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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. The width-to-height proportion of a monitor.






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






3. 'One of two recognized DVD formats that enables you to both read - record (R) - and rewrite (RW) data on the disc.'






4. The amount of random access memory (RAM) that is installed in a computer.






5. Software that facilitates the communication between a device and the operating system.






6. Comprises computing devices - softeare - or peripherals that use techniques - parts - and methods from an earlier time that are no longer popular.






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






8. A data-processing device that gathers - processes - outputs - and stores digital data and information.






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






10. A group of icons collected for easy access.






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






12. 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.






13. A type of wireless technology that uses radio waves to transmit data over short distances. Often used to connect peripherals such as printers and keyboards to computers or headsets to cell phones.






14. 'A device designed to store media - share media across the network - and back up files on computers connected to a home network.'






15. 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.






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






17. Numbers - words - pictures - or sounds that represent facts - figures - or ideas.






18. A special shelf inside a computer case that is designed to hold storage devices.






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






20. '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






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






22. 'A physical address - similar to a serial number on an appliance - that is assigned to each network adapter; it is made up of six 2-digit characters such as 01:40:87:44:79:A5.'






23. An agreement between the user and the software developer that must be accepted before installing the software on a computer.






24. 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.






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






26. A device that amplifies your wireless signal to get it out to parts of your home that are experiencing poor connectivity.






27. A software holding area for printing jobs.






28. 'A type of hard drive that uses much thinner cables - and can transfer data more quickly - than IDE drives.'






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






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






31. 'The portion of a company's intranet that is used to share business information with business partners such as vendors - suppliers - and customers.'






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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.






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






37. 'An attack delivered by specialized hacking software that tries many combinations of letters - numbers - and pieces of a user ID in an attempt to discover a user password.'






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






39. 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.






40. A device that sends processed data and information out of a computer in the form of text - pictures (graphics) - sounds (audio) - or video.






41. A mini-application developed for the Macintosh platform.






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






43. An expansion card that enables a computer to produce sounds that are omnidirectional or three dimensional.






44. A concentric circle that serves as a storage area on a hard drive platter.






45. Manipulating or organizing data into information.






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






47. A group of icons collected for easy access.






48. 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.






49. 'As its name implies - the computer's desktop puts at your fingertips all of the elements necessary for a productive work session and that are typically found on or near the top of a traditional desk - such as files and folders.'






50. '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)'