1. A. B. C. D.

Any computer parts that you can actually touch are considered to be:

hardware. software. systems. platforms. Answer: A 2. Reference: Your Computers Hardware Difficulty: Easy The box that contains the central electronic components of the computer is the:

A. B. C. D.

motherboard. system unit. peripheral. input device. Answer: B 3. Reference: Your Computers Hardware Difficulty: Easy Devices, such as monitors and printers, that are connected to the computer are called:

A. B. C. D.

processing devices. system devices. peripheral devices. input devices. Answer: C 4. Reference: Your Computers Hardware Difficulty: Easy A(n) ____________device enables you to enter data and instructions into the computer.

A. B. C. D.

input output digital CRT Answer: A 5. Reference: Input Devices Difficulty: Easy A ____________, when attached to a computer, can translate a users handwriting into digital input.

A. B. C. D.

microphone graphics tablet digital camera keyboard Answer: B 6. Reference: Input Devices Difficulty: Moderate The most common input devices are the ____________ and the ____________.

A. B. C. D.

microphone, printer scanner, monitor digital camera, speakers keyboard, mouse Answer: D 7. Reference: Input Devices Difficulty: Moderate The most common keyboard uses the ____________ layout.

A. B. C. D.

Dvorak numeric QWERTY alpha Answer: C 8. The ____________ on the keyboard enables you to enter numbers quickly.

A. B. C. D.

alphabetic keys numeric keypad Control keys Function keys Answer: B

9. A. B. C. D.

____________ designed keyboards provide a more natural typing position for a users hands and help prevent

repetitive strain injuries. Alphabetic QWERTY Dvorak Ergonomically Answer: D 10. A. B. C. D. The ____________ key and the ____________ key can be used in combination with other keys to perform shortcuts and special tasks. Control, Alt Function, toggle Delete, Insert Caps Lock, Num Lock Answer: A 11. A. B. C. D. The Delete key, Num Lock key, and Caps Lock key are considered ____________ keys because their function changes each time you press them. Function toggle cursor control Control Answer: B 12. A. B. C. D. Laptop Windows Macintosh QWERTY Answer: A 13. A. B. C. D. control. button. input. pointer. Answer: D A ____________ is the traditional way to enter data into a PDA and can be used on Tablet PCs for handwriting recognition. E. F. G. joystick trackball mouse Answer: D 14. A. B. C. D. stylus. touchpad. game control. trackball. Answer: B 15. A. B. C. speaker microphone keyboard Reference: Mice and Other Pointing Devices Difficulty: Easy A ____________ allows you to capture sound waves and transfer them to digital format on your computer. The small, touch-sensitive screen at the base of the keyboard on a laptop is known as the: H. stylus Reference: Keyboards Difficulty: Moderate An I-beam or an arrow is known as the mouse: ____________ keyboards are more compact and generally have fewer keys.

D.

stylus Answer: B 16. A ____________ is an output device that creates tangible hard copies.

A. B. C. D.

monitor printer scanner CRT Answer: B 17. Reference: The type of monitor that looks like a traditional television set is called a ____________ monitor.

A. B. C. D.

display cathode-ray tube (CRT) liquid crystal display (LCD) flat-panel Answer: B 18. ____________ monitors use a technology similar to that used in digital watches.

A. B. C. D.

Cathode-ray tube (CRT) Graphics Electron beam Liquid crystal display (LCD) Answer: D 19. The ____________ is the number of times per second the electron beam scans the monitor and recharges the illumination of each pixel.

A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H.

refresh rate sharpness resolution dot pitch Answer: A resolution. refresh rate. dot pitch. sharpness. Answer: C 20. Reference: CRT Monitors Difficulty: Challenging ____________ printers have tiny hammer-like keys that strike the paper through an inked ribbon. The diagonal distance, measured in millimeters, between pixels of the same color is called:

A. B. C. D.

Inkjet Impact Nonimpact Laser Answer: B 21. Inkjet printers and laser printers are examples of ____________ printers.

A. B. C. D.

nonimpact impact dot-matrix thermal Answer: A 22. Reference: Printers Difficulty: Moderate ____________ are large printers used to produce oversize pictures that require precise continuous lines, such as maps

and architectural plans. A. B. Dot-matrix printers Thermal printers

C. D.

Multifunction printers Plotters Answer: D 23. Reference: Printers Difficulty: Easy A printers speed is measured in:

A. B. C. D.

dots per inch (dpi). color output. megabytes. pages per minute (ppm). Answer: D 24. Reference: Printers Difficulty: Easy Restarting the system when it is already powered on is called:

A. B. C. D.

hibernation. standby mode. a warm boot. a cold boot. Answer: C 25. Reference: Power Controls Difficulty: Challenging ____________ is when the computer saves an image of the desktop and powers down.

