b. microcomputer
c. microcontroller
d. supercomputer
e. workstation
3. Which of the following is a secondary-storage device?
a. processor
b. main memory chip
c. hard-disk drive
d. printer
e. modem
4. Since the days when computers were first made available, computers have developed in three directions.
What are they?
a. increased expense
b. miniaturization
c. increased size
d. affordability
e. increased speed
5. Which of the following operations constitute the four basic operations followed by all computers?
a. input
b. storage
c. programming
d. output
e. processing
6. Supercomputers are used for_________.
a. breaking codes.
b. simulations for explosions of nuclear bombs.
c. forecasting weather.
d. keeping planets in orbit.
e. all of these
f. only a, b, and c.
7. What is the leading use of computers?
a. web surfing
b. email, texting, and social networking
c. e-shopping
d. word processing
8. Which is the main circuit board in the computer?
a. RAM chip (random access memory)
b. CPU processor chip (central processing unit)
c. motherboard (system board)
d. hard drive
9. A terabyte is approximately
a. one million characters.
b. one billion characters.
c. one trillion characters.
d. one quadrillion characters.
10. Speakers are an example of
a. an input device.
b. an output device.
c. a processor.
d. a storage device
True-False Questions
1. Microcontrollers process faster than supercomputers.
2. Main memory is a software component.
3. The operating system is part of the system software. T
4. Processing is the manipulation by which a computer transforms data into information. T
5. Primary storage is the area in the computer where data or information is held permanently.
6. The keyboard and the mouse are examples of input devices. T
7. Movies are a form of multimedia. T
8. Computers are becoming larger, slower, and more expensive.
9. Modems store information.
10. A hard disk is an example of software.
11. Computers continue to get smaller and smaller. T
12. A modem is a programmable, multiuse machine that accepts data—raw facts and figures—and
processes, or manipulates, it into information we can use.
13. Online education programs are called computer learning.
14. PDAs are devices that can download books in digital form.

Short-Answer Questions
1. What does online mean?
2. What is the difference between system software and application software? (ch 3)
3. Briefly define cyberspace.
4. What is the difference between software and hardware?
5. What is a local area network?
6. What is multimedia?
7. What is the difference between microcomputers and supercomputers?
8. What is the function of RAM?
RAM
(random access memory) is primary storage (main memory); it is the internal computer circuitry that
temporarily holds data waiting to be processed.

9. What does downloading mean?


Downloading is transferring data from a remote computer to one’s own computer
10. What is meant by connectivity?
11. Describe some ways that information technology can be used to help people find jobs and to help jobs find
people.
12. Compare the use of email to the use of the telephone and of conventional letters sent via the postal system.
Which kinds of communications are best suited for which medium?
13. What is the basic meaning of cloud computing?
Cloud computing is a model for delivering information technology services via the Internet through web-
based tools and applications, rather than a direct connection to a server.

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