QUESTION 1
Which of the following is NOT an input device?
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Touchscreen |
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Stylus |
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Microphone |
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Speakers |
4 points
QUESTION 2
Pixels are most closely associated with ________.
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monitors |
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processors |
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printers |
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speakers |
4 points
QUESTION 3
________ are found on the motherboard and are used to attach your hard disk.
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Drive controllers |
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Expansion cards |
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BIOS chips |
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Busses |
4 points
QUESTION 4
In modern computers, FireWire ports have been largely replaced by ________ ports.
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parallel |
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USB |
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serial |
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PS/2 |
4 points
QUESTION 5
The fetch-and-execute cycle is also called the ________ cycle.
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instruction |
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management |
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control |
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processing |
4 points
QUESTION 6
________ is a small, portable, solid-state drive.
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An optical disc |
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A flash drive |
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CompactFlash |
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A hard drive |
4 points
QUESTION 7
The most common printer used in schools and businesses is the ________ printer.
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inkjet |
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photo |
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thermal |
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laser |
4 points
QUESTION 8
The most common personal printer is the ________ printer.
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inkjet |
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plotter |
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laser |
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photo |
4 points
QUESTION 9
Today's processor speeds are measured in ________.
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GHz |
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MHz |
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KHz |
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THz |
4 points
QUESTION 10
Which is NOT an adaptive input device?
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Standard mouse |
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Voice-recognition software |
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Head wand |
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Joystick |
4 points
QUESTION 11
A wired network interface card is sometimes call a(n) ________ card.
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Ethernet |
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Wi-Fi |
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modulator-demodulator |
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PictBridge |
4 points
QUESTION 12
Which of the following is a touch input device?
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Webcam |
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Microphone |
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Stylus |
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Joystick |
4 points
QUESTION 13
Which device uses one or more pens to draw an image on a roll of paper?
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Plotter |
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Dye-sublimation printer |
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Thermal printer |
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Stylus |
4 points
QUESTION 14
The ________ is the brain of the computer.
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BIOS |
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ALU |
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RAM |
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CPU |
4 points
QUESTION 15
Which of the following is a form of solid-state storage?
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DVD |
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CD |
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Thumb drive |
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Blu-ray |
4 points
QUESTION 16
________ printers create an image by heating specially coated heat-sensitive paper that changes color where the heat is applied.
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Thermal |
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Laser |
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Inkjet |
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Dye-sublimation |
4 points
QUESTION 17
Which type of memory is very fast and is located close to the processor?
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Cache |
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RAM |
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ROM |
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DIMM |
4 points
QUESTION 18
Which of the following types of memory is non-volatile?
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CMOS |
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RAM |
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Cache memory |
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ROM |
4 points
QUESTION 19
A(n) ________ is a type of internal storage used in digital cameras.
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optical disc |
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hard drive |
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memory card |
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USB flash |
4 points
QUESTION 20
Which is NOT a communication device?
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Modem |
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DLP projector |
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Network adapter |
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Fax machine |
4 points
QUESTION 21
Forcing a processor to run at speeds higher than is was designed to perform is known as ________.
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throttling |
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overclocking |
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supercharging |
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turbocharging |
4 points
QUESTION 22
The ________ houses the power supply, memory, and drive bays of the computer.
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system unit |
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CPU |
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ALU |
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control unit |
4 points
QUESTION 23
________ uses multiple processors, or multi-core processors, to share processing tasks.
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Parallel processing |
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Pipelining |
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Distributed processing |
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Serial processing |
4 points
QUESTION 24
When the CPU retrieves an instruction from the main memory, that is known as the ________ process.
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fetch |
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pipelining |
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execution |
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instruction |
4 points
QUESTION 25
Which of the following types of data are NOT stored in RAM?
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BIOS settings |
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Text that is copied to the clipboard |
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Microsoft Word document you are working on |
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Web browsing session |
Answer 1:Speakers
Speakers are output devices
Answer 2: Monitors
Answer 3:Disk controller
Answer 4:USB
Answer 5:instruction
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