2000 Computer Concepts
1. A device resembling a mouse with the ball on top is
called a trackball.
2. A flat rectangular surface that senses the movement
of a finger on its surface to control the movement of the
insertion point is called the mouse.
3. If an object is linked to the container document, it can
be edited within the container document.
4. A URL is an icon used for identifying and addressing
an item in a computer network.
5. A microprocessor is a programmable, processing unit
with multiple chips.
6. User friendly is a descriptive term for hardware and
software features that promote ease of use and lessen
frustration for computer users.
7. The one-bit binary code offers two choices, 0 and 1.
8. ASCII stands for American Standard Code for
Information Interchange.
9. A megahertz is a unit of electrical frequency equal to
1 billion cycles per second.
10. In a relational database, only one file can be accessed
at a time.
11. The highest layer of the OSI model is the application
layer.
12. Machine language is easier to use than high-level
languages.
13. Task switching allows a computer to run two or more
programs concurrently.
14. A logic error is more difficult to detect than a syntax
error.
15. Structured programming techniques help improve
clarity and decrease costs associated with programming.
16. A node can only receive data.
17. A NIC is needed for each member of a LAN.
18. The individual applications in an integrated software
package are called nodes.
19. Computer software is protected by U.S. copyright
laws.
20. Bridges make high level, complex comparisons and
decisions about whether or not to forward traffic on a
network.
21. Storage where data is lost if the computer is turned
off is called
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a. RAM.
b. nonvolatile.
c. ROM.
d. CD-ROM.
e. floppy disk.
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22. The bar typically found at the bottom of a program
window, which displays current information on the state of
a program, is the
23. A program that changes other programs by placing a
copy of itself inside them is called
24. The most widely used binary code for
microcomputers is called
25. The high-speed storage area on the microprocessor
that receives data, holds it, and transfers it immediately
during processing is called
26. The array of microchips used to build the storage area
within a computer's CPU is called
27. The most common output device is the
28. What is the benefit of WYSIWYG?
a. button bar.
b. status bar.
c. format bar.
d. scroll bar.
e. program bar.
a. breeder virus.
b. hitchhiker.
c. virus.
d. worm.
e. bomb.
a. byte.
b. ASCII.
c. EBCDIC.
d. Visual Basic.
e. Cobol.
a. control unit.
b. memory.
c. motherboard.
d. register.
e. arithmetic logic
unit.
a. RAM.
b. virtual memory.
c. cache memory.
d. memory.
e. external memory.
a. printer.
a. Displays userfriendly features that
includes macro
capability
b. plotter.
b. Displays userfriendly on-screen
help
c. monitor.
c. Displays dialog
boxes that require
user input
e. modem.
e. Displays contextsensitive help
29. What kind of graph shows the direction of change in
performance over time of a subject being studied?
30. A printer that uses either a heat, laser, or spraying
technique to print characters and images is called
31. What manages the circuits of a computer so that the
computer can activate a program or put a letter or number
on the screen?
32. Which of the following definitions best describes the
term broadcast?
a. Bar graph
b. Line graph
c. Pie chart
d. scanner.
d. Displays
document on the
screen as it will look
when it is printed on
paper
d. Pictograph
a. ink-jet.
b. laser.
c. dot-matrix.
d. nonimpact.
e. deskjet.
a. Program
b. System software
c. Application
software
d. System
e. Word processing
software
a. Binary digit used
in the binary
numbering system
that can be 0 or 1
a. Fixed memory
b. Section of a
network that is
bound by bridges,
routers, or switches
b. Motherboard
c. Data packets that
will be sent to all
nodes on a network
a. Star
b. Ring
c. Bus
d. Two computers
next to one another
that transmit through
a satellite
d. Central processing
unit
d. Hub
e. Device that
spreads the cost of a
high-speed line over
many users
e. Arithmetic logic
unit
e. Token-ring
a. Sort
b. Cross-referencing
c. Query
d. Report generator
e. Recalculation
a. Virus-protection
program
a. Physical layer
b. Screen saver
program
b. Data link layer
c. File recovery
program
c. Network layer
d. Simulation
program
d. Transport layer
e. Defragmenting
program
e. Session layer
a. Assembly
a. Fortran
b. High-level
b. BASIC
c. Machine
c. Pascal
d. Fourth-generation
d. COBOL
e. Object-oriented
e. OS2
33. If a computer is sorting student names alphabetically,
what part of the computer is it using?
