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Computer Awareness MCQ Competitive Exam - Sample Test 4

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1 Which of the following statements is true concerning?
✅ Correct Answer: 1
2 The term bit is short for
✅ Correct Answer: 3
3 All of the following terms are associated with spreadsheet software except
✅ Correct Answer: 4
4 _are devices used to transmit data over telecommunications lines.
✅ Correct Answer: 3
5 A_is approximately one billion bytes
✅ Correct Answer: 3
6 A repair for a known software bug, usually available at no charge on the Internet, is called a n
✅ Correct Answer: 2
7 Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to__data.
✅ Correct Answer: 4
8 Which of the following terms is just the connection of networks that can be joined together?
✅ Correct Answer: 2
9 _is a form of permanent memory that holds all the instructions the computer needs to start up and does not get erased when the power is turned off:
✅ Correct Answer: 3
10 Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connected to a
✅ Correct Answer: 1
11 Computer uses the ____ number system to store data and perform calculations.
✅ Correct Answer: 1
12 All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:
✅ Correct Answer: 2
13 A process known as ____________ is used by large retailers to study trends.
✅ Correct Answer: 1
14 ____________terminals (formerly known as cash registers) are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems.
✅ Correct Answer: 2
15 A(n) ____________ system is a small, wireless handheld computer that scans an item’s tag and pulls up the current price (and any special offers) as you shop.
✅ Correct Answer: 1
16 The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal’s computer is an example of a law enforcement specialty called:
✅ Correct Answer: 3
17 Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?
✅ Correct Answer: 3
18 ____________ tags, when placed on an animal, can be used to record and track in a database all of the animal’s movements.
✅ Correct Answer: 2
19 Surgeons can perform delicate operations by manipulating devices through computers instead of manually. This technology is known as:
✅ Correct Answer: 1
20 Technology no longer protected by copyright, available to everyone, is considered to be:
✅ Correct Answer: 1
21 _______ is the study of molecules and structures whose size ranges from 1 to 100 nanometers.
✅ Correct Answer: 1
22 ________ is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do.
✅ Correct Answer: 4
23 _______ is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion.
✅ Correct Answer: 4
24 The name for the way that computers manipulate data into information is called:
✅ Correct Answer: 2
25 Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to ____________ data.
✅ Correct Answer: 2
26 After a picture has been taken with a digital camera and processed appropriately, the actual print of the picture is considered:
✅ Correct Answer: 2
27 Computers use the ____________ language to process data.
✅ Correct Answer: 3
28 Computers process data into information by working exclusively with:
✅ Correct Answer: 4
29 In the binary language each letter of the alphabet, each number and each special character is made up of a unique combination of:
✅ Correct Answer: 4
30 The term bit is short for:
✅ Correct Answer: 3
31 A string of eight 0s and 1s is called a:
✅ Correct Answer: 2
32 A ____________ is approximately one billion bytes.
✅ Correct Answer: 3
33 A ____________ is approximately a million bytes.
✅ Correct Answer: 3
34 _______ is any part of the computer that you can physically touch.
✅ Correct Answer: 1
35 The components that process data are located in the:
✅ Correct Answer: 3
36 All of the following are examples of input devices EXCEPT a:
✅ Correct Answer: 4
37 Which of the following is an example of an input device?
✅ Correct Answer: 1
38 All of the following are examples of storage devices EXCEPT:
✅ Correct Answer: 2
39 The ____________, also called the “brains” of the computer, is responsible for processing data.
✅ Correct Answer: 4
40 The CPU and memory are located on the:
✅ Correct Answer: 2
41 Word processing, spreadsheet, and photo-editing are examples of:
✅ Correct Answer: 1
42 __ is a set of computer programs used on a computer to help perform tasks.
✅ Correct Answer: 2
43 System software is the set of programs that enables your computer’s hardware devices and ____________ software to work together.
✅ Correct Answer: 4
44 The PC (personal computer) and the Apple Macintosh are examples of two different:
✅ Correct Answer: 1
45 Apple Macintoshes (Macs) and PCs use different ____________ to process data and different operating systems.
✅ Correct Answer: 3
46 Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connected to a:
✅ Correct Answer: 1
47 Smaller and less expensive PC-based servers are replacing ____________ in many businesses.
✅ Correct Answer: 4
48 _______ are specially designed computers that perform complex calculations extremely rapidly
✅ Correct Answer: 2
49 DSL is an example of a(n) ____________ connection.
✅ Correct Answer: 4
50 The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the:
✅ Correct Answer: 1
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