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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 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.






2. A design in newer routers that provides for faster wireless data transmission by utilizing more than one antenna to transmit and receive data.






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






4. 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.






5. A container designed to hold multiple data packets.






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






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






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






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






10. A collection of files stored on a computer.






11. The most popular transmission media option for Ethernet networks. UTP cable is composed of four pairs of wires that are twisted around each other to reduce electrical interference.






12. 'A method of optical storage for digital data - developed for storing high-definition media. It has the largest storage capacity of all optical storage options.'






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






14. 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.






15. 'A section of a hard drive platter - wedge-shaped from the center of the platter to the edge.'






16. Programs for editing photographs and other images.






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






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






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






20. A hardware device used to enter typed data and commands into a computer.






21. 'The main tool for finding - viewing - and managing the contents of your computer by showing the location and contents of every drive - folder - and file.'






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






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






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






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






26. A unit of computer storage equal to approximately 1 million bytes.






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






28. Custom software application that is owned and controlled by the company that created it.






29. Unwanted or junk e-mail






30. 1 -099 -511 -627 -776 bytes or 2^40 bytes( approximately 1 trillion bytes).






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






32. A single point that creates the images on a computer monitor. Pixels are illuminated by an electron beam that passes rapidly back and forth across the back of the screen so that the pixels appear to glow continuously.






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. 'In a wireless network - a device that translates the electronic data that needs to be sent along the network into radio waves and then broadcasts these radio waves to other network nodes.'






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






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






37. '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.'






38. 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.






39. Impact of read/write head against magnetic platter of the hard drive; often results in data loss.






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






41. 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






42. An expansion card that attached to the motherboard inside the system unit and the enables the computer to produce sounds by providing a connection for the speakers and microphone.






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






44. 'A server that handles all communications between the network and other networks - including managing Internet connectivity.'






45. 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.






46. 'The set of programs on a computer that helps 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.'






47. A mouse that uses an internal sensor or a laser to conrtol the mouse's movement. The sensor sends signals to the computer - telling it where to move the pointer on the screen.






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. Cables made of copper wires that are twisted around each other and are surrounded by a plastic jacket (such as traditional home phone wire).






50. 'A device that enables the computer (or peripheral) to communicate with the network using a common data communication language - or protocol.'







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