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The user on-screen user interface with icons, manipulated by a mouse and known as gooey is
Optical Storage
Application Software
Resolution
Grahic User Interface
2
A hardware device mounted inside a computer and can permanently store data is called a(n)
Floppy Drive
Hard Drive
Operating System
Magnetic Storage
3
Area of the computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed, stored, or output is
Mouse
Sound Card
Memory
Network
4
Sequence of events that occurs you turn on a computer and before you can use it is called
Cold Start
Refresh
Boot Process
Alt + Ctrl + Delete
5
Means of recording data as light & dark spots on CD/DVD with the use of a low-power laser light
Optical Storage
CD RAM
Disk Storage
Hard Drive
6
A measurement used to describe the speed of the computer's CPU is
MegaHertz
KiloByte
GigRoM
MegaByte
7
A set of computer programs that help a person carry out a task is called
Platform
Multi-tasking
Operating System
Application Software
8
Which of these is an Input Device?
A, B & C
A, C & D
A, B & D
B, C & D
9
The software that controls the overall functions of a computer is called the
Platform
Operating System
Program
Applicaiton Software
10
Devices where data can be read but new data cannot be stored are ____________ devices.
Hard Drive
RAM
CPU
ROM
11
Used to keep data when the power to the computer is turned off is called
RAM
ROM
Storage
Memory
12
Photo editing, graphic presentation, word processing, and spreadsheet programs are examples of
Applicaiton Programs
Operating Systems
Web Browsers
Utility Software
13
Which of these are examples of Output Devices?
B, C, & D
A, B, & C
A, C, & D
A, B, & D
14
The area of storage on a computer that loses ALL DATA when the computer is turned off is the
ROM
Hard Drive
Modem
RAM
15
A method for representing numbers using only two digits, 0 and 1 is called
Codes
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Program Language
Binary Numbers
16
Storage device that uses laser technology to read data permanently stored on compact disks is
Magnetic Storage
Optical Storage
CD/DVD-ROM
Digital Audio Tape
17
Where the processing in a computer takes place, often called the brain of the computer.
Modem
Mainframe
Server
Central Processing Unit
18
Which refers to a personal computer connected to a network?
Disk Drive
Gas Station
Hard Drive
Workstation
19
Which statement is true about hypertext links?
They frequently are used to infect your computer with germs.
They connect you to other web pages anywhere on the web.
You can't go to any website not in your own state.
They only work within a specific web site.
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A named collection of data that exists on a storage medium.
Folder
Data
Box
File
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Computer program that seems to perform one function while actually doing something else
Trojan Horse
Logic Bomb
Tirgger Event
Time Bomb
