Computing Essentials 2017 26 Ed by OLeary – Test Bank A+

Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. This type of software works with end users, application software, and computer hardware to handle the
majority of technical details.
A. Communications
B. Application
C. Utility
D. System
2. This type of software can be described as end user software and is used to accomplish a variety of
tasks.
A. Communications
B. Application
C. Utility
D. System
3. _______ provide additional information and request user input.
A. Dialog boxes
B. Windows
C. Toolbars
D. Ribbons
4. Most applications use a(n) _______ that displays graphical elements called icons to represent familiar
objects.
A. integrated package
B. dialog box
C. graphical user interface
D. menu button
5. General-purpose applications include all of the following except:
A. web authoring
B. word processors
C. spreadsheets
D. database management systems
6. This GUI includes tabs, groups, and galleries.
A. Character-based
B. Ribbon
C. Contextual
D. Dialog
7. These organize commonly used commands into a set of tabs.
A. Buttons
B. Galleries
C. Ribbons
D. Contextual tabs
8. To create documents that consist primarily of text, you need this software.
A. Presentation graphics
B. Word processor
C. Spreadsheet
D. Database management
9. Which would be the most appropriate type of application to create, analyze, and forecast budgets?
A. DBMS
B. Word processor
C. Spreadsheet
D. Presentation graphics
10. The electronic equivalent of a file cabinet is a _______.
A. database
B. word processor
C. spreadsheet
D. query
11. Programs that combine a variety of visual objects to create attractive, visually interesting presentations
are called:
A. graphs
B. presentation graphics
C. diagrams
D. charts
12. Programs that allow you to mix text and graphics and focus on flexible page design and layout.
A. Databases
B. Desktop publishing
C. Word processors
D. Image galleries
13. These are specialized graphics programs for editing or modifying digital photographs.
A. Image editors
B. Desktop publishing
C. Presentation graphics
D. Illustrations
14. Image editors edit images consisting of thousands of pixels that form this type of image.
A. Vector
B. Bitmap
C. Object
D. Electronic
15. This type of image is made up of geometric shapes or objects.
A. Raster
B. Bitmap
C. Vector
D. Pixel
16. These programs are used to create and edit vector images.
A. Illustration programs
B. Photo editors
C. Presentation graphics
D. Image galleries
17. _______ are used to edit videos to enhance quality and appearance.
A. Drawing programs
B. Image editors
C. Bitmap gallery
D. Video editors
18. Which of the following programs would be used to create a website?
A. Image editor
B. Illustration
C. Desktop publishing
D. Web authoring
19. Specialized and powerful programs, called _______ are typically used to create specialized commercial
sites.
A. graphical site map
B. web authoring programs
C. hyperlink
D. microblog
20. Web authoring programs that allow you to build a page without interacting directly with HTML code are
known as _______.
A. WYSIWYG editors
B. flash
C. animations
D. mobile apps
21. Add-on programs for a variety of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets.
A. Clouds
B. Utilities
C. QR codes
D. Mobile apps
22. _______ make up the basic structure of a relational database with columns containing field data and rows
containing record information.
A. QR codes
B. Tables
C. Fields
D. Workbooks
23. This is a website that provides access to specific mobile apps that can be downloaded either for a nominal
fee or free of charge.
A. QR store
B. Cloud
C. App store
D. Mobile store
24. Which of the following is not a popular cloud suite or online office suite?
A. Google Docs
B. Zoho
C. Microsoft Office Web Apps
D. Lotus Symphony
25. System software can be described as end-user software and is used to accomplish a variety of tasks.
True False
26. Application software includes general-purpose applications, specialized applications, and mobile
apps.
True False
27. Microsoft Access is an example of general-purpose application software.
True False
28. A window is a rectangular area that can contain a document, a program, or a message.
True False
29. Microsoft Office uses an interface with traditional menus and toolbars.
True False
30. In a Ribbon GUI, a gallery displays the alternative choices.
True False
31. In a Ribbon GUI, tabs are used to divide the ribbon into major activity areas.
True False
32. Microsoft Word cannot be used to create personalized web pages.
True False
33. Microsoft Word can identify incomplete sentences, awkward wording, and incorrect punctuation.
True False
34. Functions, formulas, charts, and what-if analysis are common features of database management systems.
True False
35. The last worksheet in a workbook is often a summary of the preceding worksheets.
True False
36. What-if analysis is a very powerful and simple tool to test the effects of different assumptions in a
spreadsheet.
