MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) OS is an abbreviation for which of the following terms? 1) _______ A) Outsourced System B) Operating System C) Overlay System D) Operations Schedule 2) The type of software that sits on top of the operating system and utilizes the computer's capabilities to perform a user task is called: 2) _______ A) utility software. B) internal software. C) system software. D) application software. 3) Which of the following is NOT a basic computer operation? 3) _______ A) Throughput B) Processing C) Input D) Storage 4) The computer function in which raw data is received is known as: 4) _______ A) output. B) processing. C) storage. D) input. 5) Users connect to networks on PCs called: 5) _______ A) resources. B) requesters. C) remote users. D) clients. 6) The CPU is often referred to as the ________ of the computer. 6) _______ A) soul B) brain C) core D) heart 7) The use of computers and computer programs to replace teachers and the time-place limitations of learning is called: 7) _______ A) e-education. B) e-class. C) e-learning. D) e-school. 8) The recent branch of philosophy that deals with computer-related moral dilemmas is called: 8) _______ A) computer ethics. B) computer code of conduct. C) moral beliefs. D) ergonomics. 9) A server is a computer that: 9) _______ A) is ultrafast and designed to handle large processing jobs. B) is designed for individual use. C) makes programs and data available to people who are connected to a computer network. D) plays a less important role in today's businesses. 10) A(n) ________ is a series of steps that results in the solution to a problem. 10) ______ A) pseudo-solution B) algorithm C) module D) object 11) Which of the following is a type of product that complements the human body's best posture and functionality? 11) ______ A) Ergonomic B) Esoteric C) Ergocentric D) Natural 12) The computer function in which processed data is displayed is known as: 12) ______ A) storage. B) input. C) output. D) processing. 13) Safety-critical systems have which of the following type of systems that kick in if the main computer goes down? 13) ______ A) Terminal B) Active/passive standby C) Backup D) Fail-safe 14) The two main categories of software are: 14) ______ A) user software and computer software. B) system software and application software. C) task software and instructional software. D) internal software and external software. 15) When an entire job category is made obsolete by advances in technology, it is called: 15) ______ A) structural unemployment. B) technological replacement. C) robotics. D) automation. 16) Which of the following statements is TRUE? 16) ______ A) Most errors cause programs to run slowly or perform needless tasks. B) Most commercial computer programs are free of programming errors. C) Most commercial computer programs average between two and four errors per 1,000 lines of code. D) Most errors in programs cause serious miscalculations. 17) Which of the following is NOT an example of an input device? 17) ______ A) Speakers B) Digital cameras C) Microphones D) Scanners 18) The device that combines the capabilities of a handheld computer with mobile phone capabilities and Web access is known as a ________. 18) ______ A) multiphone B) mobile computer C) minicomputer D) smartphone 19) Output refers to: 19) ______ A) information that needs further computer activity to provide meaning to people. B) performing operations on the input data. C) sending the results of computer processing to a permanent location. D) displaying the results of the processing operation so that people can understand it. 20) Spell checking a document is an example of the computer's ability to perform the ________ function. 20) ______ A) processing B) storage C) input D) output 21) The four-step process of fetch, decode, execute, and store is called a(n): 21) ______ A) machine cycle. B) arithmetic operation. C) instruction cycle. D) logical operation. 22) Of the following, which represents the largest amount of data? 22) ______ A) Megabyte B) Petabyte C) Kilobyte D) Terabyte 23) The central processing unit (CPU): 23) ______ A) plays a minimal role in processing data. B) is a fairly simple device. C) is different from a microprocessor. D) is an integrated chip capable of processing signals. 24) Which of the following types of memory has L1, L2, and L3 levels of storage? 24) ______ A) ROM B) cache C) RAM D) flash 25) Which of the following operating systems was the first to use the 64-bit technology? 25) ______ A) MS-DOS B) Windows XP C) Linux D) Mac OS X 26) Which of th e following input/output buses is used by today's PCs? 26) ______ A) CPU B) L2 C) PCI D) AGP 27) On non-Apple systems, the FireWire port is called a ________ port. 27) ______ A) 1995 B) 1394 C) 1439 D) 2008 28) An algorithm used as a bridge between binary code and keyboard characters is known as: 28) ______ A) hot swapping. B) character code. C) data dependency. D) cache. 