Principles of Info Tech Fall Semester Exam Review

A bit can have only two possible values: 0 or 1.

Lesson 1-1

• True

• False

Without storage, all the work you do on the computer would be lost.

Lesson 1-1

• True

• False

A megabyte is just over one million bytes.

Lesson 1-2

• True

• False

Software is divided into two main types: utility software and operating software.

Lesson 1-3

• True

• False

The two most widely used operating systems are the Macintosh OS and Microsoft Windows.

Lesson 1-3

• True

• False

This is the raw information, or data, that is entered into a computer.

Lesson 1-1

• input

• bits

• bytes

• output

How many operations can a computer perform every second?

Lesson 1-1

• dozens

• hundreds

• thousands

• millions

When a computer saves information permanently, this is called _____.

Lesson 1-1

• input

• processing

• storage

• output

A computer's physical parts are called _____.

Lesson 1-2

• software

• hardware

• pieces

• things

What does the term RAM stand for?

Lesson 1-2

• random access memory

• remote access memory

• remaining accessible memory

• rarely accessed memory