Can you guys please help me with my hw and answer some multiple choice Q’s?
1. ______ is a type of nonvolatile memory into which data can be stored and retrieved.
a. SDRAM b. Flash memory c. Register d. RAM
3. With bitmapped images, the color of each _____ is represented by bits, the more bits used, the better the image quality.
a. Pixel b. Map c. Byte d. Vector
4. System software is usually divided into two categories: operating system software and Programs.
a. Planning system b. FAT system c. background d. utility
5. _______ was originally developed in the late 1960s at AT&T Bell Labs as an operating system for midrange servers.
a. Linux b. Solaris c. Mac OS X d. UNIX
6. A(n) ____ instruction might look like a meaningless string of 0s and 1s, but it actually represents specific operations and storage locations.
a. Programming language
b. Machine language
c. COBOL language
d. ASCII
7. Similar to the way an IP address or domain uniquely identifies a computer on the internet, a _____ uniquely identifies a web page.
a. Uniform resource locator (URL)
b. WEB ID (WID)
c. universal resource identifier (URI)
d. Web resource identifier (WRI)
8. _____ is the version of windows designed for handheld PCs, smart phones, and portable media players.
a. Windows server 2003
b. Windows mobile
c. Windows Vista
d. Windows Embedded
9. When data is processed into a meaningful form, it becomes _______.
a. A program b. Code c. A database d. Information
10. A ______ is the hardware where data is actually stored.
a. Storage medium
b. Storage Memory
c. Storage Processor
d. Storage device
12. The _____ is the section of the CPU that performs arithmetic involving integers and logical operations.
a. Register b. Decode unit c. Internal cache d. arithmetic/logic unit (ALU)
16. To keep files organized, related documents are often stored in ____ (also called directories) located on the storage medium.
a. Labels b. Indexes c. Programs d. Folders
17. In the early 1980s, things began to change. _____ were invented and computer use increased dramatically.
a. Networks b. Microcomputers c. Printers d. Computers
18. Filenames almost always contain a _ at the end of the filename.
a. file extension b. file subname c. file subscript d. file attachment
19. ____ means that data can be retrieved directly from any location on the storage medium, in any order.
a. Online access b. Sequential access c. Random access d. Indirect access
20. Unlike magnetic and optical storage systems ___ have no moving parts — a property that makes them a solid-state storage system.
a. Flash memory storage systems
b. USB memory storage systems
c. Bluetooth memory storage systems
d. Zip memory storage systems
21. _____ is a method of storing data on two or more hard drives that work in combination to do the job of a larger drive.
a. Holographic storage
b. RAID (redundant arrays of independent disks)
c. Network Attached Storage (NAS)
d. Storage Area Networks (SANs)
22. One measurement of the speed of a CPU is the _____, which is rated in MHz or GHz
a. System rpm b. CPU clock speed c. system speed d. CPU rpm
23. An important task that the operating system performs is____, which keeps track of the files stored on a PC so that they can be retrieved when needed.
a. File management
b. File listing
c. File recovery
d. Disk management
24. In addition to the four primary computer operations, today’s computers typically also perform ____ functions.
a. sorting b. programming c. calculations d. communications
25. A ____ is a place to store something temporarily.
a. Sector b. Cache c. Track d. Tape
26. A ___ is an electronic path over which data can travel.
a. bus b. lane c. cache memory d. word
30. The means by which an operating system or any other program interacts with the user is called.
a. user login
b. program front-end
c. user interface
d. programming interface
31. CD-ROM discs and DVD-Rom discs are ___ optical discs and come prerecorded with commercial products
a. read-only b. write-only c. rewritable d. recordable
33. Terascale computing is the ability of computers to process one ___ floating-point operations per second (teraflops)
a. million b. billion c. trillion d. quadrillion
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