True False
37. A database is a collection of related data.
True False
38. In a database, primary keys are often used to link tables.
True False
39. Worksheets are only used for a limited types of applications.
True False
40. Presentation graphics software is an excellent tool to communicate a message and to persuade people.
True False
41. Desktop publishing programs focus on page design and layout and provide greater flexibility for this than
word processors.
True False
42. Image editors are used to create and edit vector images.
True False
43. Illustration programs are specialized graphics programs for editing bitmap or raster images.
True False
44. Web authoring programs are used to create sophisticated commercial websites.
True False
45. Role playing games, or RPGs, are games in which gamers can create their own villages, fight off
intruders, and form alliances with millions of other players online.
True False
46. Cloud suites are stored on your hard drive and are available anywhere you can access the Internet.
True False
47. Many apps are written for a particular type of mobile device and will not run on other types.
True False
48. As opposed to general-purpose applications which are widely used in nearly every discipline, _______
applications are more narrowly focused.
________________________________________
49. _______ software is end-user software designed to accomplish a variety of different tasks.
________________________________________
50. In a Ribbon GUI, _______ are used to divide the ribbon into major activity areas.
________________________________________
51. _______ (2 words) are used to create text-based documents.
________________________________________
52. _______ organize, analyze, and graph numeric data such as budgets and financial reports.
________________________________________
53. A _______ is a collection of related data—the electronic equivalent of a file cabinet.
________________________________________
54. _______ are used to quickly create a presentation by providing predesigned styles and layouts as well as
suggested content based on the type you choose.
________________________________________
55. _______ (2 words) are programs that combine a variety of visual objects to create attractive, visually
interesting presentations.
________________________________________
56. _______ (2 words) programs allow you to mix text and graphics to create publications of professional
quality.
________________________________________
57. In an image editor, photographs consist of thousands of dots or _______ that form images.
________________________________________
58. _______ images are made up of geometric shapes or objects.
________________________________________
59. Creating a website is called web _______.
________________________________________
60. _______ apps are add-on programs for a variety of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets.
________________________________________
61. A(n) _______ store is typically a website that provides access to specific mobile apps that can be
downloaded either for a nominal fee or free of charge.
________________________________________
62. Office suites are also known as _______ suites.
________________________________________
63. Cloud suites are stored at a _______ on the Internet, rather than on your microcomputer.
________________________________________
64. What is the difference between system software and application software?
65. Describe a graphical user interface and the Ribbon GUI.
66. List the four types of general-purpose applications, describe what each application is used for, and give
an example of each.
67. Describe graphics programs, including desktop publishing programs, image editors, and illustration
programs.
68. Describe mobile apps.
69. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of cloud suites or online office suites.
3 Key
1.
(p. 62)
This type of software works with end users, application software, and computer hardware to handle
the majority of technical details.
A. Communications
B. Application
C. Utility
D. System
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #1
Topic: Application Software
2.
(p. 62)
This type of software can be described as end user software and is used to accomplish a variety of
tasks.
A. Communications
B. Application
C. Utility
D. System
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #2
Topic: Application Software
3.
(p. 62)
_______ provide additional information and request user input.
A. Dialog boxes
B. Windows
C. Toolbars
D. Ribbons
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #3
Topic: Application Software
4.
(p. 62)
Most applications use a(n) _______ that displays graphical elements called icons to represent familiar
objects.
A. integrated package
B. dialog box
C. graphical user interface
D. menu button
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #4
Topic: Application Software
5.
(p. 62)
General-purpose applications include all of the following except:
A. web authoring
B. word processors
C. spreadsheets
D. database management systems
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #5
Topic: Application Software
6.
(p. 63)
This GUI includes tabs, groups, and galleries.
A. Character-based
B. Ribbon
C. Contextual
D. Dialog
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #6
Topic: Application Software
7.
(p. 63)
These organize commonly used commands into a set of tabs.