29) Comparing a binary digit to a ________ is an easy-to-understand analogy. 29) ______ A) memory chip B) highway C) light switch D) storage bin 30) The most widely used character code is: 30) ______ A) ASCII. B) HTML. C) Unicode. D) EBCDIC. 31) Which of the following would NOT be found on the motherboard? 31) ______ A) Microprocessor B) Drive bays C) Input/output buses D) System clock 32) If your computer doesn't have enough USB ports, it is possible to obtain a USB ________. 32) ______ A) router B) multiplexer C) hub D) PBX 33) A memory ________ is the amount of RAM a program uses when it is operational. 33) ______ A) cache B) stash C) utility D) footprint 34) Floating-point notation: 34) ______ A) requires newer computers to have a special chip called a math coprocessor. B) has no advantage if used with numbers containing fractional points. C) allows the computer to work with very large, but not very small, numbers. D) uses no fixed number of digits before or after the decimal point. 35) A byte: 35) ______ A) represents one digit in the decimal numbering system. B) is the equivalent of eight binary digits. C) is the smallest unit of information that a computer can process. D) can be compared to the state of one light switch being either on or off. 36) Although introduced in 1995, the USB didn't become widely used until the release of the: 36) ______ A) Blackberry. B) iPod. C) iMac. D) iTunes. 37) The ________ is a pattern of bars printed on merchandise that stores information about the item. 37) ______ A) OMR B) MICR C) UPC D) EDI 38) A pie-shaped wedge of a hard disk is called which of the following? 38) ______ A) Cluster B) Track C) Platter D) Sector 39) The two components storage relies on include storage devices and ________. 39) ______ A) output devices B) recording media C) synthesizers D) input devices 40) Which of the following types of storage uses two laser beams to create a three-dimensional image? 40) ______ A) Fiber optic B) Holographic C) Integrated circuit D) Graphical 41) ________ was developed to enable recording, rewriting, and playing back high-definition video and large amounts of data storage. 41) ______ A) New Technology File System (NTFS) B) Blu-ray disc C) Hybrid technology D) Virtual technology 42) Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of speech recognition systems? 42) ______ A) Command B) Discrete Voice C) NaturallySpeaking D) Continuous Voice 43) A random access storage device can go directly to the requested data without having to go through which of the following type of search sequence? 43) ______ A) Linear B) Direct C) Hashed D) Indexed 44) A flash drive is a type of storage that uses which of the following circuitry? 44) ______ A) Liquid crystal B) Solid-state C) Virtual D) Semiconductor 45) A laser printer is a high-resolution printer that uses which of the following types of technology? 45) ______ A) Impact B) Fusion C) Static D) Electrostatic 46) All of the following are TRUE regarding a virtual keyboard EXCEPT it: 46) ______ A) may use a stylus to enter data. B) is used on touch-sensitive screens. C) is not an input device. D) is also known as a soft keyboard. 47) Damaged areas of a disk that can no longer hold data are called: 47) ______ A) damaged clusters. B) spoiled tracks. C) bad sectors. D) inaccessible bytes. 48) Which of the following type of device gives you control over the movement of the on-screen pointer? 48) ______ A) Insertion B) Output C) Pointing D) Cursor 49) If one running application invades another's memory space, one or both will: 49) ______ A) become unstable. B) crash. C) Both A and B. D) Neither A nor B. 50) System utilities: 50) ______ A) include features such as a word-processing program. B) are loaded before the operating system is loaded. C) have to be accessed through applications. D) perform functions such as protecting your computer from viruses. 51) A boot disk: 51) ______ A) can be used for troubleshooting purposes. B) is an emergency disk that loads the entire operating system. C) contains special files from the computer manufacturer and therefore cannot be created by the user. D) should be present when the computer starts up normally. 52) The BIOS: 52) ______ A) equips the computer with the instructions needed to accept keyboard input and display information on the screen. B) is temporarily written in the computer's ROM. C) is permanently written in the computer's RAM. D) displays input and output information on a graphical screen. 53) Starting a computer that is already turned on is called a: 53) ______ A) warm load. B) warm boot. C) power on. D) cold boot. 54) The first OS function is: 54) ______ A) prompting the user for an ID and password. B) starting the computer. C) scanning the hard disk for errors. D) loading the applications. 