A. B. C. D.

Standby mode A warm boot Hibernation A cold boot Answer: C 26. Reference: Power Controls Difficulty: Challenging

____________ is when the more power-hungry components, such as the monitor and the hard drive, are put in idle.

A. B. C. D.

Hibernation Standby mode Power down The shutdown procedure Answer: B 27. Reference: Power Controls Difficulty: Challenging ____________ data and programs are stored in the hard drive.

A. B. C. D.

Random Volatile Nonpermanent Permanent Answer: D 28. Reference: Drive Bays: Your Access to Storage Devices Difficulty: Moderate Hard disk drives are considered ____________ storage.

A. B. C. D.

nonvolatile flash temporary nonpermanent Answer: A 29. Reference: Drive Bays: Your Access to Storage Devices Difficulty: Moderate All of the following storage media have Read and Write capabilities EXCEPT:

A. B. C. D.

flash memory cards. CD-ROMs. hard disk drives. floppy disks. Answer: B 30. Reference: Figure 2.26: Storage Media Capacities Difficulty: Moderate ____________ are devices used to transmit data over telecommunications lines.

A.

Drives

B. C. D.

Drive bays Modems Platforms Answer: C 31. Reference: Ports Difficulty: Moderate The ____________ port sends data one bit at a time and is often used to connect a modem to the computer.

A. B. C. D.

USB serial parallel FireWire Answer: B 32. printer. Reference: On the Back Difficulty: Moderate The ____________ port transmits data in groups of bits, is faster than a serial port, and is generally used to connect a

A. B. C. D.

Ethernet peripheral connectivity parallel Answer: D 33. quickly. Reference: On the Back Difficulty: Moderate USB ports are fast replacing traditional ____________ and ____________ ports because of their ability to transfer data

A. B. C. D.

parallel, serial Ethernet, speaker video, audio monitor, modem Answer: A 34. Reference: On the Back Difficulty: Moderate The ____________ port resembles a standard phone jack.

A. B. C. D.

FireWire peripheral modem serial Answer: C 35. chips. Reference: On the Back Difficulty: Moderate The ____________, housed inside the system unit, regulates the wall voltage to the voltages required by the computer

A. B. C. D.

motherboard CPU RAM power supply Answer: D 36. Reference: Inside the System Unit Difficulty: Moderate The ____________ enables your computer to connect to other computers.

A. B. C. D.

video card network interface card (NIC) sound card controller card Answer: B 37. Reference: Inside the System Unit Difficulty: Challenging ____________ plug into the expansion slots on the motherboard.

A. B. C. D.

Ports Expansion boards USB devices Drive bays

Answer: B 38. A. B. C. D. RAM ROM The CPU

Reference: Inside the System Unit

Difficulty: Easy

____________ is referred to as primary storage.

The system unit Answer: A 39. Reference: Inside the System Unit Difficulty: Challenging RAM is considered volatile storage, which means it is:

A. B. C. D.

permanent. random. read-only. temporary. Answer: D 40. Reference: Inside the System Unit Difficulty: Moderate ____________ is a form of permanent memory that holds all the instructions the computer needs to start up and does

not get erased when the power is turned off. A. B. C. D. RAM ROM The CPU The NIC Answer: B 41. A. B. C. D. Reference: Inside the System Unit Difficulty: Challenging ____________ is the applied science concerned with designing and arranging things that people use so that the people

and things interact most efficiently and safely. Ergonomics Positioning Occupational safety Repetitive strain prevention Answer: A 42. A. B. C. D. RAM Expansion board Hard disk drive Answer: B 43. A. B. C. D. Reference: Inside the System Unit Difficulty: Challenging A(n) ____________ is a combination of hardware and software that facilitates the sharing of information between Modem Reference: Setting It All Up Difficulty: Moderate ____________ speed is measured in nanoseconds.

computing devices. expansion board digital device network peripheral Answer: C 44. A. B. C. D. a printer. a modem. a DSL modem. a digital camera. Answer: C 45. A. USB port. Reference: Inside the System Unit Difficulty: Moderate Flash drives plug into a(n): Reference: Bits and Bytes: Opening Up Your System Unit Difficulty: Challenging In addition to connecting your computer to a network, the Ethernet port can be used to connect to:

B. C. D.

serial port. expansion slot. drive bay. Answer: A 46. Reference: Drive Bays: Your Access to Storage Devices Difficulty: Moderate Storage devices, such as floppy disk drives and Zip disk drives that are no longer standard on many new computers,

are known as ____________ technologies. A. B. C. D. peripheral combo legacy media Answer: C 47. A. B. C. D. Parallel, USB USB, audio Modem, Ethernet Audio, video Answer: C 48. A. B. C. D. RAM ROM The CPU The power supply Answer: A Reference: Inside the System Unit Difficulty: Moderate motherboard. Reference: On the Back Difficulty: Moderate ____________ is a series of small cards (called memory cards or memory modules) that plug into slots on the Reference: Drive Bays: Your Access to Storage Devices Difficulty: Easy ____________ ports and ____________ ports are considered connectivity ports.

