Deck 1: Defining Information Technology

Question 1

Software is a collective term for the instructions computers perform to implement applications .

Answer 1

True

Question 2

ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) is a standard processor that is often used as a component of consumer devices .

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The computer first digitized the U . S . census data in 1980 .

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The camera in a smart phone can be classified as an input device .

Question 5

The early computer, ENIAC, weighed thirty tons .

Question 6

Transistors helped advance computing because they increased the complexity of the assembly process .

Question 7

Writing software is the job of programmers and software developers .

Question 8

If a device does not have a keyboard attached to it, it cannot be considered a computer .

Question 9

In software, the agent is anything that can follow instructions .

Question 10

In computing, all data is represented by numbers, regardless of whether the data is stored in memory, on a hard disk, in the cloud, or anywhere else .

Question 11

Describing a technical problem with the right words helps to facilitate a speedy answer from tech support .

Question 12

There is normally only one unique way to solve every computational task .

Question 13

Only a computer can use digital information .

Question 14

An integrated circuit contains, among other things, transistors .

Question 15

A precise, systematic way to produce a specified result is a(n)

A) abacus
B) algorithm
C) agent
D) computation

Question 16

Booting a computer means to

A) start the computer
B) run a program from the hard disk
C) restart the computer
D) None of these

Question 17

In the story of the tortoise and the hare, the abstraction is

A) that speed is deceiving
B) that slow and steady wins the race
C) the hare
D) the tortoise

Question 18

Understanding how the pedals on your bicycle transfer power to the wheels

A) is an algorithm
B) makes you operationally attuned
C) is an abstraction
D) is a generalization

Question 19

Using ROY G BIV to remember, in order, the colors of the rainbow as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet is an example of a(n)

A) abstraction
B) algorithm
C) mnemonic
D) generalization

Question 20

The central idea or concept, removed from a situation, is called

A) abstraction
B) interaction
C) generalization
D) information

Question 21

A simpler way to say, "The ability to apply what we know about how a device or system works to simplify its use"is to

A) be operationally attuned
B) generalize
C) use a mnemonic
D) use an abstraction

Question 22

Rebooting a computer means to

A) run a program from a hard disk
B) restart the computer
C) start the computer
D) None of these

Question 23

The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is stored on a microchip called the

A) kernel
B) ARM processor
C) boot ROM
D) flash memory package

Question 24

When an integrated circuit is manufactured

A) many small parts are assembled by firing them onto a silicon chip
B) the circuit is cut into a silicon chip by a microscopic drill bit
C) the parts are created consecutively by type: first created are the operational units, then the connection, and then all the rest
D) a complicated circuit is created as a unit, with all parts created together

Question 25

In the 1950s and 1960s before integrated circuits were used, memory was made

A) by creating a standing wave on a tightened electrical wire
B) by using a single transistor
C) by stringing tiny magnetic "donuts" onto a grid of wire threads
D) by a process of printing bits, similar to film photography

Question 26

The first production application of digital information was

A) punched card tabulation for the 1890 US Census
B) the ENIAC computer
C) the use of vacuum tubes for calculations needed by the US Army
D) the invention of the transistor at Bell Labs

Question 27

The ARM is a

A) type of processor
B) variety of boot ROM
C) brand of microwave oven
D) type of software

Question 28

Select all that apply . Which of the following are advantages of transistors over vacuum tubes?

A) Transistors can be used alone while vacuum tubes must be used in pairs .
B) Transistors are more reliable than vacuum tubes .
C) Transistors use less power than vacuum tubes .
D) Transistors are smaller than vacuum tubes .

Question 29

________ is the physical implementation of a computer, usually electronic, and includes the processor, memory, and, typically, its peripheral devices .

Question 30

________ are algorithms that have been specialized to a specific set of conditions and assumptions and (usually) are written in a specific programming language .

Question 31

________ is the collective term for computer programs .

Question 32

In tech speak, processor is a synonym for ________ .

Question 33

A(n) ________ is a series of layers of programs that support user applications .

Question 34

The agent that runs an algorithm may not be a computer . Often it is a(n) ________ instead .

Question 35

A(n) ________ is a block of silicon in which active and connective parts are fabricated together .

Question 36

Computers can be found ________ .

Question 37

To apply your knowledge of how a device works as an aid to simplifying its user means to be ________ .

Question 38

The replacement of hardware with software, integrated circuits, and layered software are all techniques to ________ .