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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. When data merely travels the entire length of the communications medium and is received by all network devices.






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






3. 'Unlike the command- and menu-driven interfaces used in earlier software - GUIs display graphics and use the point-and-click technology of the mouse and cursor - making them much more user-friendly.'






4. 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.






5. '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






6. A server that processes and delivers incoming and outgoing e-mail.






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






8. A display that uses organic compounds to produce light when exposed to an electric current. Unlike LCD's - OLEDs do not require a backlight to function and therefore draw less power and have a much thinner display - sometimes as thin as 3mm.






9. An application that is still under development.






10. 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.






11. An interface port that transfers data at 400 Mbps.






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






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






14. That status of software(or other created works) that are not protected by copyright.






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






16. The study of molecules and nanostructures whose size ranges from 1 to 100 nanometers.






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






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






19. 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.






20. The set of computer programs or instructions that tells the computer what to do and enables it to perform different tasks.






21. A device (such as a printer or external hard drive) that can be attached directly to a network instead of needing to attach to a computer on the network.






22. 'An alternative to more traditional mapping software programs; easily accessible with any Internet connection and updated more frequently than offline services. Examples include MapQuest - Yahoo! Maps - Google Maps - and Google Earth.'






23. A software holding area for printing jobs.






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






25. Measured in degrees - this tells how far you can move to the side of (or above or below) the monitor before the image quality degrades to unacceptable levels.






26. A device such as a monitor - printer - or keyboard that connects to the system unit through ports.






27. A small camera that sits on top of a computer monitor (connected to the computer by a cable) or is built into a notebook computer and is usually used to transfer live video.






28. The process of sending jobs formerly performed in the U.S. to other countries.






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






30. 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.






31. A simplified licensing scheme that enables copyright holders to grant certain rights to a work while retaining other rights.






32. An index of all sector numbers that the hard drive stores in a table to keep track of which sectors hold which files.






33. A type of monitor ( or display in a notebook or PDA) that accepts input from a user touching the screen.






34. A type of monitor that is lighter and more energy-efficient than a CRT monitor; often used with portbale computers such as notebooks.






35. A software program or hardware device designed to prevent unauthorized access to computers or networks.






36. 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.






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






38. '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.'






39. A server that provides client computers with access to information stored in a database.






40. 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.






41. A small - compact portable computer.






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






43. A signal that tells the operating system that it is in need of immediate attention.






44. A user interface in which the user chooses a command from menus displayed on the screen.






45. 'The process of identifying a computer user - based on a login or username and password. The computer system determines whether the computer user is authorized and what level of access is to be granted on the network.'






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






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






48. '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.'






49. '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.'






50. A cable that transmits data at close to the speed of light along glass or plastic fibers.