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Technology In Action - 2

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A Windows utility that checks for lost files and fragments as well as physical errors on a hard drive.






2. 'A drive that uses the same kind of memory that flash drives use - but can reach data in only a tenth of the time a flash drive requires.'






3. 'The first job the basic input/output system (BIOS) performs - ensuring that essential peripheral devices are attached and operational. This process consists of a test on the video card and video memory - a BIOS identification process (during which t






4. A heavily secured server located on a special perimeter network between a company's secure internal network and its firewall.






5. A hardware device used to enter user responses and commands into a computer.






6. 'Unlike the command- and menu-driven interfaces used in earlier software - GUIs display graphics and use the point-and-click technology of the mouse and cursor - making them much more user-friendly.'






7. The science of using nanostructures to build devices on an extremely small scale.






8. A program or hardware mechanism that controls which computer is allowed to use the transmission media in a network at a certain time.






9. 'The system software that controls the way in which a computer system functions - including the management of hardware - peripherals - and software.'






10. The percentage of time a central processing unit (CPU) is working.






11. A step-by-step guide that walks you through the necessary steps to complete a complicated task.






12. Software that facilitates the communication between a device and the operating system.






13. A card installed in a system that connects with wireless access points on the network.






14. A self-regulatory body established in 1994 by the Entertainment Software Association that rates computer and video games according to the age appropriateness of content.






15. The process of installing only those features of a software program that a user wants on the hard drive.






16. A technology that permits quicker processing of information by enabling a new set of instructions to start executing before the previous set has finished.






17. A group of icons collected for easy access.






18. An output device for sound.






19. An expansion card that attaches to the motherboard inside the system unit and that enables the computer to produce sounds by providing a connection for the speakers and microphone.






20. 'Software that handles requests for information - Internet access - and the use of peripherals for the rest of the network nodes.'






21. A server that processes and delivers incoming and outgoing e-mail.






22. A software holding area for printing jobs.






23. An expansion card that enables a computer to produce sounds that are omnidirectional or three dimensional.






24. 'An alternative to more traditional mapping software programs; easily accessible with any Internet connection and updated more frequently than offline services. Examples include MapQuest - Yahoo! Maps - Google Maps - and Google Earth.'






25. Software that is delivered on demand over the Internet.






26. 'Permanent storage - as in read-only memory (ROM).'






27. A compact audio-video interface standard that carries both high-definition video and uncompressed digital audio.






28. An internal hard drive that is enclosed in a protective case to make it portable - the drive is connected to the computer with a data transfer cable and is often used to back up data.






29. Programs that perform basic editing tasks on audio files such as cutting dead air space from the beginning or end of a song or cutting a portion from the middle.






30. A data-processing device that gathers - processes - outputs - and stores digital data and information.






31. 'A small program that performs many of the general housekeeping tasks for the computer - such as system maintenance and file compression.'






32. A hardware device used to enter - or input - data (text - images - and sounds) and instructions (user responses and commands) into a computer. Some input devices are keyboards and mice.






33. Custom software application that is owned and controlled by the company that created it.






34. System software that controls hardware devices.






35. A container designed to hold multiple data packets.






36. The computer's temporary storage space or short-term memory. It is located in a set of chips on the system's motherboard - and its capacity is measured in megabytes or gigabytes.






37. 'A private corporate network that is used exclusively by company employees to facilitate information sharing - database access - group scheduling - videoconferencing - and other employee and customer collaborations.'






38. Unwanted or junk e-mail






39. A special circuit board in the system unit that contains the central processeing unit (CPU) - the memory (RAM) chips - and the slots available for expansion cards; all of the other boards (video cards - sound cards - and so on) connect to it to recie






40. The language computers use to process data into information - consisting of only the values 0 and 1.






41. 'The process of looking at a computer's subsystems - what they do - and how they perform to determine whether the computer system has the right hardware components to do what the user ultimately wants it to do.'






42. The system software the controls the way in which a computer system functions - including the management of hardware - peripherals - and software.






43. 'Programs that enable a user to perform various tasks generally required in home - school - and business. Examples include word processing - spreadsheet - presentation - personal information management (PIM) - and database programs.'






44. DVD format in which data can only be read and not written.






45. Connects the processor (CPU) in your computer to the system memory and allows data to your processor at a faster speed.






46. A folder on a Windows desktop in which deleted files from the hard drive are held until permanently purged from the system.






47. A block of code in the operating system that software applications need to interact with.






48. An expansion card that is installed inside a system unit to translate binary data (the 1s and 0s the computer uses) into the images viewed on the monitor.






49. A wide area network (WAN) that links users in a specific geographic area (such as within a city or county).






50. A unit of computer storage equal to approximately one thousand bytes.