34. What network configuration is supported by a single,
direct, high-speed link to the processor of a central
computer?
35 If you were a database administrator, what database
function would you use to request specific information
from a database (such as: all suppliers)
36. Which of the following is not a utility program?
37. What is the first building block in the OSI reference
model?
3 8. What language uses only binary digits?
39. Which of the following is not a high-level
programming language?
c. Database software
e. 3-D column
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40. Nodes and links can be arranged in which of the
following configurations?
41 If you were a network administrator for a large
company that needed to send a lot of information over a
network and required high speed data transmission with
high security, what cable would you chose for the
network?
42. Which of the following best describes where all
communications on a network are being sent?
43. Which of the following utilities will rearrange parts
of a file to store them in contiguous locations for quicker
access?
44 Which of the following best describes the cause of the
Y2K problem?
a. Central bus,
10baseT
a. Television cable
line
b. Star, ring
c. Ring, double star
d. Bus, central bus
b. Twisted-pair cable
c. Coaxial cable
d. Telegraph wire
e. Double ring,
linear
e. Fiber optic
a. Computers
b. Data packets
c. Destination
d. File server
e. Hub
a. Disk compression
b. Memory
management
c. Data recovery
d. Defragmentation
e. System backup
a. The inability of
any computer BIOS
to read four digit
numbers
b. The inability of
the ALU to calculate
calendar years
beyond 1999
d. All software
programs are
incapable of using
four digits for
calendar years.
45. Which of the following is not a major task of an
operating system?
46. Which of the following cable types has the highest
bandwidth and is capable of carrying data up to 1.2 miles?
47. The first operating system used on the IBM PC was
48. A/an ____ is a predefined format provided by the
program.
49. Databases are divided into ____ and ____.
50. You are a small business owner and have just
purchased your first computer. In order to protect the
computer from electrical variations you also need
51 You have been asked to develop a promotional
advertisement, budget and proposal for a new product line.
What software packages would you use for the project?
a. Provides a user
interface
a. Telegraph wire
b. Manages the
computer hardware
b. Fiber optic
c. In early computer
development,
magnetic storage
was limited so using
only 2 digits for
calendar years
conserved space.
c. Manages the disk
file system
c. Telephone wire
d. Performs task
management
d. Coaxial cable
e. Performs Internet
searches
e. Cat 5
a. OS/2.
a. template
b. Unix.
b. attribute
c. DOS.
c. formula
d. Windows.
d. worksheet
e. System 7.
e. application
a. cell, records
a. UPS.
b. values, records
b. an electrical
adapter.
c. fields, formulas
c. a modem.
d. fields, records
d. a battery power
pack.
e. values, cells
e. a generator.
a. Word processing
software,
spreadsheet
software, system
software
a. Yahoo
b. Spreadsheet
software, database
software. Internet
software
d. Database
software,
presentation
software,
spreadsheet software
d. WebCrawler
e. System software,
word processing
software, clip art
software
b. Lycos
c. Desktop
publishing software,
spreadsheet
software, word
processing software
c. HotBot
a. exe, corn, net
b. bat, edu, org
c. doc, org, mil
d. bmp, gov, edu
e. mil, org, edu
a. BASIC.
b. HTML.
c. COBOL.
d. RPG.
e. C.
a.
http://home.netscape
; corn/
b.
http;//home.netscape
.com/
c.
http:\\home.netscape
.bat/
d.
http://home,netscape
.com/
e.
http://home.netscape
.com/
52. Which of the following is not an Internet search
engine?
53. Which of the following are all Internet domain name
suffixes?
54. Web pages are created by authors using a language
called
55. Which of the following URLs is written correctly?
e. Ebay
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56. On the Internet, pages previously viewed load more
quickly than new pages because they are stored in
57. The acronym DVD stands for
58. The foundation of a computer is the
59. While working on a large database file, the computer
suddenly "freezes" and will not allow you to input data or
use the mouse. In order to start the computer again, which
of the following keystrokes would you use to reboot?
60. Which of the following terms refers to 1 billion bytes
of storage on a computer?
61. Which of the following is not an input device?
62. A predefined list of steps that you can invoke by
pressing a specific key sequence is called a
63 In your newsletter, you notice that the fit between two
adjacent characters is uneven or has too much space. To
correct the appearance, you would change the
64. You are a network administrator for a large
company. Many departments are in different geographical
locations and would like to store data locally but share
access of the data among all departments. Which of the
following databases would best meet your needs?
