Intro to Computing

The Operating System is a:

• A. System Software

• B. Application Software

• C. Utility Software

• D. Malware

Computer Hardware is a:

• A. Medium for Data Communications

• B. Physical Device Driven by Software

• C. Physical Device that driven by the data

• D. All of the Above

An example of an OUTPUT device is a:

• A. Scanner

• B. Tapes

• C. Speaker

• D. Sotware

The WWW is:

• A. World Wide Wig of collections

• B. World Wide Web

• C. World Wide WAN of Computers

• D. None of the Above

What does "R" stands for in RAM?

• A. Rewrite

• B. Readable

• C. Random

• D. Read

An example of an "INPUT" device is a:

• A. Digital Camera

• B. Optic Disc

• C. Monitor

• D. RAM

VGA is:

• A. Video Graphics Adapter

• B. Visual Graphics Array

• C. Volatile Graphics Array

• D. Video Graphics Aray

What characteristic of Read-only Memory (ROM) makes it useful?

• A. ROM information can be easily updated.

• B. Data in ROM is non-volatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power.

• C. ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data storage.

• D. ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers.

Which of the following is a storage device?

• A. Optical Disk

• B. Floppy Disk

• C. Hard Disk

• D. All of the ABOVE

A normal CD- ROM usually can store up to _________ _data?

• A. 70 MB

• B. 700 KB

• C. 700 MB

• D. 700 Bytes