Ch 05 - COMPUTERS

Computers today can

• think like humans

• Imitate human thought

• operate independently

• reason without a program

Which of the following is not an example of a computer input unit?

• mouse

• keyboard

• video monitor

• modem

Digital libraries ...

• are created in a short amount of time

• occupy the same amount of space

• are convenient and efficient

• are cheap to produce

CD-ROM disc are ...

• permanent

• durable

• used for many software programs

• all of these

Microchips ....

• were invented many years ago but the power equipment was not available to use them

• are expensive to produce

• make it possible to have so many portable devises

• all of these

which is not an example of a computer output devise.

• video monitor

• scanner

• printer

• modum

if you want to send computer data over telephone lines, you need a

• CD-ROM

• facsimile machine

• IC

• modem

Voice levels, speed, time, pressure, and light intensity are all examples of this kind of signal ...

• analog

• electrical

• digital

• none of these

which of the following is not true about VR

• sometime called telepresence

• computer interaction

  is capable

• it uses 3-D graphics

• entertainment is VRs only real use

the three-step sequence that the CPU goes through

• decode - fetch - execute

• fetch - execute - decode

• fetch - decode - execute

• decode - execute - fetch