WorksheetsECS Study Guide for Exam
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
1. Hypertext Markup Language, a language used to create web pages
Heading
HTML
HTML Tag
2. The ____ is also called the computer screen or display; displays the computer's user interface and open programs; allows the user to interact with the computer.
Video Card
Hard drive
Monitor
Optical Drive
3. The___ is a type of disk drive that reads and writes data from optical disks through laser beam technology; allows a user to retrieve, edit and delete content from CD's, DVD's, and Blue-ray disks.
Operating system
Hard drive
Memory (RAM)
Optical Drive
4. A social ___ allows users to save links to web pages that they like or want to share on this public site. The site stores these links.
Modem
Video card
ranking based search engine
social bookmarking search engine
5. ___is where data is stored that is being accessed by the CPU; more RAM usually means a faster computer.
Optical Drive
Processor/CPU
Modem
Memory (RAM)
6. A(n) ____ is a high capacity, self-contained storage device containing a read-write mechanism plus one or more hard disks, inside a sealed unit.
Video card
hard drive
hard disk drive
7. The __ is the software that supports a computer's basic functions, such as scheduling tasks, executing applications, etc.....
encryption
Keyboard
Operating system
ranking based search
8. The __ is a device used to input text into a computer or other device
speakers
keyboard
mouse
monitor
9. A (n) __ allows the computer to send graphical information to a video display; enhance the quality of images on a monitor, TV or projector.
Modem
Monitor
Optical Drive
Video Card
10. The___ is an expansion component used in computers to receive and send audio that can be heard through speakers or headphones.
Speakers
hard drive
video card
sound card
11. A (n) ____ gives you the position at which a particular site appears in the results of a search engine query.
social bookmarking search engine
operating system
memory
ranking based search engine
12. Logic circuitry that responds to and processes the basic instructions that drive a computer is called the ____.
encryption
keyboard
processor / CPU
13. ___ receive audio input from the computer's sound card and produce audio output in the form of sound waves.
Speaker
sound card
video card
CD disk player
14. The ___ converts or modulates an analog signal from a telephone or cable wire to a digital signal that a computer can recognize.
Modem
processor
hard drive
memory card
15. A(n) ___ is a hardware input device that controls a cursor in a GUI and can move and select icons, text, files, and folders.
keyboard
encryption
mouse
flip drive
16. ___ is the method by which plain text or any other type of data is converted from readable form to an encoded version that can only be decoded by another entity if they have access to a decryption key.
encryption
coder
mouse
17. the text and images on a website
HTML
Heading
Website Content
18. The collected information about an individual across multiple websites on the Internet
Digital Footprint
CSS Selector
Website Content
19. A piece of a website, marked by a start tag and often closed with an end tag
HTML Tag
HTML Element
HTML
20. the exclusive legal right to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same
Copyright
Digital Footprint
Website Structure
21. a small port on your computer that you can attach drives to:
USB
Flashdrive
22. a mass storage device that is portable that connects through a USB port:
Flashdrive
portable drive
23. music form most played on the computer
MP3
Youtube
24. one of the many different sizes in regards to computers storage
Megabyte
byte
25. the machine that lets you put documents and such on paper
Printer
Scanner
26. the tool you use to type words onto the computer
Keyboard
Mouse
27, How high can you count on your ten fingers with Binary numbers?
1023
10
28. Anika and Emma are discussing their computer science class. Anika says, 'Emma, can you give me two examples of what you've learned in our computer science class? Remember, there are no right or wrong answers, just share in your own words.'
(a)
29. What is the decimal number 6 in binary?
00110
10
6
30. the program that checks your spelling
Spell Check
Corrections
31. a program that lets you draw on your computer
Paint
Photoshop
32. the brain of a computer
CPU
microprocessor
33. a machine that lets you put paper documents onto your computer
Scanner
Printer
34. a program that destroys your computer system
Virus
Malware
35. any program on the computer
software
Norton
36. talking to other users by typing or using headphones
Chatting
Video chat
37. the most popular internet search engine
Windows
38.The physical components of a computer are known as____________?
Hardware
Motherboard
39. the object on your screen that lets you point at things
cursor
pointer
40. What's another name for internet mail
gmail
41. What is the object that your mouse sits on?
Mouse pad
table
desk
42. WHAT ARE THE STEPS YOU USE TO SOLVE A PROBLEM?
Step 1: Understand the problem.
Step 2: Devise a plan (translate).
Step 3: Carry out the plan (solve).
Step 4: Look back (check and interpret).
Step 5: All the above are correct
43. Which step is NOT part of the information processing cycle?
Input
output
process
recycle
44. A simple code that computers use to send and receive data made from electrical signals and represented by 1's and 0's?
Binary code
Encoder
45. A precise set of rules for how to solve a problem
Algorithm
Function