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49. 50. The central electronic components of the computer are located in the ____________. Reference: Your Computers Hardware Difficulty: Moderate ____________ devices, such as monitors, modems, and printers, are devices that are externally connected to the Reference: Your Computers Hardware Reference: Keyboards Reference: Keyboards Reference: Keyboards Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Easy Difficulty: Moderate Answer: system unit computer. Answer: Peripheral 51. 52. 53. 54. Answer: arrow Answer: keyboard Answer: Function (F) mousepad. Answer: optical 55. 56. Answer: Bluetooth Reference: Mice and Other Pointing Devices Reference: Keyboards Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Challenging ____________ keyboards have a much shorter range than radio frequency (RF) keyboards. ____________ technology allows a person sitting at a computer equipped with a personal video camera and a The cursor control keys are also known as the ____________ keys. QWERTY is a type of ____________. ____________ keys sometimes perform different functions for different software packages. A(n)____________ mouse uses an internal sensor or laser instead of a rollerball, and therefore does not need a

microphone to transmit video and audio across the Internet.

Answer: Videoconferencing Input 57. Difficulty: Moderate

Reference: Sound

In ____________ systems, you operate your computer through a microphone, telling it to perform specific commands or Reference: Sound Difficulty: Moderate Regarding monitors, the higher the ____________, the sharper and clearer the image. Reference: Monitors Reference: Monitors Reference: Monitors Reference: Monitors Reference: Monitors Reference: Printers Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Challenging Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Challenging Difficulty: Easy A cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitor is a grid made up of millions of ____________. A monitors refresh rate is measured in ____________, a unit of frequency indicating cycles per second. Less expensive LCD monitors use ____________ displays. A smaller ____________ means that there is less blank space between pixels, and thus a sharper, clearer image. The most common impact printer is the ____________ printer. Although more expensive to buy than inkjet printers, ____________ printers are more economical for high-volume Reference: Printers Difficulty: Easy Reference: Printers Reference: Power Controls Difficulty:Moderate

translate spoken words into data input. Answer: speech-recognition Input 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. Answer: resolution Answer: pixels Answer: hertz (Hz) Answer: passive-matrix Answer: dot pitch Answer: dot-matrix black-and-white printing. Answer: laser 65. 66. 67. 68. data. Answer: Flash 69. 70. 71. 72. Answer: Ports Answer: expansion (or adapter) Answer: motherboard Reference: Drive Bays: Your Access to Storage Devices Difficulty: Easy Reference: Ports Reference: Inside the System Unit Reference: Inside the System Unit Difficulty: Challenging Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Easy ____________ are the places on the system unit where peripheral devices attach to the computer. Typical ____________ cards, found in the system unit are the sound card and the video card. The ____________ is the largest printed circuit board to which all other boards are connected. ____________ is the storage space nearby the CPU where data and commands are stored and can be located, Reference: Inside the System Unit Reference: Monitors Reference: Inside the System Unit Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Challenging Answer: dots per inch (dpi) Answer: hibernation and Stand By mode Answer: hard disk drive A printers resolution is measured in ____________. Two power-management settings on a computer are ____________ and ____________. Difficulty: Challenging Difficulty: Easy The ____________, generally located in an internal drive bay, holds all permanently stored programs and data. Reference: Drive Bays: Your Access to Storage Devices ____________drives, sometimes referred to as jump drives or thumb drives, are a newer alternative to storing portable

opened, and delivered to the CPU for processing in a few billionths of a second. Answer: RAM 73. 74. 75. Answer: touch-screen monitor Answer: nanoseconds ____________ port. Answer: modem 76. Reference: On the Back Difficulty: Challenging Devices such as digital video cameras, MP3 players, and digital media players benefit from using a(n) ____________ A monitor that doubles as an input device is known as a(n) ____________. The speed of RAM is measured in ____________ (billionths of a second). The port that resembles a standard telephone jack and uses a traditional telephone signal for connectivity is the

port, one of the newer and faster interfaces available, which can transfer data from 400 Mbps to 800 Mbps.

Answer: FireWire True and False: 77. 78.

