Deck 1: Computer Hardware and History

Question 1

Which of the following devices can be considered as input devices?

A)keyboard and mouse
B)scanner and printer
C)hard drive and speakers
D)microphone and cd-rom drive

Answer 1

keyboard and mouse

Question 2

Which of the following is not one of the four major functions of a computer?

A)output
B)storage
C)processing
D)calculation

Answer 2

storage

Question 3

Which of the following is not an output device?

A)printer
B)hard drive
C)monitor
D)speakers

Answer 3

hard drive

Question 4

The resolution of a monitor is governed by the

A)size of the screen
B)cost of the monitor
C)number of pixels on the screen
D)contrast of the pixels on the screen

Question 5

All of the following are important to consider when buying an LCD monitor EXCEPT

A)brightness
B)viewing angle
C)pixel swap rate
D)resolution

Question 6

Restarting the system after it has been completed powered off is called

A)a warm boot
B)a standby start
C)hibernation
D)a cold boot

Question 7

An Ethernet port is used for connecting your computer to

A)a network
B)a printer
C)a monitor
D)a digital camera

Question 8

Which of the following statements about the hard disks is TRUE?

A)hard disks are always installed inside the system unit of a computer
B)hard disks are considered volatile storage devices
C)with the rise of flash drives, hard disks are becoming legacy technology
D)hard disks are considered nonvolatile storage devices

Question 9

Browsers are enhanced by installing

A)plug-ins
B)helper applications
C)a new version
D)all of the above

Question 10

On the keyboard, the key you press to finalize a command or entry is

A)enter
B)control
C)escape
D)all of the above

Question 11

When selecting a scanner, be sure to base your decision on

A)the number of bits assigned to each pixel
B)its optical resolution
C)whether it has optical character recognition software included
D)all of the above

Question 12

The overall design of a font is called its

A)type style
B)type face
C)type size
D)serif

Question 13

The name of the first digital computer is

A)enicac
B)mark i
C)ibm 132
D)apple ii

Question 14

…………………designed Remington Rand became one of the first commercially available computers.

A)univac-i
B)enicac
C)mark i
D)none of the above

Question 15

Notebook and smaller computers usually use

A)liquid crystal displays
B)electroluminescent displays
C)field emission displays
D)all of the above

Question 16

Second generation computers contained ………………in place of vacuum tubes.

A)transistors
B)liquid crystal displays
C)both a and b
D)neither a nor b

Question 17

………………….developed the integrated circuits

A)kim philby
B)jack philby
C)john neumann
D)thomas watson

Question 18

Which of the following period is the first generation of computing?

A)1945-55
B)1956-63
C)1964-1971
D)none of the above

Question 19

Which of the following is the first general purpose computer?

A)mark i
B)eniac
C)ibm123
D)apple ii

Question 20

Which of the following period is the second generation of computing?

A)1945-55
B)1956-63
C)1964-1971
D)none of the above

Question 21

Mouse was invented by……………in 1963

A)douglas engelbart
B)jack philby
C)john neumann
D)thomas watson

Question 22

Any machine capable of representing information from a computer is…………….. .

A)output device
B)input device
C)both a and b
D)none of the above