Introduction to ICT and IT

It is a process whereby information is exchanged between individuals (sender and receiver) using symbols, verbal interaction or signs

• Technology

• Information

• Communication

• Information Technology

Information Technology is the study, design, development, implementation, support of __________ information systems - software applications and computer hardware.

• Information-based

• Computer-based

• Software-based

• Hardware-based

Which is not one of the four ages that divides the history of Information Technology?

• Pre-mechanical

• Electronic

• Mechanical

• Pre-electronic

It is composed of 22 symbols developed by Phoenician traders that was spread over Mediterranean.

• Phoenician Alphabet

• Phoenician Symbols

• Phoenician Cuneiform

• Phoenician Petroglyph

This age developed between 1450 and 1840. This is the age when inventors began to use techniques and tools to create machines that will perform some tasks.

• Pre-mechanical

• Mechanical

• Electromechanical

• Electronic

Slide rule was invented by an Episcopalian minister and mathematician named ________

• Charles Babbage

• William Oughtred

• Charles Oughtred

• Gottfried Wilhelm Babbage

Which of the following is not one of the technologies discovered in the Electromechanical age.

• Morse Code

• Radio

• Mark 1

• ENIAC

ENIAC stands for

• Electric Numerical Integrator and Computer

• Electronic Numerical Integration and Computer

• Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

• Electromechanical Numerical Integrator and Computer

This type of software includes operating systems and different utilities to allow your system to run smoothly.

• System software

• Operating software

• Application software

• Program software

What is an example of Application Software?

• Mac OS

• Word Processors

• Microsoft Vista

• Microsoft Windows XP