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IT Fundamentals Ch. 2 Tech Basics (TestOut)

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a type of input device?

a)

Hard Drive

b)

Touchscreen

c)

Speakers

d)

Monitor

2.

Which of the following is data temporarily stored on?

a)

Hard Drive

b)

Memory Chips

c)

Printed Page

d)

Keyboard

3.

A user has entered a search string into an application and clicked on the search icon. Which of the following is the NEXT step in the computing process?

a)

Output

b)

Input

c)

Storage

d)

Processing

4.

Which of the following lists the basic computing and processing steps in order?

a)

Input, retrieval, processing, and storage

b)

Input, processing, output, and storage

c)

Input, output, processing, and storage

d)

Input, retrieval, output, and storage

5.

Which of th following provides a computer system with the ability to retrieve and manipulate data at a future time?

a)

Storage

b)

Transistor

c)

Microchip

d)

Processing

6.

Which of the following was the most widely used personal computer application until the mid-90s?

a)

Games

b)

United States census

c)

Internet

d)

Word Processing

7.

Which invention made it possible to have an entire computer on a single circuit board?

a)

Silicon

b)

Transistors

c)

Vacuum Tubes

d)

Microchip

8.

Which invention allowed computers to become smaller in size?

a)

Vacuum Tubes

b)

Laptops

c)

Transistors

d)

Silicon

9.

Which of the following played vital roles in the advancement of national defense, science, and social change?

a)

Smartphones

b)

Microchip

c)

Supercomputers

d)

World Wide Web

10.

Which of the following is the correct binary representation of the number 22?

a)

10101

b)

11000

c)

10110

d)

10111

11.

Which of the following national systems is MOST likely used to represent a MAC address?

a)

Decimal

b)

Octal

c)

Binary

d)

Hexadecimal

12.

Given the numerical value 1010101.11, which of the following number systems is MOST likely represented?

a)

Hexadecimal

b)

Octal

c)

Binary

d)

Decimal

13.

Which single digit has the highest value in the hexadecimal number system?

a)

H

b)

G

c)

9

d)

F

14.

How many bits are in a single byte?

a)

four

b)

twelve

c)

eight

d)

sixteen

15.

Select the units of memory that are in order from smallest to largest?

a)

Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte

b)

Gigabyte, Megabyte, Kilobyte, Terabyte

c)

Megabyte, Kilobyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte

d)

Kilobyte, Gigabyte, Megabyte, Terabyte

16.

A consumer wants to add a hard ddrive to their computer to store video from their camera. Which of the following is the storage capacity of a modern hard disk drive (HDD) purchased from a computer store?

a)

8 megabytes

b)

1,024 kilobytes

c)

4 gigabytes

d)

3 terabytes

17.

Which of the following transfer rates is the FASTEST?

a)

1,480 Mbps

b)

181 Mbps

c)

1.24 Gbps

d)

1,282 Kbps

18.

Which of the following BEST describes what a kilobyte is a measurement of?

a)

Storage space

b)

Power Level

c)

CPU Speed

d)

Data throughput

19.

Which of the following encoding schemes would MOST likely be used to represent an emoji?

a)

ASCII

b)

Binary

c)

Hexadecimal

d)

Unicode

20.

Digital sound recordings capture sound waves and divide them into distinct sements. Each segment is assigned a value. What is that value called?

a)

Bit depth

b)

Sampling rate

c)

Resolution

d)

Sampling height

21.

How many possible values would an 8-bit audio sample have?

a)

256,000

b)

65,000

c)

16

d)

256

22.

Which of the following makes videos appear smoother and more fluid?

a)

Lower resolution

b)

Higher frame rate

c)

Higher resolution

d)

Lower frame rate

23.

Which features influence audio quality?

a)

Bit Depth & Sampling Rate

b)

Resolution & Frame Rate

c)

Frame Rate & Color Depth

d)

Color Depth & Resolution

24.

Which features influence video quality?

a)

Bit Depth & Sampling Rate

b)

Frame Rate, Color Depth & Resolution

c)

Color Depth Only

d)

Sampling Rate & Resolution

25.

Which of the following is a lossless compression algorithm?

a)

PNG

b)

MP4

c)

Compression artifact

d)

Run-length Encoding

26.

What are pixels that are the exact same between multiple frames called?

a)

Compression Artifact

b)

Temporal Redundancy

c)

Lossless Compression

d)

Run-Length Encoding

27.

Which kind of file would be hurt most by a lossy compression algorithm?

a)

A text document

b)

An audio file containing music

c)

A digital photograph

d)

An audio file containing speech

28.

A typical computer monitor is which type of display?

a)

Vector

b)

White

c)

RGB

d)

Raster

29.

Which type of digital picture is made by storing individual pixel values?

a)

Vector

b)

Raster

c)

Pixel Map

d)

High-Res

30.

Which type of digital picture can be scaled to any size without losing quality?

a)

Vector

b)

Transparent

c)

Raster

d)

High-Res

31.

Which of the following professionals would be MOST likely to create a poster?

a)

Graphic Designer

b)

Digital Audio Producer

c)

Game Designer

d)

Video Production Specialist

32.

The ability to use various design software such as Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator would be MOST beneficial to which career?

a)

Game Designer

b)

Video Production Specialist

c)

Graphic Designer

d)

Digital Audio Producer

33.

Which of the following careers typically requires at least a bachelor's degree in telecommunications?

a)

Video Production Specialist

b)

Game Designer

c)

Graphic Designer

d)

Digital Sudio Producer

34.

Mary needs someone to make sure her podcast is high quality and sounds polished. Which of the following professionals should she hire?

a)

Game Designer

b)

Digital Audio Producer

c)

Graphic Designer

d)

Video Production Specialist

35.

Jessica is currently editing a commercial she helped create. Which of the following is MOST LIKELY her profession?

a)

Digital Audio Producer

b)

Video Production Specialist

c)

Game Designer

d)

Graphic Designer