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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 most commonly used wired Ethernet standard deployed in devices designed for home networks which provides bandwidth of up to 1 Gbps.






2. 'An application program that helps business owners manage their finances more efficiently by providing tools for tracking accounting transactions such as sales - accounts receivable - inventory purchases - and accounts payable.'






3. 'The process that occurs after the read/write head of the hard drive locates the correct track - and then waits for the correct sector to spin to the read/write head.'






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






5. A feature in the Windows operating system that lets individuals view and change the properties of all hardware devices attached to the computer.






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






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






8. A power-management mode that saves the current state of the current system to the computer's hard drive.






9. 'An open source operating system based on UNIX. Because of the stable nature of this operating system - it is often used on Web servers.'






10. 'The computer's temporary storage space or short-term memory. It is located in a set of chips on the system unit's motherboard - and its capacity is measured in megabytes or gigabytes.'






11. A port to which a CRT monitor connects.






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






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






14. '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.'






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






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






17. 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.






18. 'The top level of the filing structure in a computer system. In Windows computers - the root directory of the hard drive is represented as C:.'






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






20. '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






21. A port that enables the computer(or other device) to be connected to other devices or systems such as networks - modems - and the internet.






22. A type of computing that relates to emotion or deliberately tries to influence emotion.






23. A digit that corresponds to the on and off states of a computer's switches. A bit contains a value of either 0 or 1.






24. A device that holds all permanently stored programs and data; can be located inside the system unit or attached to the system unit via a USB port.






25. Software that turns an artificial environment into a realistic experience.






26. Communications media that do not use cables but instead rely on radio waves to communicate.






27. 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






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






29. The metal or plastic case that holds all the physical parts of the computer together - including the computer's processor (its brains) - its memory - and the many circuit boards that help the computer function.






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






31. 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






32. 'A wireless standard established in 1997 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; also known as WiFi (short for Wireless Fidelity) - it enables wireless network devices to work seamlessly with other networks and devices.'






33. Pernament storage - as in read-only memory (ROM).






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






35. 'Programs such as Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Organizer that strive to replace the various management tools found on a traditional desk such as a calendar - address book - notepad - and to-do lists.'






36. A network in which the nodes are located within a small geographic area.






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 low-power mode for electronic devices such as computers that saves electric poer consumption and sace your computer settings where you left off. When the computer is 'woken up -' you can resume working more quickly that when cold booting the comput






39. A network located in a home that is used to connect all of its digital devices.






40. A system of networking connections in which all devices are connected to a central cable called the bus (or backbone).






41. Eight binary digits(bits)






42. The design of a computer network; includes both physical and logical design.






43. 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.






44. One of the fastest ports available - moving data at 800Mbps.






45. A container designed to hold multiple data packets.






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






47. A Windows utility that checks for lost files and fragments as well as physical errors on a hard drive.






48. Violating a software license agreement by copying an application onto more computers than the license agreement permits.






49. '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.'






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