Computer Literacy Quiz

Installing a program is the process of setting up the program to work with the computer, mobile device, printer, and/or other hardware.

• True

• False

All of the following are advantages of using computers except _____.

• the consistency

• the communications

• the impact on labor force

• the speed

The USB (universal serial bus) and FireWire bus are _____.

• a bus designed to improve the speed with which 3-D graphics and video transmit

• the most common and slowest expansion bus

• a high-speed expansion bus that connects higher speed devices

• a bus that eliminates the need to install cards into expansion slots

An equivalent representation for the Boolean expression A' + 1 is

• A

• A'

• 0

• 1

A file is _____.

• an on-screen work area that has a graphical user interface

• a horizontal space that contains a window’s title

• a named collection of stored data, instructions, or information

• an instruction that causes a program to perform a specific action

Dead code is _____.

• the program instructions that will be converted to machine language

• the program instructions that have been converted to machine language

• any program instructions that a program never expensive

• any program instructions that a program executes

The quality of a scanner is measured by the number of bits it stores in a pixel and the number of pixels per inch; the higher each number the _____ the scanner.

• better the quality, but the more expensive

• poorer the quality, and the less expensive

• poorer the quality, but the more expensive

• better the quality, and the less expensive

A typical CD-ROM holds from 650 MB to 1 GB of data, instructions, and information, which is equivalent to about _____ high-density 3.5-inch floppy disks.

• 4500

• 4.5

• 45

• 450

Convert the hexadecimal number A3C5 to binary number:

• 1010 0011 1100 0101

• 1110 0011 1100 1010

• 1110 0011 1100 0101

• 1010 0010 0011 1010

A _____ is an icon on the desktop that provides a user with immediate access to a program or file

• shortcut

• kernel

• buffer

• spooler