Deck 1: Computers and Digital Basics

Question 1

The number 9 can be considered a character.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Because most digital devices are electronic,bits take the form of electrical pulses.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The operand is a command word for an operation.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Privacy advocates fear that digital technologies are fundamentally changing our expectation of what is private and what is not.

Question 5

The op code in a machine language instruction specifies the data.

Question 6

The digital revolution became a significant factor in the 1980s but ended in the 1990s when the "dot com" bubble burst.

Question 7

All computers are case sensitive.

Question 8

Prior to 1940,the word computer was defined as a person who performs calculations.

Question 9

To ensure you can remember your password it is a good idea to base it on information you can easily remember such as your birthday.

Question 10

Semiconductor materials are substances with properties between those of a conductor and an insulator.

Question 11

The purpose of a server is to serve computers on a network.

Question 12

In the binary number system,2 is used to represent the value 2.

Question 13

The first digital computer was developed for conducting the census.

Question 14

An interpreter converts and executes one statement at a time.

Question 15

Because of increased versatility,a videogame console is now considered a personal computer.

Question 16

Facebook and Twitter are examples of social networking options.

Question 17

An operating system is an example of application software.

Question 18

A compiler like the one shown in the accompanying figure converts all statements in a program to machine language in a single batch.

Question 19

You should always use a different password for every account.

Question 20

Trojans are computer programs that seem to perform one function while actually doing something else.

Question 21

In the past,minicomputers were used for small businesses._________________________

Question 22

An area where data can be left on a permanent basis is memory._________________________

Question 23

A(n)microcomputer specializes in compute-intensive problems._________________________

Question 24

Digital technology has made it easy to produce copies of music with no loss of quality from the original._________________________

Question 25

A(n)supercomputer is a large and expensive computer capable of simultaneously processing data for hundreds or thousands of users._________________________

Question 26

DIPs and PGAs are both shapes of integrated circuits._________________________

Question 27

The set of instructions that tells a computer how to carry out processing tasks is a computer program._________________________

Question 28

The term server can refer to a combination of hardware and software._________________________

Question 29

A(n)account manager stores user IDs with their corresponding passwords and automatically fills in login forms._________________________

Question 30

A(n)keylogger is a form of malicious code._________________________

Question 31

Initially sales were slow for the personal computer because of ____.

A) price
B) size
C) lack of software
D) lack of availability

Question 32

A light switch is like a(n)analog device._________________________

Question 33

The ALU uses registers to hold data that is being processed._________________________

Question 34

A set of machine language instructions for a program is called source code._________________________

Question 35

____ software refers to any software that is installed on a computer's hard disk.

A) Local
B) Proprietary
C) Cloud
D) Digital

Question 36

____ is the process of converting text,numbers,sound,photos,and video into data that can be processed by digital devices.

A) Digitization
B) Analog conversion
C) Scanning
D) Rasterization

Question 37

Free source projects promote copying,free distribution,peer review,and user modifications._________________________

Question 38

The results of statements that have been compiled are called object code._________________________

Question 39

The first digital computers were built during World War II for ____.

A) census taking
B) code breaking
C) communication
D) troop placement

Question 40

In 1982,the percentage of households that had a computer was closest to ____ percent.

A) 10
B) 30
C) 50
D) 70

Question 41

____ media are cloud-based applications designed for social interaction and consumer-generated content.

A) Sharing
B) Wiki
C) Blogging
D) Social

Question 42

____ computing provides access to information,applications,communications,and storage over the Internet.

A) Distance
B) Disparate
C) Cloud
D) Local

Question 43

An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is ____.

A) the CPU
B) memory
C) storage
D) a file

Question 44

The master controller for all activities that take place within a computer is ____.

A) application software
B) system software
C) the operating system
D) the CPU

Question 45

A set of computer programs that helps a computer monitor itself and function more efficiently is ____.

A) a software suite
B) system software
C) application software
D) processing software

Question 46

A global computer network originally developed as a military project is the ____.

A) World Wide Web
B) Internet
C) Wide-area network
D) Local-area network

Question 47

A named collection of data that exists on a storage medium is known as (a)____.

A) memory
B) file
C) file name
D) none of the above

Question 48

When restrictions on commercial use of the ____ were lifted in 1995,companies such as AOL and CompuServe became popular services.

A) World Wide Web
B) Internet
C) Wide-area network
D) Local-area network

Question 49

Technology ____ is a process by which several different technologies with distinct functionality evolve to form a single product.

