Unit 1: Hardware and Software Unit 7: Telecommunications/

Question 1

Computer software created to allow the user to perform specific job or task

Accepted Answer

Application Software

Question 2

A document generated by using a facsimile machine

Accepted Answer

Fax

Question 3

A _____ is the smallest unit of measurement a computer can understand.

Accepted Answer

Bit

Question 4

How do we telecommunicate?

Accepted Answer

Voice mail, cell phone

Question 5

Data entered into the computer through a variety of devices such as keyboard, microphone, mouse

Accepted Answer

Input Device

Question 6

Temporary memory available to the user?

Accepted Answer

Random Access Memory (RAM)

Question 7

Software responsible for general operation of a computer system Example: BIOS, Windows

Accepted Answer

System Software

Question 8

The most popular brand processors on the market are AMD and Interface.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Transmission of messages and files using a computer network

Accepted Answer

Input, Electronic Mail (e-mail)

Question 10

A feature that allows the user to change the attributes of a file before saving it

Accepted Answer

Save As

Question 11

Websites that provide a virtual community where people with shared interest communicate

Accepted Answer

Social Networking Sites

Question 12

Transmitting information and communicating electronically

Accepted Answer

Telecommunications

Question 13

How many bits equal 1 byte?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 14

A private network that uses a public network to connect remote sites or users together

Accepted Answer

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

Question 15

All are types of anti-virus software EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft

Question 16

How information is transmitted to and from your computer on a network or the internet.

Accepted Answer

Modems, Satellites, T Lines

Question 17

What is the most popular internet service provider in this area?

Accepted Answer

AT&T

Question 18

A popular WAN used by large businesses?

Accepted Answer

VPN

Question 19

Computer chips that store data and programs while the computer is working

Accepted Answer

Memory

Question 20

A company's private network of computers

Accepted Answer

Intranet

Question 21

The action of gaining access to a computer or a network by entering a username and password

Accepted Answer

Logon

Question 22

A vast network of computers linked to one another

Accepted Answer

Internet

Question 23

Allows the user to view or listen to the data a computer processes such as a monitor, printer

Accepted Answer

Output Device

Question 24

Communicate in real time via video with two or more people at different locations

Accepted Answer

Video Conferencing

Question 25

Computers that are connected to each other

Accepted Answer

Random Access Memory (RAM), Network

Question 26

Computers that are connected and ready to receive and/or transmit data

Accepted Answer

Online

Question 27

Internet address that identifies hypertext documents

Accepted Answer

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Question 28

A type of utility software that checks for viruses

Accepted Answer

Anti-virus

Question 29

The grade I will make on this quiz?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 30

The main circuit board of a computer?

Accepted Answer

Motherboard

Question 31

A computer will need a network interface card (NIC) to connect to a network or the internet.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

A computer case that contains the CPU, power supply, memory, and storage

Accepted Answer

System Unit

Question 33

External hardware used to store and retrieve data, such as a disk drive, or flash drive

Accepted Answer

Storage Device

Question 34

What media is used to connect computers to a network or to the internet?

Accepted Answer

Wired Media and Wireless Media

Question 35

Storing data for later use

Accepted Answer

Save

Question 36

The action of working from home using a computer and telecommunications media

Accepted Answer

Telecommuting

Question 37

An extension at the end of a file name, indicating application used to create document

Accepted Answer

File type

Question 38

System software that acts as a go-between, allowing hardware and software to communicate

Accepted Answer

Operating System

Question 39

A computer network that covers a small area

Accepted Answer

Local Area Network (LAN)

Question 40

The 3 categories of software are: System, Application, and Communications?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

The computer at the center of a network that manages network resources

Accepted Answer

Server

Question 42

A computer that is not connected to a network

Accepted Answer

Stand Alone

Question 43

Additional hardware that isn't necessary for a computer to function, but enhances the use

Accepted Answer

Peripheral

Question 44

Benefits of networks

Accepted Answer

Information sharing, Hardware sharing, Software sharing, Instant communication

Question 45

A system of computers that share information by means of links on web pages

Accepted Answer

World Wide Web (WWW)

Question 46

Executes commands from a computer's hardware and software, the "brain" of the computer

Accepted Answer

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Question 47

The rules that must be observed for two electronic devices to communicate with each other

Accepted Answer

Protocol

Question 48

A program on a computer that allows the user to create, edit, view, print, rename, copy files

Accepted Answer

File management

Question 49

Reads "bubble" sheets marked with pencil

Accepted Answer

Optical Mark Reader (OMR)

Question 50

A software application that is designed to create, edit, format, print and save documents

Accepted Answer

Word Processing

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