Deck 2: The Computer

Question 1

Like compute binary code, Morse Code uses bits and bytes to represent the characters and symbols of human language.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded the Microsoft Corporation.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

During a computer's boot sequence, the operating system is loaded into RAM.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A command line interface is a text-only system that requires the user to input commands using a keyboard.

Question 5

QWERTY is a popular keyboard layout convention developed first for use on English language typewriters.

Question 6

The term PC is a generic reference to any computer running the OS X operating system.

Question 7

A blue laser optical disc can write more digital data than a red laser disc in the same physical space.

Question 8

A Blu-ray disc has the same capacity for digital information as an audio compact disc.

Question 9

Each 0 or 1 in a binary string of numbers is referred to as a _______________.

A) bit
B) byte
C) pixel
D) unit

Question 10

A string of eight 0s or 1s is called a _______________.

A) bit
B) byte
C) pixel
D) unit

Question 11

Each character in the ASCII standard is encoded as ___________ of binary data.

A) 1 byte
B) 2 bits
C) 8 bytes
D) 256 bits

Question 12

The invention of the _________________ in 1971, was a major technology advancement that made possible the development of the personal computer.

A) CPU
B) hard Drive
C) microprocessor
D) monitor

Question 13

MS-DOS is the name of ________________________.

A) a computer operating system
B) a desktop publishing system
C) a large mainframe computer
D) the first personal computer

Question 14

__________________ is a general term used to describe the physical components of a computer system, device, or peripheral.

A) application
B) data
C) hardware
D) processor

Question 15

__________________ is a term that refers to a computer program or set of programs designed to perform a specific set of tasks or functions.

A) hardware
B) operating system
C) RAM
D) application software

Question 16

A certain computer is advertised as having a 2.7 GHz processor, referring to the _______________.

A) the amount of RAM
B) the speed of the RAM
C) the number of transistors per square inch on the CPU
D) the number of instructions that can be processed per second by the CPU

Question 17

For more than 40 years, Moore's law successfully predicted which of the following?

A) the doubling of computer processing speed every four years
B) the doubling of pixels on a computer monitor every ten years
C) the doubling of transistors on an integrated circuit every two years
D) the doubling of hard drive capacity every two years

Question 18

Which of the following statements is not true of volatile memory?

A) it is used only as a method of temporary storage
B) the more you have, the slower your computer will perform tasks
C) it is a type of memory used in the design of RAM chips
D) all of the above

Question 19

A hard disk drive uses _________________ for data storage.

A) solid-state platters
B) RAM
C) non-volatile memory
D) volatile memory

Question 20

The mouse was originally designed to interact with text-based hyperlinks in which type of human interface?

A) CLI
B) TUI
C) GUI
D) All of the above

Question 21

Which of the following refers to the frequency in gigahertz (GHz) of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) and indicates the rate at which a processor can execute instructions?

A) Bandwidth
B) Clock speed
C) Moore's Law
D) Spindle speed

Question 22

A kilobyte is roughly _______________ bytes.

A) one thousand
B) one million
C) one billion
D) one trillion

Question 23

A _________________ is a computer network restricted to a limited area, purpose, and scope.

A) CLI
B) GUI
C) HID
D) LAN

Question 24

Which of the following is not an example of an optical storage format?

A) Blu-Ray
B) Compact Disc
C) DVD
D) Flash Memory

Question 25

A(n) _________________ is self-contained collection of binary data (bytes).

A) application
B) file
C) LAN
D) microprocessor

Question 26

The _________________ is the first software application on a computer that is launched when a computer is turned on or restarted.

A) boot software
B) CMS
C) file system browser
D) operating system

Question 27

Which of the following terms is used to describe transmission capacity within a digital pipeline or the speed at which digital information is transmitted from one device to another?

A) bandwidth
B) bit depth
C) clock speed
D) processor speed