A) evolution
B) rotation
C) convergence
D) diversification

Question 50

The ____ is a collection of linked documents,graphics,and sounds.

A) network
B) Web
C) cyberspace
D) Internet

Question 51

The ____ phase of the digital revolution materialized in the 1990s when the Internet was opened to public use.

A) first
B) second
C) third
D) fourth

Question 52

A computer is a multiple purpose device that can do all of the following EXCEPT ____.

A) store data
B) process data
C) accept input
D) think independently

Question 53

By 2011,Facebook had ____ million users.

A) 200
B) 350
C) 750
D) 950

Question 54

During the period from ____,computing was characterized by the Web,e-mail,multiplayer games,music downloads,and enormous software applications.

A) 1982-1985
B) 1985-1990
C) 1990-1995
D) 1995-2010

Question 55

An electronic component that can be programmed to perform tasks is a ____.

A) CPU
B) microprocessor
C) transistor
D) none of the above

Question 56

In a computer,most processing takes place in ____.

A) memory
B) RAM
C) the CPU
D) the motherboard

Question 57

A set of computer programs that helps a person carry out a task is ____.

A) an operating system
B) system software
C) application software
D) Windows

Question 58

A group of computers linked together to share data and resources is a(n)____.

A) network
B) Web
C) cyberspace
D) Internet

Question 59

According to the text,a key aspect of ____ is that it adds content and substance to ____.

A) the Web, the Internet
B) convergence, the cloud
C) the Internet, the Web
D) the cloud, local applications

Question 60

____ tools cloak a person's identity online.

A) Anonymizer
B) Free ID
C) ID free
D) Cloaking

Question 61

The type of data where text,numbers,graphics,sound,and video have been converted into discrete digits as represented in the accompanying figure is ____.

A) information
B) analog
C) digital
D) none of the above

Question 62

The human-readable version of a program is called ____.

A) source code
B) program code
C) human code
D) system code

Question 63

The ____ houses all essential chips and provides connecting circuitry between them.

A) system board
B) housing structure
C) circuit breaker
D) chip set

Question 64

A super-thin slice of semiconducting material packed with microscopic circuit elements is a(n)____.

A) integrated circuit
B) computer chip
C) microchip
D) all of the above

Question 65

Data transmission speeds are typically expressed as ____.

A) bits
B) bytes
C) hertz
D) none of the above

Question 66

The binary number 10 represents ____ in the decimal number system.

A) 1
B) 2
C) 10
D) 100

Question 67

A powerful desktop computer used for high-performance tasks is a ____.

A) mainframe
B) workstation
C) server
D) console

Question 68

The type of code that uses only seven bits for each character is ____.

A) ASCII
B) Extended ASCII
C) EBCDIC
D) all of the above

Question 69

You might represent ____ using character codes.

A) color dots
B) bank balances
C) Social Security numbers
D) none of the above

Question 70

The accompanying figure represents two types of chip carriers.The one on the right is a ____.

A) PGA
B) DIP
C) PID
D) GAP

Question 71

The accompanying figure represents two types of chip carriers.The one on the left is a ____.

A) PGA
B) DIP
C) PID
D) GAP

Question 72

An ordinary personal computer that is connected to a network is a ____.

A) mainframe
B) workstation
C) server
D) console

Question 73

A(n)____ is a microprocessor-based computing device designed to meet the computing needs of an individual.

A) personal computer
B) mainframe
C) ALU
D) server

Question 74

Data becomes ____ when it is presented in a format that people can understand and use.

A) information
B) processed
C) graphs
D) presentation

Question 75

Digital devices can use ____ as a code to represent character data.

A) ASCII
B) Extended ASCII
C) EBCDIC
D) all of the above

Question 76

The type of data that is represented using an infinite scale of values as represented in the accompanying figure is ____.

A) information
B) analog
C) digital
D) none of the above

Question 77

The type of code that uses eight bits for each character is ____.

A) ASCII
B) Extended ASCII
C) EBCDIC
D) all of the above

Question 78

Storage is typically expressed as ____.

A) bits
B) bytes
C) hertz
D) none of the above

Question 79

C,BASIC,COBOL,and Java are examples of ____ programming languages.

A) low-level
B) computer
C) system
D) high-level

Question 80

A compute-intensive problem runs on a ____.

A) server
B) miniframe
C) supercomputer
D) super PC