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Smaller and less expensive PC-based servers are replacing ____________ in many businesses.
mainframes
laptops
clients
supercomputers
2
Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connected to a:
network
supercomputer
mainframe
client
3
The CPU and memory are located on the:
expansion board.
motherboard
storage device
output device
4
A ____________ is approximately a million bytes.
megabyte
terabyte
kilobyte
gigabyte
5
_________ are specially designed computers that perform complex calculations extremely rapidly.
Supercomputers
Servers
Mainframes
Laptops
6
____________ is any part of the computer that you can physically touch.
Hardware
A device
An application
A peripheral
7
DSL is an example of a(n) ____________ connection.
slow
wireless
network
broadband
8
Word processing, spreadsheet, and photo-editing are examples of:
system software
application software
operating system software
platform software
9
Computers use the ____________ language to process data.
binary
processing
kilobyte
representational
10
The ____________, also called the brain of the computer, is responsible for processing data.
RAM
memory
central processing unit (CPU)
motherboard
11
____________ bits equal one byte.
One thousand
Eight
Two
One million
12
Technology no longer protected by copyright, available to everyone, is considered to be:
in the public domain
proprietary
experimental
open
13
A ____________ is approximately one billion bytes.
megabyte
bit
kilobyte
gigabyte
14
A process known as ____________ is used by large retailers to study trends.
data mining
POS
data conversion
data selection
15
All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:
spam
viruses
hackers
identity theft
16
Apple Macintoshes and PCs use different ______to process data and different operating systems.
languages
CPUs
storage devices
methods
17
____________ is a set of computer programs used on a computer to help perform tasks.
A processor
Software
Memory
An instruction
18
The PC (personal computer) and the Apple Macintosh are examples of two different:
platforms
storage devices
applications
utility
19
Which of the following is an example of an input device?
scanner
printer
speaker
CD
20
All of the following are examples of input devices EXCEPT a:
keyboard
scanner
mouse
printer
21
____________terminals are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems.
Data
Sales
Query
Point-of-sale (POS)
22
The binary language consists of ____________ digit(s).
1
8
2
1,000
23
The name for the way that computers manipulate data into information is called:
storing
programming
processing
organizing
24
The term bit is short for:
binary digit
binary number
megabyte
binary number
25
____________ is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion.
Software
Storage
Information
A process
26
Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to ____________ data.
output
store
present
input
27
All of the following are examples of storage devices EXCEPT:
printers.
hard disk drives.
floppy disk drives.
CD drives.
28
The components that process data are located in the:
storage component
system unit
input devices
output devices
29
When place on an animal can be use to record and track in a dtabase all of the animals mvements
PPS
RFID
POS
GPS
30
Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?
storing the data or information
gathering data
analyzing the data or information
processing data into information
31
Computers process data into information by working exclusively with:
multimedia
words
numbers
characters
32
____________ is the study of molecules and structures whose size range from 1 to 100 nanometers
Nanoscience
Computer forensics
Artificial intelligence
Microelectrodes
33
A string of eight 0s and 1s is called a:
kilobyte
byte
megabyte
gigabyte
