Deck 23: Hardware and Software Basics

Question 1

What is similar to a desktop but has more powerful mathematical and graphics processing capabilities and can perform more complicated tasks in less time?

A) Tablet computer
B) PDA
C) Workstation computer
D) Minicomputer

Answer 1

C
Explanation: This is the definition of workstation computer.

Question 2

Disk optimization software helps save information if a computer crashes.

Answer 2

False
Explanation: Crash-proof software helps save information if a computer crashes.

Question 3

What is an older secondary storage medium that uses a strip of thin plastic coated with a magnetically sensitive recording medium?

A) Magnetic medium
B) Magnetic tape
C) Hard drive
D) RAM

Answer 3

B
Explanation: This is the definition of magnetic tape.

Question 4

What is a CPU?

A) The actual hardware that interprets and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware devices work together
B) The computer's main memory, which consists of the random access memory (RAM), cache memory, and the read-only memory (ROM) that is directly accessible to the central processing unit (CPU)
C) Equipment designed to store large volumes of data for long-term storage
D) Equipment used to capture information and commands

Question 5

What is hardware?

A) Any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information-processing needs of an organization
B) The set of instructions that the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks
C) Consists of the physical devices associated with a computer system
D) An electronic device operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory that can accept, manipulate, and store data

Question 6

What is system software?

A) Controls how the various technology tools work together along with the application software
B) Controls the application software and manages how the hardware devices work together
C) Provides additional functionality to the operating system
D) Used for specific information processing needs, including payroll, customer relationship management, project management, training, and many others

Question 7

Volatility is a protected memory space created by the CPU allowing the computer to create virtual machines.

Question 8

What is the number of bits (0s and 1s)that can be processed by the CPU at any one time?

A) Clock speed
B) Word length
C) Bus width
D) Chip line width

Question 9

Utility software provides additional functionality to the operating system.

Question 10

Which of the following represents megahertz?

A) The number of millions of CPU cycles per second
B) The number of billions of CPU cycles per second
C) A type of CPU that can recognize as many as 100 or more instructions, enough to carry out most computations directly
D) Limit the number of instructions the CPU can execute to increase processing speed

Question 11

What is roughly 1 million bytes?

A) Megabyte
B) Terabyte
C) Kilobyte
D) Gigabyte

Question 12

What is an input device?

A) The actual hardware that interprets and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware devices work together
B) The computer's main memory, which consists of the random access memory (RAM), cache memory, and the read-only memory (ROM) that is directly accessible to the central processing unit (CPU)
C) Equipment designed to store large volumes of data for long-term storage
D) Equipment used to capture information and commands

Question 13

What is the arithmetic-logic unit?

A) The actual hardware that interprets and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware devices work together
B) Interprets software instructions and literally tells the other hardware devices what to do, based on the software instructions
C) A type of CPU that can recognize as many as 100 or more instructions, enough to carry out most computations directly
D) Performs all arithmetic operations (for example, addition and subtraction) and all logic operations (such as sorting and comparing numbers)

Question 14

A tablet computer is a computer with a flat screen that uses a mouse or fingertip for input instead of a keyboard that provides the screen capabilities of a PDA with the functional capabilities of a laptop or desktop computer.

Question 15

What is the size of the internal electrical pathway along which signals are sent from one part of the computer to another?

A) Clock speed
B) Word length
C) Bus width
D) Chip line width

Question 16

What is software?

A) Any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information-processing needs of an organization
B) The set of instructions that the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks
C) Consists of the physical devices associated with a computer system
D) An electronic device operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory that can accept, manipulate, and store data

Question 17

What organizes information on a hard disk in the most efficient way?

A) Text protect
B) Disk optimization
C) File recovery
D) Cash-proof

Question 18

What provides the tools for data retrieval,modification,deletion,and insertion?

A) Data management
B) Desktop publishing
C) Email
D) Groupware

Question 19

What is a complex instruction set computer chip?

A) The actual hardware that interprets and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware devices work together
B) Interprets software instructions and literally tells the other hardware devices what to do, based on the software instructions
C) A type of CPU that can recognize as many as 100 or more instructions, enough to carry out most computations directly
D) Performs all arithmetic operations (for example, addition and subtraction) and all logic operations (such as sorting and comparing numbers)

Question 20

What is application software?

A) Controls how the various technology tools work together along with the application software
B) Controls the application software and manages how the hardware devices work together
C) Provides additional functionality to the operating system
D) Used for specific information processing needs, including payroll, customer relationship management, project management, training, and many others

Question 21

Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example of each.

Question 22

____________ is the number of billions of CPU cycles per second.

Question 23

Explain the difference between primary and secondary storage.

Question 24

A(n)____________ device is equipment used to see,hear,or otherwise accept the results of information processing requests.

Question 25

Complex instruction set computer chips limit the number of instructions the CPU can execute to increase processing speed.

Question 26

____________ allows more than one piece of software to be used at a time.

Question 27

Define the relationship between operating system software and utility software.

Question 28

____________ increases the cooperation and joint productivity of small groups of co-workers.

Question 29

A(n)____________ device is equipment used to send information and receive it from one location to another.

Question 30

____________ is the set of instructions that the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks.

Question 31

Describe the eight categories of computers by size.

Question 32

List the common input,output,storage,and communication devices.

Question 33

___________ medium is a secondary storage medium that uses magnetic techniques to store and retrieve data on disks or tapes coated with magnetically sensitive materials.

Question 34

A(n)____________ is designed to meet the computing needs of several people simultaneously in a small to medium-size business environment.

Question 35

Identify the different computer categories and explain their potential business uses.

Question 36

____________ access memory is the computer's primary working memory,in which program instructions and data are stored so that they can be accessed directly by the CPU via the processor's high-speed external data bus.