65. The token ring protocol was developed by
66. Which of the following media has the largest storage
capacity?
67. Which of the following definitions best describe an
IP address?
68. As a video game designer, you would like to create
the look and feel of an actual fighter pilot cockpit. Which
of the following imaging technology applications would
you use?
69 Which of the following is not true about routers?
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a. VRAM.
b. external memory.
c. Cache.
d. ROM.
e. internal memory.
a. Digital Virtual
Disc.
a. motherboard.
a. Ctrl, shift, alt
b. Digital VRAM
Disc.
b. control unit.
b. Ctrl, alt, escape
c. Digitalized Video
Disc.
c. ALU.
c. shift, alt, delete
d. Digital Versatile
Disc.
d. system software.
d. Ctrl, shift, enter
e. Digital Vector
Disc.
e. hard drive.
e. Ctrl, alt, delete
a. Terabyte
b. Megabyte
c. Gigabyte
d. Kilobyte
e. Byte
a. Mouse
a. mini.
b. Control unit
b. merge.
c. Keyboard
c. macro.
d. Scanner
d. table.
e. Light pen
e. kem.
a. size.
b. font.
c. kerning.
d. justification.
e. tracking.
a. Structured
b. Distributed
c. Flat-file
d. Relational
e. None of the above
a. Novell.
a. DVD
b. Cisco.
b. CD-ROM
c. Macintosh.
c. Floppy drive
d. IBM.
d. Zip drive
a. 32-bit address
assigned to hosts
using TCP/IP
b. Standardized data
link layer that is
required for every
port or device
d. The register in the
CPU that holds the
address of the next
instruction to be
executed
a. Computer-aided
design
b. Simulation
c. Network interface
card that provides
network
communication
capabilities to and
from a computer
system
c. Artificial
intelligence
e. Microsoft.
e. 2 gigabyte hard
drive
e. The address that
controls the
interchange of data
between independent
devices
d. Computer-aided
manufacture
e. Robotics
a Routers
determine which
network to send data
to by looking at the
destination IP
address.
b. Routers make no
determination as to
what network
segment the data
should be sent.
c. Routers are used
to access the
Internet.
d. Routers are
hardware.
e. Routers are a type
of internetworking
device.
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70 You are a systems analyst for NASA. Because you
need a computer capable of doing 100s of billions of
arithmetic operations every second, the category of
computer you would select is
71. What is the component of a computer that performs
arithmetic operations?
72. Which of the following is not an image file format?
73. When a disk is formatted, it is divided into pieshaped wedges, called sectors. A combination of two or
more sectors is called a
74. Of the following storage options, which one is not a
magnetic storage device?
75. When you download your e-mail messages, you
notice a large amount of inappropriate or unwanted
messages. This inappropriate e-mail technique is referred
to as
76. Which of the following replaced transistors in third
generation computers?
77. The first microprocessor was developed by
78. Which of the following definitions best describes
networking?
a. microcomputer.
b. minicomputer.
c. mainframe.
d. super computer.
e. laptop.
a. CPU
b. ALU
c. CU
d. ROM
e. Bus
a. WMF
a. track.
b. BMP
b. cylinder.
c. GIF.
c. cluster.
d. JPG
d. group.
e. MGP
e. unit.
a. CD-ROM
b. Hard disk
c. Tape
d. 3 1/2" diskette
e. Zip disk
a. dumping.
b. spamming.
c. slamming.
d. shouting.
e. flaming.
a. Integrated
circuits
a. Intel.
a. Sets of rules or
procedures that are
either widely used or
officially specified
b. Vacuum tubes
d. Microchips
e. Circuit boards
d. Cisco.
d. A program that
sets up and manages
connections between
two or more
computers
e. Western Digital.
e. Communication
among groups of
people through
electronic mail
79 ______ is a collection of documents found over the
Internet that you can navigate using hyperlinks.
80. When a scanner scans text, it saves the text as an
image. This image cannot be manipulated in a word
processor as text unless you use ________ software to
store it as text.
a. Usenet
b. IBM.
b. A formal
description of a set
of rules and
conventions that
govern how devices
on a network
exchange
information
b. FTP
c. Electronic
transistors
c. Macintosh.
c. The
interconnection of
workstation,
peripherals,
terminals and other
devices
d. Telnet
e. WWW
a. bar-code
b. word processing
c. Electronic
mailbox
c. LCD
d. OCR
e. UPC