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Question 1:    Which of the following is true of a computer?

                         All computers process symbolic representations such as ASCII
                          All computers are based on mechanical calculations
                          All computers are systems of input, processing, output, storage, and control components.
                          A and B
                          A and C

Question 2:   If I had 2 bits, how many messages could I convey?

                         1
                          2
                          4
                          6
                          8

Question 3:    What is a byte?

                         8 bits
                          The basic addressable unit in RAM
                          1 bit raised to the 4th
                          A and B
                         All of the above

Question 4:    A gigabyte (GB) is used to express which one of the following approximate measures?

                         1,000 bytes of storage
                          1,000,000 bytes of storage
                          1,000,000,000 bytes of storage
                          1,000,000,000,000 bytes of storage
                          1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes of storage

Question 5:    The MARK I:

                         required 1,500 square feet of storage
                          was developed at Iowa State University
                          required 19,000 vacuum tubes
                          required only 3 seconds to multiply
                          was fully electronic

Question 6:    The primary secondary storage of first generation computers was

                         punch cards
                          vacuum tubes
                          magnetic tape
                          magnetic core
                          hard disks

Question 7:    All of the following are true about transistors EXCEPT:

                         relatively small
                          could be mass produced
                          used less electricity
                          were prone to break-downs
                          gave off less heat

Question 8:    In the third generation of computer, which of the following secondary storage devices were becoming common place?

                         punch cards
                          tape drives
                          hard disks
                          flash disks
                          optical drives

Question 9:    Before becoming the major company it is today, Microsoft primarily

                         was a developer of hard drives
                          built operating systems for minicomputers
                          was a vendor of integrated circuits
                          was a FORTRAN applications firm
                          was a developed of BASIC interpreters

Question 10:  Which one of the following statements would best describe a workstation computer?

                         Computers, Internet, intranets, and extranets
                          Support applications with heavy mathematical computing and graphics display demands such as computer-aided design (CAD).
                          Used to coordinate telecommunications and resource sharing in small local area networks (LANs) and Internet and intranet web sites
                          All of the above apply
                          None of the above

Question 11:  Which one of the following would NOT be considered a characteristic of supercomputer systems?

                         Now include mini-supercomputers consisting of large numbers of microprocessors and utilizing parallel processing that cost less than $1 million
                          Can process from 80 to more than 500 millions of instructions per second
                          Often do not require a staff of data processing professionals to operate them
                          They are specifically designed for high-speed numeric computation
                          ALL of the above are characteristics

Question 12:  Pen-based computing technologies are most commonly found in which of the following computers?
                         Personal computers
                          Client/server computers
                          Personal digital assistants
                          Network computers
                          Supercomputers

Question 13:  Conceptually, the circuitry of a central processing unit (CPU) can be subdivided into two major subunits that are called the:

                         Arithmetic-logic unit and control unit
                          Control unit and RAID unit
                          RAID unit and CD-RW unit
                          Fuzzy logic unit and neural net unit
                          None of the above

Question 14:  What is the control unit?

                         The component in a digital computer that uses electrical signals to direct instruction execution.
                          The component in a digital computer that executes all arithmetic and logical operations
                          The component in a digital computer that interprets computer program instructions and processes data
                          The component in a digital computer that temporarily stores instructions or data
                          The component in a digital computer that retrieves instructions or data from secondary storage for processing

Question 15:  What is a nanosecond?

                         1 thousandth of a second
                          1 millionth of a second
                          1 billionth of a second
                          1 trillionth of a second
                          1 quadrillionth of a second

Question 16:  What is a gigahertz?

                         Thousands of cycles/second
                          Millions of cycles/second
                          Billions of cycles/second
                          Trillions of cycles/second
                          None of the above

Question 17:  Which of the following is NOT an output device?
                         Cathode Ray Tube
                          Graphical User Interface
                          Laser printer
                          Liquid Crystal Display
                          Inkjet printer

Question 18:  Which one of the following would NOT fit the typical classification of a computer peripheral?",
"Monitors and printers
                         Monitors and printers
                          Scanners and hard disk drives
                          CD-ROM drives and backup systems
                          Central processing unit
                          All of the above classify as computer peripherals

Question 19:  Your text discusses numerous types of magnetic disks. Which one of the following would not be considered a type of magnetic disk?

                         Floppy disk
                          Hard disk drives
                          RAID
                          CD-RW disk
                          All are magnetic disks

Question 20:  What is firmware?
                         Frequently used programs which are permanently burned into ROM during manufacture
                          Software which resides on a CD and monitors firm functioning
                          Propriety CD-ROMS which contain data about a firm
                          A and B
                          A and C