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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 printer that has tiny hammer-like keys that strike the paper through an inked ribbon - thus making a mark on the paper. The most common impact printer is the dot-matrix printer.






2. A small - compact portable computer.






3. A measure of the difference in light intensity between the brightest white and the darkest black colors that a monitor can produce. If the contrast ratio is too low - colors tend to fade when the brightness is adjusted to a high or low setting.






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






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






6. A mouse with a rollerball on top instead of on the bottom. Because you move the trackball with your fingers - it doesn't require much wrist motion - so it is considered healthier for your wrist than a traditional mouse.






7. A device that routes packets of data between two or more networks.






8. 'The process of identifying a computer user - based on a login or username and password. The computer system determines whether the computer user is authorized and what level of access is to be granted on the network.'






9. A tag that looks like a sticker or label - is attached to a batch of merchandise - and contains a microchip that holds a unique sequence of numbers used to identify the product to which it is attached.






10. When two computers send data at the same time and the sets of data collide somewhere in the media.






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






12. Anyone who unlawfully breaks into a computer system (whether an individual computer or a network).






13. A set of controls on standard keyboards that moves the cursor(the flashing symbol on the monitor that indicates where the next character will be inserted); also known as an arrow key.






14. 'Program code made publicly available for free; it can be copied - distributed - or changed without the stringent copyright protections of proprietary software products.'






15. 'The steady and constant pace at which a computer goes through machine cycles - measured in hertz (Hz).'






16. 'A device on a network such as a router - hub - and switch that moves data signals around the network.'






17. 'A process that involves examining incoming data packets to ensure they originated from - or are authorized by - valid users on the internal network.'






18. 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.






19. The radio waves or cable that transport data on a network.






20. A fast transfer port.






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






22. 'A prediction - named after Gordon Moore - the cofounder of Intel; states that the number of transistors on a CPU chip will double every two years.'

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23. The set of programs that run on a computer to help a user carry out tasks such as word processing - sending e-mail - balancing a budget - creating presentations - editing photos - taking an online course - and playing games.






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






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






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






27. A topology comprised of several topologies and combined into one network.






28. 'The technology that enables the operating system - once it is booted up - to recognize automatically any new peripherals and configure them to work with the system.'






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






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






31. Unwanted or junk e-mail






32. A small circuit board that holds a series of random access memory (RAM) chips.






33. 'A device that combines the functionality of a cell phone - a PMP - and a PDA into one unit.'






34. 'In later versions of Windows operating systems - a feature that displays open and favorite applications for easy access.'






35. A drive that plugs into a universal serial bus(USB) port on a computer and stores data digitally. Also called USB drive - jump drive - or thumb drive.






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






37. 'The exact location of a file - starting with the drive in which the file is located - and including all folders - subfolders (if any) - the file name - and the extension. (Example: C:Usersusername DocumentsIllustrationsEBronte.jpg)'






38. A large - expensive computer that supports hundreds or thousands of users simultaneously and executes many different programs at the same time.






39. 'A method of data collision detection in which a node connected to the network listens (that is - has carrier sense) to determine that no other nodes are currently transmitting data signals; short for Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Dete






40. A small program that groups a series of commands to run as a single command.






41. Video interface technology that newer LCD monitors - as well as other mutlimedia devices such as televisions - DVD players - and projectors - use to connect to a PC.






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






43. A type of wireless technology that uses radio waves to transmit data over short distances (approximately 30 feet for bluetooth 1 and 60 feet for bluetooth 2). Often used to connect peripherals such as printers and keyboards to computers or headsets t






44. 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.






45. A special numerical code that prioritizes requests from various devices. These requests then are placed in the interrupt table in the computer's primary memory.






46. A network used to connect wireless devices (such as Bluetooth-enabled devices) in close proximity to each other.






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






48. A printer that sprays ink or uses laser beams to make marks on the paper. The most common nonimpact printers are inkjet and laser printers.






49. '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.'






50. An interface through which external devices are connected to the computer.