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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 picture on a computer display that represents an object such as a software application or a file or folder.






2. A type of network that uses servers to deliver services to computers that are requesting them (clients).






3. A program that manages the data between a computer's operating system and all the input and output devices attached to the computer; also responsible for loading the operating system (OS) from its permanent location on the hard drive to random access






4. 'A 3D modeling program used to create automated designs - technical drawings - and model visualizations.'






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






6. A business program used for storing sales and client contact information in one central database.






7. The instructions programmers write in a higher-level language.






8. The time it takes a storage device to locate its stored data.






9. A server that provides client computers with access to information stored in a database.






10. '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.'






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






12. A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network.






13. 'A device that enables the computer (or peripheral) to communicate with the network using a common data communication language - or protocol.'






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






15. A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet).






16. 'A group of two or more computers (or nodes) that are configured to share information and resources such as printers - files - and databases.'






17. A method of optical storage for digital data; originally developed for storing digital audio.






18. A collection of software programs that have been bundled together as a package.






19. 1 -099 -511 -627 -776 bytes or 2^40 bytes( approximately 1 trillion bytes).






20. Software that provides street maps and written directions to locations.






21. 'A method of optical storage for digital data - developed for storing high-definition media. It has the largest storage capacity of all optical storage options.'






22. A device that holds all permanently stored programs and data; can be located inside the system unit or attached to the system unit via a USB port.






23. 'A device that enables the computer (or peripheral) to communicate with the network using a common data communication language - or protocol.'






24. '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.'






25. The design of a computer network; includes both physical and logical design.






26. A condition of excessive paging in which the operating system becomes sluggish.






27. 'On the desktop - the bar that appears at the side or bottom of the window and controls which part of the information is displayed on the screen.'






28. A type of network in which users are responsible for creating their own data backups and for providing security for their computers.






29. A common output device that creates tangible or hard copies of text and graphics.






30. '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.'






31. The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network; usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps).






32. 'Portable storage devices - such as CDs - DVDs - and Blu-ray discs - that use a laser to read and write data.'






33. The first part of the label applied to a file; it is generally the name a user assigns to the file when saving it.






34. A type of monitor that is lighter and more energy-efficient than a CRT monitor; often used with portbale computers such as notebooks.






35. The process by which great amounts of data are analyzed and investigates to spot significant patterns or trends within the data that would otherwise not be obvious.






36. The most commonly used wired Ethernet standard deployed in devices designed for home networks which provides bandwidth of up to 1 Gbps.






37. A Windows utility that enables you to schedule tasks to run automatically at predetermined times with no interaction necessary on your part.






38. 'A type of network design in which users are not responsible for creating their own data backups or providing security for their computers; instead - those tasks are handled by a centralized server - software - and a system administrator.'






39. A special data packet that allows Data to flows from device to device in one direction only.






40. 'Software - often used for training purposes - which allows the user to experience or control an event as if it is reality.'






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






42. 'The mechanism that retrieves (reads) and records (writes) the magnetic data to and from a data disk. They move from the outer edge of the spinning platters to the center - up to 50 times per second.'






43. The metal or plastic case that holds all the physical parts of the computer together - including the computer's processor (its brains) - its memory - and the many circuit boards that help the computer function.






44. A device that holds all permanently stored programs and data; can be located inside the system unit or attached to the system unit via a USB port.






45. The combination of a computer's operating system and processor. The two most common platform types are the PC and the Apple Macintosh.






46. 'Allows you to read flash memory cards such as CompactFlash - Memory Sticks - and Secure Digital.'






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






48. A port that enables the computer(or other device) to be connected to other devices or systems such as networks - modems - and the internet.






49. A design in newer routers that provides for faster wireless data transmission by utilizing more than one antenna to transmit and receive data.






50. 'A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.'