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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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1. A UTP cable type that provides more than 1 GB of throughput.






2. 'The time it takes for the hard drive's read/write heads to move over the surface of the disk - between tracks - to the correct track.'






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. A notebook computer designed specifically to work with handwriting recognition technology.






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






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






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






12. Any object that a user carries to identify him- or herself and that grants the user access to a computer system or computer facility.






13. 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.






14. A computer deployed to provide remote storage space or to act as a repository for files that users can access.






15. Documentation for a software product that is built directly into the software.






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






17. System software that controls hardware devices.






18. '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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19. '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.'






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. A type of network in which users are responsible for creating their own data backups and for providing security for their computers.






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






23. A server that keeps track of who is logging on to the network and which services on the network are available to each user.






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






25. '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.'






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






27. 'A group of two or more computers (or nodes) that are configured to share information and resources such as printers - files - and databases.'






28. An expansion card that is installed inside a system unit to translate binary data ( the 1s and the 0s the computer uses) into the images viewed on the monitor.






29. 'Software that handles requests for information - Internet access - and the use of peripherals for the rest of the network nodes.'






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






31. A program that helps coordinate all print jobs being sent to the printer at the same time.






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






33. A picture on a computer display that represents an object such as a software application or a file or folder.






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






35. A step-by-step guide that walks you through the necessary steps to complete a complicated task.






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






37. 'In a graphical user interface - a rectangular box that contains programs displayed on the screen.'






38. 'A complete processing section from a CPU - embedded into one physical chip.'






39. 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.






40. 'A network topology in which each node on the network is responsible for retransmitting the token - or the data - to other nodes.'






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






42. A group of icons collected for easy access.






43. 'A Windows utility (found in the Control Panel) that allows the user to create a duplicate copy of all the data on a hard drive (or just the folders and files the user specifies) and copy it to another storage device - such as a DVD or external hard






44. A network configuration in which the computers and peripherals are laid out in a configuration resembling a circle. Data flows around the circle from device to device in one direction only.






45. 'Programs for managing finances - such as Intuit's Quicken and Microsoft Money - which include electronic checkbook registers and automatic bill payment tools.'






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






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






48. 'The process of looking at a computer's subsystems - what they do - and how they perform to determine whether the computer system has the right hardware components to do what the user ultimately wants it to do.'






49. A collection of files stored on a computer.






50. The process by which great amounts of data are analyzed and investigates to spot significant patterns or trends within the data that would otherwise not be obvious.