CS 1_ 1.1 - 1.8 Assessment

Which of the following are examples of encoding information?

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  Representing fast food meals as numbers on the menu. For example a number 1 represents a hamburger.

• Assigning a numeric value to every area of a region, for example zip codes in the United States

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  Assigning a number to every character of the alphabet so we can represent sentences as series of simple digits.

• All of the above

What is the number base of the binary number system?

• 10

• 2

• 1

• 0

In the binary value 100₂, what is the place value of the 1?

• 100s place

• 2s place

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  4s place

• 1s place

What is the value of 13₁₀ in binary?

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  101₂

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  1101₂

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  1110₂

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  10000₂

What is the purpose of an output device?

• To allow the computer to store information or programs.

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  To allow the user to give data or information to the computer.

• To allow computers to connect and communicate with other computers.

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  To allow the computer to display or communicate the result of a computation

What is the purpose of a network device?

• To allow the computer to store information or programs.

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  To allow the user to give data or information to the computer.

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  To allow computers to connect and communicate with other computers.

• To allow the computer to display or communicate the result of a computation

Choose what kind of device a web-camera is.

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  Input Device

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  Output Device

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  Storage Device

• Network Device

Choose what kind of device a “router* is.

• Input Device

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  Output Device

• Storage Device

• Network Device

Which of the following statements is something the operating system of a computer is responsible for doing?

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  Managing memory allocation for all applications.

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  Providing a way for the user to create text documents.

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  Allowing the user to access the internet.

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  Allowing the user to write programs.

Which of the following choices is a brand-new application of computers, having come about in the past 5 years?

• Analyzing data

• Solving mathematical equations

• Making predictions about future events based on data gathered about past events

• None of the above.