55) Signals that inform the OS that something happened are: 55) ______ A) program defects. B) operating system diversions. C) interrupts. D) drivers. 56) The process of loading the OS to memory is which of the following? 56) ______ A) Configuration B) Authentication C) Installing D) Booting 57) The best way to improve the performance of your computer is to: 57) ______ A) increase the size of the swap file so that you can use variable pages. B) install more RAM in the computer because the random access memory works faster than the hard disk. C) increase the use of virtual memory because the paging technique increases the speed of the memory. D) install a larger hard disk in the computer so that you can store more swap files. 58) Which of the following is the correct sequence for what happens when you turn on a computer? 58) ______ A) POST, BIOS, system configuration, loading the OS, loading the system utilities, and authentication B) Authentication, BIOS, POST, loading the OS, system configuration, and loading the system utilities C) BIOS, POST, system configuration, loading the OS, loading the system utilities, and authentication D) BIOS, POST, loading the OS, system configuration, loading the system utilities, and authentication 59) Outlook is an example of a(n): 59) ______ A) rendering program. B) high productivity program. C) e-mail database program. D) personal information management program. 60) Which of the following represents a major change in a software program? 60) ______ A) Whole number B) Service release C) Patch D) Decimal number 61) Which of the following is NOT true about the reasons people like being beta testers? 61) ______ A) They may get the software free or at a discount. B) They want their voices to be heard. C) They get paid for their time. D) They enjoy being on the cutting edge. 62) ________ include word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation graphics, and personal information management applications. 62) ______ A) Personal productivity programs B) Home and educational programs C) Applications that work through and run from the Internet D) Multimedia and graphics software 63) Most software licenses included with programs that you purchase give you the right to install the program on: 63) ______ A) all the computers you have in your home. B) any of your classmates' computers because it will be used for educational purposes. C) one computer. D) all the computers in your office. 64) Which of the following open source audio file format is faster and requires less space than MP3 files? 64) ______ A) Ogg Vorbis B) Matroska C) AU D) MINI 65) Applications typically enable you to choose from a list of ________ that specify how you want the program to operate. 65) ______ A) packages B) configurations C) defaults D) options 66) ________, a new wave of office suites, makes it possible to share files with others, resulting in easier group collaboration. 66) ______ A) Multimedia software B) Web-browser technology C) Web-hosted technology D) Internet User software 67) The computer function in which raw data is converted into meaningful information is known as: 67) ______ A) storage. B) input. C) output. D) processing. 68) The Business Software Alliance reports that reducing U.S. piracy by just 10 percent will have all of the following benefits EXCEPT: 68) ______ A) an increase in economic growth. B) the creation of new jobs. C) greater software usage. D) higher tax revenues. 69) A client that accesses the server but does most of the processing on the data in its own system is called a(n): 69) ______ A) processing client. B) fat client. C) enhanced client. D) educated client. 70) The disparity in computer ownership and Internet access is known as the ________. 70) ______ A) digital divide B) non-computerized syndrome C) disparity ratio D) None of the above 71) The most important type of memory that a typical computer uses during the processing operation is ________ memory. 71) ______ A) read-only B) flash C) random access D) storage 72) A floppy disk drive is an example of: 72) ______ A) standard technology. B) modified technology. C) legacy technology. D) newly developed technology. 73) Computers count with ________ numbers. 73) ______ A) binary B) digital C) regular D) decimal 74) The greater the number of ________ on a microprocessor, and proximity to each other, the faster the processing speed. 74) ______ A) transistors B) registers C) disks D) buses 75) A technique that uses more than one processor to execute a program is called: 75) ______ A) megaprocessing. B) co-processing. C) parallel processing. D) serial processing. 76) The number of operations per clock tick affects: 76) ______ A) disk drive capacity. B) the bus size. C) monitor resolution. D) microprocessor performance. 