Reference: On the Back

Difficulty: Moderate

The Dvorak keyboard is the leading alternative to the QWERTY keyboard. Reference: Keyboards Difficulty: Easy The four main functions of a computer are: input the data, process the data, output the data or information, and Reference: Your Computers Hardware Reference: Keyboard Reference: Monitors Reference: Monitors Reference: Monitors Difficulty: Challenging Difficulty: Easy Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Moderate

Answer: True

communicate the data or information. Answer: False (store) 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. buds. Answer: True 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. Answer: True Answer: False Answer: True Answer: False Reference: Sound Output Reference: Printers Reference: Power Controls Reference: Power Controls Reference: Monitors Difficulty: Easy Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Challenging Difficulty: Easy Difficulty: Easy Thermal printers are ideal for mobile computing because they are compact, lightweight, and require no ink cartridges. Modern operating systems recommend that users shut down the system by pushing the main power button. You can take a computer out of standby mode by tapping a key on the keyboard or by moving the mouse. CRT monitors cause less eyestrain than LCD monitors. Data projectors are devices used to project images from your computer onto a wall or viewing screen for use in Reference: Monitors Difficulty: Easy Answer: True Answer: True Answer: False (LCD) Answer: False When toggled off, the Insert key replaces or overwrites existing characters with new characters as you type. One of the disadvantages of a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor is its limited viewing angle. There are two types of CRT monitors on the market: passive-matrix displays and active-matrix displays. In CRT monitors, the faster the refresh rate, the more the screen will flicker and the more eyestrain you will experience. Studies have shown that users of MP3 players may experience hearing damage due to excessive volume from ear

conference rooms and classrooms. Answer: True 89. cameras. Answer: True 90. the smallest dot pitch. Answer: True 91. Answer: False (audio) Reference: Monitors Reference: On the Back Difficulty: Moderate Difficulty: Challenging Speakers connect to the VGA port Reference: On the Back Difficulty: Easy When purchasing a new CRT monitor, choose one with the highest refresh rate, the highest maximum resolution, and USB ports can connect a wide variety of peripherals to the computer, including keyboards, printers, mice, and digital

Matching:
92. Match the following terms with their meanings: I. port A. provides power to and controls all the expansion boards B. a type of monitor C. the place on the system where a peripheral device is attached

II. CRT III. NIC

IV. motherboard V. nanosecond Answer: C, B, D, A, E 93. I. VGA port

D. enables a computer to connect to other computers E. one billionth of a second Reference: Multiple locations in chapter A. flash drive B. monitor C. printer D. modem E. DSL or cable modem Reference: Ports A. type of technology used on a flat-screen monitor B. standard keyboard layout C. temporary storage, also known as primary storage D. controls all the other functions performed by the computers other and processes all the commands issued to it by software instructions E. permanent storage that is not erased when the computers power is turned off Reference: Multiple locations in chapter Difficulty: Challenging Difficulty: Challenging Difficulty: Moderate

Match the following ports with the devices most likely to be connected to them: II. parallel port III. serial port IV. Ethernet port V. USB port

Answer: B, C, D, E, A 94. I. CPU

Match the following acronyms with their functions: II. RAM III. ROM IV. LCD

components V. QWERTY Answer: D, C, E, A, B 95. I. stylus

Match the following terms with their meanings: A. an input device used to enter data on a PDA B. the clearness or sharpness of an image C. temporary D. a unit of frequency indicating cycles per second E. contains the central electronic components of the computer Reference: Multiple locations in chapter Difficulty: Easy II. hertz (Hz) III. resolution IV. volatile V. system unit

Answer: A, D, B, C, E 96. I.

Match the following terms with their meanings: peripheral devices A. an example of permanent storage B. external devices that exchange data with the computer through ports C. an example of an impact printer D. an example of a connectivity port E. the science involved with minimizing the risk of injury or discomfort Reference: Multiple locations in chapter Difficulty: Easy II. modem port III. dot-matrix IV. ergonomics V. hard disk drive

Answer: B, D, C, E, A 97.

Match the following terms with their meanings: I. CD-ROM II. audio ports III. pixels A. an example of a nonimpact printer B. a type of LCD monitor C. used to connect headphones, microphones, and speakers to computer IV. active-matrix display V. ink-jet D. an example of read-only storage E. a CRT screen is made up of millions of these Reference: Multiple locations in chapter A. measurement of printing speed B. 0.28 mm or less is the sign of a good CRT monitor C. commonly between 75 and 85 hertz D. measurement of printer resolution E. emerging technology for mobile and portable printing Reference: Multiple locations in chapter Difficulty: Challenging Difficulty: Easy

the

Answer: D, C, E, B, A 98. I. refresh rate

Match the following terms with their meanings: II. dot pitch III. thermal IV. ppm V. dpi

Answer: C, B, E, A, D