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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 portion of the hard drive containing all the different configurations (settings) used by the Windows operating system (OS) as well as by other applications.






2. A home that has a computer and other digital devices that are all connected to a home network.






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






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






5. Part of the operating system that enables individuals to interact with the computer.






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






7. '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






8. 'A hierarchical structure that include files - folders - and drives used to create a more organized and efficient computer.'






9. A computing device that runs a full-featured operating system but weighs two punds or less.






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






11. 'An electronic filing system best used for larger and more complicated groups of data that require more than one table and the ability to group - sort - and retrieve data and generate reports.'






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






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.'






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






15. A small segment of data that is bundled for sending over transmission media. Each packet contains the address of the computer or peripheral device to which it is being sent.






16. 'In a file name - the three letters that follow the user-supplied file name after the dot (.); the extension identifies what kind of family of files the file belongs to - or which application should be used to read the file.'






17. An operating system (OS) that enables more than one user to access the computer system at one time by efficiently juggling all the requests from multiple users.






18. A port that is slightly larger than a standard phone jack and transfers data at speeds of up to 10 -000Mbps; used to connect a computer to a DSL or cable modem or a network.






19. 'The main function of an Internet appliance is easy access to the Internet - social networking sites - e-mail - video - news - and entertainment.'






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. A container designed to hold multiple data packets.






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






26. 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.






27. The process by which humans or computer software provide organizational structure to a computer's contents.






28. Data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion.






29. 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.






30. A device that allows you to capture sound waves - such as those created by your voice - and transfer them to digital format on your computer.






31. Any of the main files of an operating system.






32. 'A program with a specific purpose that must guarantee certain response times for particular computing tasks - or else the machine's application is useless. Real-time operating systems are found in many types of robotic equipment.'






33. 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.






34. A Windows feature that starts the computer by using the registry information that was saved during the last shutdown.






35. Manipulating or organizing data into information.






36. Software that translates spoken words into typed text.






37. The application of computer systems and techniques to gather potential legal evidence; a law enforcement specialty used to fight high-tech crime.






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






39. 'A device for transmitting data on a network. A switch makes decisions - based on the media access control (MAC) address of the data - as to where the data is to be sent.'






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






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






42. Any copyrighted software that can be used for free.






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. A device that uses some unique characteristic of human biology to identify authorized users.






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






49. 'A single-user - single-task operating system created by Microsoft. MS-DOS was the first widely installed operating system in personal computers.'






50. A Windows utility that removes unnecessary files from the hard drive.