A. Buttons
B. Galleries
C. Ribbons
D. Contextual tabs
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #7
Topic: Application Software
8.
(p. 64)
To create documents that consist primarily of text, you need this software.
A. Presentation graphics
B. Word processor
C. Spreadsheet
D. Database management
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #8
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
9.
(p. 67)
Which would be the most appropriate type of application to create, analyze, and forecast budgets?
A. DBMS
B. Word processor
C. Spreadsheet
D. Presentation graphics
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #9
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
10.
(p. 70)
The electronic equivalent of a file cabinet is a _______.
A. database
B. word processor
C. spreadsheet
D. query
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #10
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
11.
(p. 69)
Programs that combine a variety of visual objects to create attractive, visually interesting presentations
are called:
A. graphs
B. presentation graphics
C. diagrams
D. charts
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #11
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
12.
(p. 70)
Programs that allow you to mix text and graphics and focus on flexible page design and layout.
A. Databases
B. Desktop publishing
C. Word processors
D. Image galleries
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #12
Topic: Specialized Applications
13.
(p. 72)
These are specialized graphics programs for editing or modifying digital photographs.
A. Image editors
B. Desktop publishing
C. Presentation graphics
D. Illustrations
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #13
Topic: Specialized Applications
14.
(p. 72)
Image editors edit images consisting of thousands of pixels that form this type of image.
A. Vector
B. Bitmap
C. Object
D. Electronic
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #14
Topic: Specialized Applications
15.
(p. 72)
This type of image is made up of geometric shapes or objects.
A. Raster
B. Bitmap
C. Vector
D. Pixel
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #15
Topic: Specialized Applications
16.
(p. 72)
These programs are used to create and edit vector images.
A. Illustration programs
B. Photo editors
C. Presentation graphics
D. Image galleries
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #16
Topic: Specialized Applications
17.
(p. 72)
_______ are used to edit videos to enhance quality and appearance.
A. Drawing programs
B. Image editors
C. Bitmap gallery
D. Video editors
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #17
Topic: Specialized Applications
18.
(p. 73)
Which of the following programs would be used to create a website?
A. Image editor
B. Illustration
C. Desktop publishing
D. Web authoring
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #18
Topic: Specialized Applications
19.
(p. 73)
Specialized and powerful programs, called _______ are typically used to create specialized
commercial sites.
A. graphical site map
B. web authoring programs
C. hyperlink
D. microblog
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #19
Topic: Specialized Applications
20.
(p. 73)
Web authoring programs that allow you to build a page without interacting directly with HTML code
are known as _______.
A. WYSIWYG editors
B. flash
C. animations
D. mobile apps
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #20
Topic: Specialized Applications
21.
(p. 74)
Add-on programs for a variety of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets.
A. Clouds
B. Utilities
C. QR codes
D. Mobile apps
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-05 Describe mobile apps and app stores.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #21
Topic: Mobile Apps
22.
(p. 71)
_______ make up the basic structure of a relational database with columns containing field data and
rows containing record information.
A. QR codes
B. Tables
C. Fields
D. Workbooks
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #22
Topic: Specialized Applications
23.
(p. 75)
This is a website that provides access to specific mobile apps that can be downloaded either for a
nominal fee or free of charge.
A. QR store
B. Cloud
C. App store
D. Mobile store
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-05 Describe mobile apps and app stores.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #23
Topic: Mobile Apps
24.
(p. 76)
Which of the following is not a popular cloud suite or online office suite?
A. Google Docs
B. Zoho
C. Microsoft Office Web Apps
D. Lotus Symphony
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-06 Identify software suites.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #24
Topic: Software Suites
25.
(p. 62)
System software can be described as end-user software and is used to accomplish a variety of
tasks.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #25
Topic: Application Software
26.
(p. 62)
Application software includes general-purpose applications, specialized applications, and mobile
apps.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #26
Topic: Application Software
27.
(p. 70)
Microsoft Access is an example of general-purpose application software.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #27
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
28.
(p. 62)
A window is a rectangular area that can contain a document, a program, or a message.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #28
Topic: Application Software
29.
(p. 62)
Microsoft Office uses an interface with traditional menus and toolbars.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #29
Topic: Application Software
30.
