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Technology In Action - 2
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it-skills
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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 tyoe of audio processing that makes the listner experiance sound as if it were coming in all directions.
brightness
public domain
surrond-sound speaker
multiuser operating system (network operating system)
2. A concentric circle that serves as a storage area on a hard drive platter.
track
extranet
menu-driven interface
application programming interface (API)
3. A design in newer routers that provides for faster wireless data transmission by utilizing more than one antenna to transmit and receive data.
Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)
command-driven interface
personal information manager (PIM) software
application server
4. '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.'
packet (data packet)
byte
data collision
Blu-ray disc
5. A step-by-step guide that walks you through the necessary steps to complete a complicated task.
virtual private network (VPN)
cold boot
proxy server
wizard
6. A port that can connect a wide variety of peripherial devices to the computer - including keyboards - printers - mice - smartphones - PDAs - flash drives - and digital cameras.
wireless media
viewing angle
universal serial bus (USB) port
Windows Explorer
7. A software program or hardware device designed to prevent unauthorized access to computers or networks.
latency
universal serial bus (USB) port
coaxial cable
firewall
8. A business program used for storing sales and client contact information in one central database.
video card (video adapter)
nonimpact printer
network-ready device
customer relationship management (CRM) software
9. 'Software that handles requests for information - Internet access - and the use of peripherals for the rest of the network nodes.'
desktop
network operating system (NOS)
proxy server
vertical market software
10. '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.'
solid state drive (SSD)
local area network (LAN)
coaxial cable
read/write head
11. A server that manages all client-requested printing jobs for all printers on the network.
print server
sector
digital video interface(DVI)
Cat 6 cable
12. 'The portion of a company's intranet that is used to share business information with business partners such as vendors - suppliers - and customers.'
root directory
file compression utility
extranet
Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)
13. 'In Windows 7 - a folder that is used to display files from different locations as if they were all saved in a single folder - regardless of where they are actually stored in the file hierarchy.'
transmission media
library
path separator
Error-Checking
14. 1 -099 -511 -627 -776 bytes or 2^40 bytes( approximately 1 trillion bytes).
desktop computer
scrollbar
switch
terabyte (TB)
15. BD-ROM is defined as BluRay Disc Read Only Memory. BD-ROM is an optical disc storage media format for high-definition video and data storage.
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
firmware
BD-ROM disc
spooler
16. Connects the processor (CPU) in your computer to the system memory and allows data to your processor at a faster speed.
speech-recognition software (voice-recognition software)
local bus
brightness
Task Scheduler utility
17. An expansion card that provides the computer with a connection to the internet via conventional phone lines.
switch
cache memory
network interface card (NIC)
modem card
18. A heavily secured server located on a special perimeter network between a company's secure internal network and its firewall.
network navigation device
response time
router
bastion host
19. 'A wireless standard established in 1997 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; also known as WiFi (short for Wireless Fidelity) - it enables wireless network devices to work seamlessly with other networks and devices.'
personal information manager (PIM) software
coaxial cable
802.11 standard
gigabyte(GB)
20. '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.'
speaker
simulation software
bluetooth technology
random access memory (RAM)
21. 'In a wireless network - a device that translates the electronic data that needs to be sent along the network into radio waves and then broadcasts these radio waves to other network nodes.'
speech-recognition software (voice-recognition software)
bluetooth
affective computing
transceiver
22. 'A group of two or more computers (or nodes) that are configured to share information and resources such as printers - files - and databases.'
network
fiber-optic cable
network interface card (NIC)
ring (loop) topology
23. The radio waves or cable that transport data on a network.
transmission media
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
communications server
node
24. A keyboard that is distinguished by the first six letters on the top-left row of alphabetic keys on the keyboard.
open source software
megahertz(MHz)
QWERTY keyboard
local area network (LAN)
25. A method of optical storage for digital data; originally developed for storing digital audio.
surround sound
custom installation
compact disc(CD)
drive bay
26. The set of techniques used in processing and retrieving information.
operating system(OS)
system software
information technology(IT)
throughput
27. The instructions programmers write in a higher-level language.
real-time operating system (RTOS)
enterprise resource planning (ERP) system
Web-based application software
source code
28. 'Someone who has training in computer and peripheral maintenance and repair - network design - and the installation of network software; installs new equipment - configures computers for users - repairs equipment - and assigns network access to users
output device
network administrator
bus (linear bus) topology
jam signal
29. The process of installing only those features of a software program that a user wants on the hard drive.
CSMA/CD
accounting software
Ethernet network
custom installation
30. DVD format in which data can only be read and not written.
optical mouse
megahertz(MHz)
DVD-ROM
system software
31. The pre-installed software (often trial versions) on a new computer.
bloatware
CPU usage
mouse
Web server
32. A network in which the nodes are located within a small geographic area.
microphone(mic)
local area network (LAN)
vertical market software
disk defragmenter
33. 'A complete processing section from a CPU - embedded into one physical chip.'
image editing software (photo editing software)
peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing
core
wide area network (WAN)
34. The access method that ring networks use to avoid data collisions.
token method
online mapping service
beta version
window
35. Measured in degrees - this tells how far you can move to the side of (or above or below) the monitor before the image quality degrades to unacceptable levels.
digital video interface(DVI)
network
viewing angle
passive topology
36. A power-management mode that saves the current state of the current system to the computer's hard drive.
computer
Internet appliance
hibernate
shareware
37. 'A specialized logic chip that is dedicated to quickly displaying and calculating visual data such as shadows - textures - and luminosity.'
project management software
graphics processing unit (GPU)
server
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
38. Software that facilitates the communication between a device and the operating system.
optical media
device driver
possessed object
network interface card (NIC)
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
window
gadget
motherboard
bridge
40. A device that uses some unique characteristic of human biology to identify authorized users.
computer forensics
biometric authentication device
network interface card (NIC)
3D sound card
41. A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet).
Microsoft Disk Operating System (MSDOS)
local area network (LAN)
solid state drive(SSD)
client
42. 'An operating system originally conceived in 1969 by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie of AT&T's Bell Labs. In 1974 - the UNIX code was rewritten in the standard programming language C. Today there are various commercial versions of UNIX.'
Blu-ray disc
UNIX
flash memory card
hard drive
43. One of three competing technologies for rewritable DVDs.
hyperthreading
DVD-RAM
protocol
application software
44. A measurement used in comparing software and hardware performance. Benchmarks are created using software applications that are specifically designed to push the limits of computer performance.
digital video editing software
benchmark
flash drive(jump drive - USB drive - or thumb drive)
image editing software (photo editing software)
45. The design of a computer network; includes both physical and logical design.
kernel memory
CSMA/CD
network architecture
program
46. 'A wireless standard established in 1997 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; also known as WiFi (short for Wireless Fidelity) - it enables wireless network devices to work seamlessly with other networks and devices.'
personal information manager (PIM) software
local area network (LAN)
processing
802.11 standard
47. A large - expensive computer that supports hundreds or thousands of users simultaneously and executes many different programs at the same time.
wireless network interface card (wireless NIC)
packet screening
Task Scheduler utility
mainframe
48. 'An application program - such as Microsoft Project - that helps project managers generate charts and tables used to manage aspects of a project.'
byte
virtual memory
project management software
presentation software
49. A block of code in the operating system that software applications need to interact with.
freeware
basic input/output system (BIOS)
network architecture
application programming interface (API)
50. A notebook computer designed specifically to work with handwriting recognition technology.
file allocation table (FAT)
passive topology
library
tablet PC