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Introduction to Computers and Emerging Technologies

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an output device?

a)

DVD-ROM

b)

touchpad

c)

hard driver

d)

printer

2.

What kind of device is a keyboard?

a)

Internal device

b)

input device

c)

output device

d)

storage device

3.

What is the main circuit board inside the computer called?

a)

CD-ROM

b)

video card

c)

ROM

d)

Mother board

4.

Which of the following is usually used to connect a monitor to a computer?

a)

DVI cable

b)

USB cable

c)

Ethernet cable

d)

SATA cable

5.

Which of the following software maintenance steps erases gaps caused by deleting files from the hard drive?

a)

update system software

b)

defragging

c)

virus scan

d)

installing firewall

6.

Eric’s computer slows down when he opens several computer programs. Why does this happen?

a)

Eric has limited RAM space

b)

Eric has a small hard drive

c)

Eric does not have a powerful video card

d)

Eric has a bad ROM

7.

In a PC, which of the following components stores the BIOS?

a)

CPU

b)

RAM

c)

ROM

d)

hard driver

8.

Which of the following would hold the most information?

a)

500 megabytes

b)

5 gigabytes

c)

5000 bytes

d)

50,000 000 kilobytes

9.

What does the BIOS chip stand for?

a)

Basic input output system

b)

basic input operating system

c)

basic internal operating system

d)

basic internal output system

10.

Joe’s computer crashed and now he is looking for a replacement. Which of the following criteria is the least important?

a)

RAM

b)

money

c)

color

d)

usage

11.

Which of the following is a device designed to act as a transmitter by converting sound waves to electronic waves and as a resistor by controlling electronic currents?

a)

GUI

b)

Transistor

c)

Electric computer

d)

Electronic computer

12.

The computer was originally what type of machine?

a)

Calculator

b)

GPS

c)

MP3 Player

d)

Tablet

13.

When was Yahoo founded?

a)

1980

b)

1984

c)

1994

d)

1995

14.

What year was the first microprocessor with a built in mouse created?

a)

1970

b)

1971

c)

1974

d)

1976

15.

Which of the following was the first personal computer?

a)

Scelbi

b)

Apple I

c)

Apple II

d)

Commodore PET

16.

Which of the following is NOT a major leader in the computer industry as noted in the segment?

a)

Cisco

b)

Apple

c)

Dell

d)

Norton

17.

Nonvolatile memory technology was created by which company?

a)

Intel

b)

Apple

c)

Scandisk

d)

Adobe

18.

Which of the following capabilities for the modern computer was NOT created by the Atanasoff-Berry Computer?

a)

Parallel processing

b)

First form of memory or storage

c)

Disc Drives

d)

Separation of memory and computing functions

19.

Which of the following was developed by Tim Berners-Lee, which helped him create the World Wide Web?

a)

Video monitors

b)

GUI

c)

HTML

d)

Hard drives

20.

Which of the following is an example of emerging technologies?

a)

Television

b)

Radio

c)

Streaming video

d)

Automobiles

21.

Streaming video applications account for what percentage of all Internet traffic?

a)

60%

b)

50%

c)

40%

d)

30%

22.

What allows a computer to display graphics and images rather than just text on a monitor?

a)

HTML

b)

Microns

c)

MIPS

d)

GUI

23.

Which of the following is NOT an important element which comprises microchips?

a)

Transistor

b)

MIPS

c)

PDFs

d)

Microns

24.

The computer was originally what type of machine?

a)

Calculator

b)

GPS

c)

MP3 Player

d)

Tablet

25.

Who built ABC in 1937

a)

Bill Gates

b)

Steve Jobs

c)

John V. Atanasoff

d)

Steve Wozniak

26.

How many transistors did the first computer have?

a)

One million

b)

One thousand

c)

One hundred

d)

One

27.

Why was the Intel Tera-scale Computing Research Program developed?

a)

To improve the functioning capabilities of the microprocessor in the next decade

b)

To progress computing technology in the next decade

c)

To decrease the size of computers and increase the amount of processing capabilities in the next decade

d)

To advance the amount of memory used by computers in the next decade

28.

Which company created TIPC networking?

a)

Adobe

b)

Intel

c)

Gateway

d)

Apple

29.

From where did Bill Gates graduate college?

a)

Harvard

b)

yale

c)

Cornell

d)

Bill Gates sis not graduate college

30.

Which of the following is NOT true of data mining?

a)

It is the process of turning large amounts of data into useful

information

b)

It is a tool used to extract patterns and correlations from data

c)

It requires carefully analyzing data from various dimensions

d)

It is no longer supported with current software

31.

Why are mobile devices able to process more and store larger amounts of data?

a)

The microprocessor is continually getting smaller and more capable

b)

The microprocessor is continually getting larger and more capable

c)

Microprocessors are continually being added and becoming more

capable

d)

Microprocessors are continually being removed and becoming more

capable

32.

Which of the following is NOT a type of security device?

a)

Fingerprint devices

b)

Bag searches

c)

Built in GPS system

d)

Retinal scanning machines

33.

The process of getting progressively smaller and more capable, which integrated circuits or microprocessors have gone through is known as which of the following?

a)

Microminiaturization

b)

Micron progression

c)

Parallel processing

d)

Metadata

34.

What was Intel’s first product released in 1969 which gives computers memory space for open or running programs?

a)

Microprocessor

b)

RAM

c)

Microchip

d)

The bit

35.

Paul Allen and Bill Gates first designed which program for the Altair 8800, which led them to start Microsoft®?

a)

Windows

b)

COBOL - 80

c)

VisiCalc

d)

BASIC

36.

Adobe® created which of the following which allows images to be replicated on a computer screen and printed?

a)

VisiCalc

b)

PostScript

c)

GUI

d)

PDF