(p. 63-64)
In a Ribbon GUI, a gallery displays the alternative choices.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #30
Topic: Application Software
31.
(p. 63)
In a Ribbon GUI, tabs are used to divide the ribbon into major activity areas.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #31
Topic: Application Software
32.
(p. 73)
Microsoft Word cannot be used to create personalized web pages.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-03 Identify specialized applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #32
Topic: Specialized Applications
33.
(p. 65)
Microsoft Word can identify incomplete sentences, awkward wording, and incorrect punctuation.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #33
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
34.
(p. 70)
Functions, formulas, charts, and what-if analysis are common features of database management
systems.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #34
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
35.
(p. 68)
The last worksheet in a workbook is often a summary of the preceding worksheets.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #35
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
36.
(p. 68)
What-if analysis is a very powerful and simple tool to test the effects of different assumptions in a
spreadsheet.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #36
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
37.
(p. 70)
A database is a collection of related data.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #37
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
38.
(p. 71)
In a database, primary keys are often used to link tables.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #38
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
39.
(p. 67)
Worksheets are only used for a limited types of applications.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #39
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
40.
(p. 69)
Presentation graphics software is an excellent tool to communicate a message and to persuade
people.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #40
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
41.
(p. 70)
Desktop publishing programs focus on page design and layout and provide greater flexibility for this
than word processors.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #41
Topic: Specialized Applications
42.
(p. 72)
Image editors are used to create and edit vector images.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #42
Topic: Specialized Applications
43.
(p. 72)
Illustration programs are specialized graphics programs for editing bitmap or raster images.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #43
Topic: Specialized Applications
44.
(p. 73)
Web authoring programs are used to create sophisticated commercial websites.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #44
Topic: Specialized Applications
45.
(p. 75)
Role playing games, or RPGs, are games in which gamers can create their own villages, fight off
intruders, and form alliances with millions of other players online.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-05 Describe mobile apps and app stores.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #45
Topic: Mobile Apps
46.
(p. 76)
Cloud suites are stored on your hard drive and are available anywhere you can access the Internet.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-07 Describe office suites; cloud suites; specialized suites; and utility suites.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #46
Topic: Software Suites
47.
(p. 75)
Many apps are written for a particular type of mobile device and will not run on other types.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-05 Describe mobile apps and app stores.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #47
Topic: Mobile Apps
48.
(p. 62)
As opposed to general-purpose applications which are widely used in nearly every discipline, _______
applications are more narrowly focused.
specialized, special
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #48
Topic: Application Software
49.
(p. 62)
_______ software is end-user software designed to accomplish a variety of different tasks.
Application
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #49
Topic: Application Software
50.
(p. 63)
In a Ribbon GUI, _______ are used to divide the ribbon into major activity areas.
tabs, tab
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #50
Topic: Application Software
51.
(p. 64)
_______ (2 words) are used to create text-based documents.
Word processors, Word processor
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #51
Topic: Application Software
52.
(p. 67)
_______ organize, analyze, and graph numeric data such as budgets and financial reports.
Spreadsheets, Spreadsheet, Spreadsheet programs, Spreadsheet program
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #52
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
53.
(p. 70)
A _______ is a collection of related data—the electronic equivalent of a file cabinet.
database, databases
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #53
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
54.
(p. 69)
_______ are used to quickly create a presentation by providing predesigned styles and layouts as well
as suggested content based on the type you choose.
Templates
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #54
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
55.
(p. 69)
_______ (2 words) are programs that combine a variety of visual objects to create attractive, visually
interesting presentations.
Presentation graphics, Presentation graphic, PowerPoint programs
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #55
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
56.
(p. 70)
_______ (2 words) programs allow you to mix text and graphics to create publications of professional
quality.
Desktop publishing
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #56
Topic: Specialized Applications
57.
(p. 72)
In an image editor, photographs consist of thousands of dots or _______ that form images.
pixels, pixel
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #57
Topic: Specialized Applications
58.
(p. 72)
_______ images are made up of geometric shapes or objects.
Vector
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #58
Topic: Specialized Applications
59.
(p. 73)
Creating a website is called web _______.
authoring, design, designing
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #59
Topic: Specialized Applications
60.
(p. 74)
_______ apps are add-on programs for a variety of mobile devices including smartphones and
tablets.
