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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. 'Small blocks of memory - located directly on and next to the central processing unit (CPU) chip - that act as holding places for recently or frequently used instructions or data that the CPU accesses the most. When these instructions or data are sto






2. '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.'






3. A program that is hosted on a Web site and does not require installation on the computer.






4. 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.






5. 'A form included in many productivity applications that provides the basic structure for a particular kind of document - spreadsheet - or presentation.'






6. The memory that the computer's operating system uses.






7. 'Microsoft operating system that builds upon the security and user interface upgrades that the Windows Vista release provided - and gives users with touch-screen monitors the ability to use touch commands to scroll - resize windows - pan - and zoom.'






8. The process of restarting the system while it's powered on.






9. Software that is developed for and customized to a specific industry's needs (such as a wood inventory system for a sawmill) as opposed to software that is useful across a range of industries (such as word processing software).






10. '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.'






11. '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






12. A Windows utility that shows programs currently running and permits you to exit nonresponsive programs when you click End Task.






13. A mouse that uses an internal sensor or a laser to conrtol the mouse's movement. The sensor sends signals to the computer - telling it where to move the pointer on the screen.






14. Programs for incorporating and arranging graphics and text to produce creative documents.






15. A network device that is used to send data between two different local area networks (LANs) or two segments of the same LAN.






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






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






18. A tyoe of audio processing that makes the listner experiance sound as if it were coming in all directions.






19. An application program for creating dynamic slide shows such as Microsoft PowerPoint or Apple Keynote.






20. The process of swapping data or instructions that have been placed in the swap file for later use back into active random access memory (RAM). The contents of the hard drive's swap file then become less active data or instructions.






21. A single point that creates the images on a computer monitor. Pixels are illuminated by an electron beam that passes rapidly back and forth across the back of the screen so that the pixels appear to glow continuously.






22. The access method that ring networks use to avoid data collisions.






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






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






25. A set of memory chips - located on the motherboard - which stores data and instructions that cannot be changed or erased; it holds all the instructions the computer needs to start up.






26. The clearness or sharpness of an image - whcih is controlled by the numberof pixels displayed on the screen.






27. 'The result of an action - such as a keystroke - mouse click - or signal to the printer - in the respective device (keyboard - mouse - or printer) to which the operating system responds.'






28. 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.






29. Acts as a go-between for computers on the internal network and the external network (the Internet).






30. A device that absorbs a signal so that it is not reflected back onto parts of the network that have already received it.






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






32. 'System that is used to control many 'back office' operations and processing functions such as billing - production - inventory management - and human resources management.'






33. The set of programs that enables a computer's hardware devices and application software to work together; it includes the operating system and utility programs.






34. The process of connecting to a wireless network without the permission of the owner of the network.






35. Being familiar enough with computers that you understand their capabilities and limitations and know how to use them.






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. An active topology (meaning that data is retransmitted) in which the nodes connect to a central communications device called a switch. The switch receives a signal from the sending node and retransmits it to the node that should receive it.






41. A desktop system unit that houses the computer's processor -memory - and monitor in a single unit.






42. An expansion card that enables a computer to connect other computers or to a cable modem to facilitate a high-speed Internet connection.






43. The most popular transmission media option for Ethernet networks. UTP cable is composed of four pairs of wires that are twisted around each other to reduce electrical interference.






44. A network name that wireless routers use to identify themselves.






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






46. The 802.11 standard for wireless data transmissions established by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).






47. 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.






48. A measure of the greatest amount of light showing when a monitor is displaying pure white; measured as candelas per square meter (cd/m^2) or nits.






49. A utility in Windows that restores system settings to a specific previous date when everything was working properly.






50. Portable - nonvolatile memory.







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