IT Fundamentals Ch. 2 Tech Basics (TestOut)

Which of the following is a type of input device?

• Hard Drive

• Touchscreen

• Speakers

• Monitor

Which of the following is data temporarily stored on?

• Hard Drive

• Memory Chips

• Printed Page

• Keyboard

A user has entered a search string into an application and clicked on the search icon. Which of the following is the NEXT step in the computing process?

• Output

• Input

• Storage

• Processing

Which of the following lists the basic computing and processing steps in order?

• Input, retrieval, processing, and storage

• Input, processing, output, and storage

• Input, output, processing, and storage

• Input, retrieval, output, and storage

Which of th following provides a computer system with the ability to retrieve and manipulate data at a future time?

• Storage

• Transistor

• Microchip

• Processing

Which of the following was the most widely used personal computer application until the mid-90s?

• Games

• United States census

• Internet

• Word Processing

Which invention made it possible to have an entire computer on a single circuit board?

• Silicon

• Transistors

• Vacuum Tubes

• Microchip

Which invention allowed computers to become smaller in size?

• Vacuum Tubes

• Laptops

• Transistors

• Silicon

Which of the following played vital roles in the advancement of national defense, science, and social change?

• Smartphones

• Microchip

• Supercomputers

• World Wide Web

Which of the following is the correct binary representation of the number 22?

• 10101

• 11000

• 10110

• 10111