Mobile
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-05 Describe mobile apps and app stores.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #60
Topic: Mobile Apps
61.
(p. 75)
A(n) _______ store is typically a website that provides access to specific mobile apps that can be
downloaded either for a nominal fee or free of charge.
app
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-05 Describe mobile apps and app stores.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #61
Topic: Mobile Apps
62.
(p. 76)
Office suites are also known as _______ suites.
productivity
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 03-07 Describe office suites; cloud suites; specialized suites; and utility suites.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #62
Topic: Software Suites
63.
(p. 76)
Cloud suites are stored at a _______ on the Internet, rather than on your microcomputer.
server
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-07 Describe office suites; cloud suites; specialized suites; and utility suites.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #63
Topic: Software Suites
64.
(p. 62)
What is the difference between system software and application software?
System software works with end users, application software, and computer hardware to handle the
majority of technical details. Application software can be described as end user software designed to
accomplish a variety of different tasks.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #64
Topic: Application Software
65.
(p. 62-63)
Describe a graphical user interface and the Ribbon GUI.
A user interface is the portion of the application that allows you to control and to interact with the
program. Almost all applications use a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays graphical elements
called icons to represent familiar objects. The mouse controls a pointer on the screen that is used to
select items such as icons. Another feature is the use of windows to display information. A window
is simply a rectangular area that can contain a document, program, or message. Many Microsoft and
other applications use an interface known as the Ribbon GUI to make it easier to find and use all the
features of an application, this GUI uses a system of ribbons, tabs, and galleries. Ribbons replace
menus and toolbars by organizing commonly used commands into a set of tabs. These tabs display
command buttons that are the most relevant to the tasks being performed by the user. Galleries
simplify the process of making a selection from a list of alternatives.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #65
Topic: Application Software
66.
(p. 64, 67,
69-70)
List the four types of general-purpose applications, describe what each application is used for, and
give an example of each.
The four general-purpose applications are word processors, spreadsheets, database management
systems, and presentation graphics. Word Processors are used to create text-based documents such
as letters, memos, faxes, and reports. Microsoft Word is the most widely used word processor.
Spreadsheet programs organize, analyze, and graph numeric data such as budgets and financial
reports. The most widely used spreadsheet program is Microsoft Excel. A database management
system is a program that sets up, or structures, a database. It also provides tools to enter, edit,
and retrieve data from the database. Microsoft Access is one of the most widely used database
management systems designed for PCs. Presentation graphics are programs that combine a variety
of visual objects to create attractive, visually interesting presentations. Microsoft PowerPoint is an
example of a widely used presentation graphics program.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #66
Topic: General-Purpose Applications
67.
(p. 70, 72)
Describe graphics programs, including desktop publishing programs, image editors, and illustration
programs.
Desktop publishing programs, or page layout programs, allow you to mix text and graphics to
create publications of professional quality. Professional graphic artists use desktop publishing
programs to create documents such as brochures, newsletters, newspapers, and textbooks. Image
editors, also known as photo editors, are specialized graphics programs for editing or modifying
digital photographs. They are often used to touch up photographs to remove scratches and other
imperfections. The photographs consist of thousands of dots or pixels that form images often referred
to as bitmap or raster images. Illustration programs, also known as drawing programs, are used to
create and edit vector images. While bitmap images use pixels to represent images, vector images,
also known as vector illustrations, use geometric shapes or objects. These objects are created by
connecting lines and curves. Because these objects can be defined by mathematical equations, they
can be rapidly and easily resized, colored, textured, and manipulated.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 03-04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #67
Topic: Specialized Applications
68.
(p. 74-75)
Describe mobile apps.
Mobile apps, or mobile applications, are add-on programs for a variety of mobile devices including
smartphones and tablets. Sometimes referred to simply as apps, mobile apps have been widely used
for years. The traditional applications include address books, to-do lists, alarms, and message lists.
With the introduction of smartphones, tablets, and wireless connections to the Internet, mobile
capabilities have exploded.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-05 Describe mobile apps and app stores.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #68
Topic: Mobile Apps
69.
(p. 76)
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of cloud suites or online office suites.
Online office suites are stored online and are available anywhere you can access the Internet.