77) Hexadecimal numbers are represented using numbers 0 to 9 and letters ________. 77) ______ A) A to Z B) A to D C) A to F D) None of the above 78) ________ are nonvolatile and will not lose data when the power goes off or when removed from the system. 78) ______ A) Storage devices B) Recording devices C) Storage media D) Recording media 79) A common reason for using hard disk partitions in a computer system is that: 79) ______ A) partitioned hard disks have a faster access time. B) a different partition can be used for each application software product. C) hard disks over 1 GB in capacity must be partitioned due to their size. D) partitions enable the computer to boot different operating systems. 80) In a cathode-ray tube monitor, which of the following three colors are combined to produce various shades? 80) ______ A) Blue, yellow, and green B) Yellow, blue, and green C) Black, white, and gray D) Red, green, and blue 81) The quoted size of a monitor is determined by measuring it ________. 81) ______ A) horizontally B) vertically C) depth-wise D) diagonally 82) Miniprograms that immediately respond when an interrupt occurs are called: 82) ______ A) interrupt handlers. B) interrupt diverters. C) interrupt swappers. D) program exits. 83) Drivers for frequently used input and output devices are: 83) ______ A) programs that enable the user to install the system utilities faster. B) no longer needed if the computer has Plug-and-Play capability. C) often included with most operating systems. D) interchangeable because input and output devices can now use the same information to enable them to work. 84) All of the following are involved in loading the operating system EXCEPT: 84) ______ A) adjusting the setup program in the BIOS. B) loading the kernel into the computer memory. C) searching for the operating system. D) loading system configuration information. 85) To revise a file from Microsoft Office Live, it must be downloaded and edited using ________ and then uploaded again. 85) ______ A) any word processor B) Microsoft Works C) Microsoft Office D) Microsoft WordPad 86) The ________ provides the environment in which the application software runs. 86) ______ A) personal productivity B) operating system C) multimedia D) general-purpose 87) Validation proves that you are using a(n) ________ copy of the software and not a pirated version. 87) ______ A) group B) up to date C) legal D) trial 88) NIC is an abbreviation for which of the following terms? 88) ______ A) Network integration card B) Network interface capability C) Network interface card D) Network information card 89) ________ have the portability of a notebook but not the functionality. 89) ______ A) Minibooks B) Laptops C) Netbooks D) Tablets 90) The hexadecimal representation for the decimal 10 is: 90) ______ A) 10. B) B. C) A. D) 15. 91) Each memory address is stored in ________ form. 91) ______ A) compressed B) binary C) parallel D) serial 92) Which of the following types of software converts scanned text into a text file? 92) ______ A) PDQ B) OCR C) PDF D) OMR 93) All of the following are needed to access your computer in a multiuser environment EXCEPT a(n): 93) ______ A) user name. B) Internet address. C) password. D) home directory. 94) Which of the following is the default Microsoft Windows sound file format? 94) ______ A) SND B) AU C) MP3 D) WAV 95) Which of the following years did the World Wide Web begin? 95) ______ A) 1989 B) 1997 C) 2000 D) 1993 96) Approximately how much text is stored in a gigabyte? 96) ______ A) 1 book B) 1 page C) 1,000 books D) 1,000 pages 97) Which of the following is still the most common method for data entry? 97) ______ A) Microphone B) Stylus C) Keyboard D) Scanner 98) Which of the following operating systems first offered preemptive multitasking to the user? 98) ______ A) UNIX B) Macintosh OS X C) Linux D) Microsoft Windows 2000 99) Multimedia involves ________ or more media. 99) ______ A) four B) ten C) two D) three 100) Which of the following computers would be used in a large corporation to complete huge processing needs, such as airline reservations? 100) _____ A) Minicomputer B) Supercomputer C) Mainframe D) Server 1) B 2) D 3) A 4) D 5) D 6) B 7) C 8) A 9) C 10) B 11) A 12) C 13) C 14) B 15) A 16) A 17) A 18) D 19) D 20) A 21) A 22) B 23) D 24) B 25) C 26) C 27) B 28) B 29) C 30) A 31) B 32) C 33) D 34) D 35) B 36) C 37) C 38) D 39) B 40) B 41) B 42) C 43) A 44) B 45) D 46) C 47) C 48) C 49) C 50) D 51) A 52) A 53) B 54) B 55) C 56) D 57) B 58) D 59) D 60) A 61) C 62) A 63) C 64) A 65) D 66) C 67) D 68) C 69) B 70) A 71) C 72) C 73) A 74) A 75) C 76) D 77) C 78) D 79) D 80) D 81) D 82) A 83) C 84) A 85) C 86) B 87) C 88) C 89) C 90) C 91) B 92) B 93) B 94) D 95) D 96) C 97) C 98) A 99) C 100) C