Deck 5: Assessment

Question 1

What type of cyberattack is used to trick a user into giving valuable information to an attacker?

A) Malware
B) Trojans
C) Cyberbullying
D) Social engineering

Answer 1

Social engineering

Question 2

A scanner is a type of computer hardware.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT computer hardware?

A) Printer
B) Device driver
C) Mouse
D) Central processing unit

Answer 3

Device driver

Question 4

What type of system software manages memory?

A) operating system
B) screen saver
C) memory stick
D) file manager

Question 5

Phishing emails are disguised as emails from a trusted source and sent by hackers; they deceive the recipient by getting them to reveal personal or financial information.

Question 6

The technology field has become rather elite, only hiring those with extreme talent in game design and Internet security.

Question 7

If you want to be sure you are practicing green computing, which of the following would be something you would do?

A) Throw old computers away at the dump.
B) Get the latest smartphone when it is released.
C) Buy devices with high power consumption.
D) Shut down your computer overnight.

Question 8

Using speech recognition software, a device can identify the words in your speech and display them on the screen.

Question 9

The direction in which text is printed on a page is called style.

Question 10

Which of the following statements is NOT true about network standards?

A) The way computers access a network is related to the network standard.
B) Network standards specify the types of hardware used.
C) Network standards determine data transmission speeds.
D) Computers and devices successfully communicate on networks regardless of the standards used.

Question 11

Nina wants to find a list of vegan restaurants in the city she is visiting over the weekend.Which of the following websites can she use to find this information?

A) Yahoo
B) Gmail
C) Encyclopedia Britannica
D) Wikipedia

Question 12

Every program or app requires RAM, which is the volatile and temporary storage location for open apps and data.

Question 13

A plugin is an enhanced text editor that has additional features to write code accurately and efficiently.

Question 14

Rita is designing a digital card on her cellphone for her mother's birthday.She wants to crop out certain portions of her mother's photograph to use on the card.Which of these apps can she use to do this?

A) Chrome
B) Google Docs
C) Excel
D) Fotor

Question 15

If you do not know how to code or design a website from scratch, then which of the following could you do instead?

A) Use a website builder such as Google Sites.
B) Use a search engine optimization tool to write the code for publication.
C) Contract with a vendor to use uptime for a true measure of your coding skills.
D) Use an FTP client with XML to transfer files from your home computer to your school work station to receive help.

Question 16

Development is the process of creating programs and apps from the idea stage to distribution to users.

Question 17

In which phase of the software development life cycle do you acquire the necessary hardware and programming languages for the project?

A) Planning
B) Implementation
C) Design
D) Support and security

Question 18

For keywords pertaining to academic research, Google returns more relevant and reliable results than Google Scholar, since Google Scholar is a subsidiary of Google.

Question 19

Bernie is an aspiring video game developer.Learning which of the following software would benefit him the most?

A) Computer-aided design software
B) Sampling software
C) 3-D animation software
D) System software

Question 20

You can use a cloud server to back up your data.

Question 21

Which of the following is true about video conferences?

A) A video conference involves only one-way communication.
B) A video conference opens with an About page that includes directions, an agenda, and a poll.
C) A video conference always allows participants to see and hear each other.
D) A video conference is easily identifiable by its domain name and provider.

Question 22

The practice of social curation is when a website provides links to other relevant websites in its field.