ECS Midterm 1 (2023)

1. This computer activity manages, processes, and communicates information.

• computer
• computing
• input
• output

2. _____ uses search algorithms that transfer the idea of link-based rankings in the Web.

• ranking based search engines
• computer-based communication mechanisms
• Web 2.0
• social bookmarking

3. A team is making an app that will help people decide what outfit to wear in the morning. Which of the following would be the BEST choice for input?

• Gets the day's weather forecast from the Internet
• Shows a picture of a good outfit to the user
• Keeps a list of available outfits and what type of weather they are worn in
• Matches the weather condition with the outfits that are good for that condition

4. Which of the following are internet-based communications?

• email
• phone
• Facebook
• texting

5. "Keeps a list of available outfits and what type of weather they are worn in." This is the best example for which of the following?

• input
• output
• processing
• storage

6. Which of the following is NOT a computer-based communication mechanism?

• ranking based
• internet based
• phone based
• news and information

7. A _____________ is one kind of technology that stores the operating system, applications, and data files such a documents, pictures and music that your computer uses.

• optical drive
• hard drive
• operating system
• computer processor

8. We can communicate data to a computer by entering or loading values.

• True
• False

9. Which of the following would NOT be an example of output?

• questions
• a picture of an animal
• a map
• a story

10. Web 2.0 differs from Web 1.0 in that it is __________.

• machine-centric
• info-centric
• people-centric
• agent-centric