Documents created using online applications can also be stored online, making it easy to share
documents and collaborate with others. One downside to cloud applications is that you are dependent
on the server providing the application to be available whenever you need it. For this reason, when
using online applications, it is important to have backup copies of your documents on your computer
and to have a desktop office application available to use.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 03-07 Describe office suites; cloud suites; specialized suites; and utility suites.
OLeary – Chapter 03 #69
Topic: Software Suites
3 Summary
Category # of Questions
AACSB: Analytical Thinking 1
AACSB: Reflective Thinking 6
AACSB: Technology 69
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 47
Blooms: Analyze 7
Blooms: Apply 5
Blooms: Remember 43
Blooms: Understand 14
Difficulty: 1 Easy 42
Difficulty: 2 Medium 24
Difficulty: 3 Hard 3
Learning Objective: 03-01 Identify general-purpose applications. 19
Learning Objective: 03-02 Describe word processors; spreadsheets; presentation programs; and database management systems. 18
Learning Objective: 03-03 Identify specialized applications. 1
Learning Objective: 03-
04 Describe graphics programs; web authoring programs; and other specialized professional applications.
19
Learning Objective: 03-05 Describe mobile apps and app stores. 7
Learning Objective: 03-06 Identify software suites. 1
Learning Objective: 03-07 Describe office suites; cloud suites; specialized suites; and utility suites. 4
OLeary – Chapter 03 69
Topic: Application Software 19
Topic: General-Purpose Applications 18
Topic: Mobile Apps 7
Topic: Software Suites 5
Topic: Specialized Applications 20

5
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. With these systems, input and output devices are located outside the system unit.
A. Desktop systems
B. Personal digital assistants
C. Smartphones
D. Laptop computers
2. This type of computer is a thin slab that is almost all monitor with the system unit located behind the
monitor.
A. Laptop
B. Tablet
C. Desktop
D. Smartphone
3. A byte is formed by a group of _____.
A. 4 bits
B. 8 bits
C. 12 bits
D. 16 bits
4. Which of the following is not a character encoding standard?
A. EBCDIC
B. ASCII
C. CISC
D. Unicode
5. This character encoding scheme allows non-English characters and special characters to be
represented.
A. ASCII
B. Unicode
C. EBCDIC
D. ANSIC
6. The system board is also known as the _____.
A. expansion slot
B. motherboard
C. expansion card
D. bus
7. On the motherboard, the connection points for chips are referred to as _____.
A. slots
B. sockets
C. ports
D. lines
8. Tiny circuit boards etched onto squares of sandlike material, called silicon, are called _____.
A. buses
B. slots
C. sockets
D. chips
9. Integrated circuits must be mounted on _____, which are then plugged into the system board.
A. slots
B. pins
C. ports
D. chip carriers
10. Which of the following is a function of the control unit?
A. It provides pathways that support communication among the various electronic components.
B. It directs the movement of electronic signals between memory and the arithmetic-logic unit.
C. It performs fundamental math operations like addition, subtraction, and so on.
D. It uses the logic to compare two pieces of data.
11. Pathways that support communication among the various electronic components on the system board are
called _____.
A. bus lines
B. network lines
C. logic paths
D. gate ways
12. In most personal computer systems, the CPU is contained on a single chip called the _____.
A. semiconductor
B. ALU
C. microprocessor
D. control unit
13. Term used to describe the number of bits that a CPU can access at one time.
A. Bitrate
B. Word
C. Pulse width
D. Character
14. A 32-bit-word computer can access _____.
A. 2 bytes at a time
B. 16 bytes at a time
C. 4 bytes at a time
D. 8 bytes at a time
15. The processing speed of a microprocessor is typically represented by its _____.
A. bus line
B. control unit
C. clock speed
D. ALU
16. Which of the following allows a computer to run two or more operations simultaneously?
A. Coprocessors
B. Multiplexing
C. Multicore processors
D. Binary system
17. For multicore processors to be used effectively, computers must understand how to divide tasks into parts
that can be distributed across each core—an operation called _____.
A. arithmetic-logic processing
B. multiplexer processing
C. parallel processing
D. graphics coprocessing
18. A type of specialty processor devoted exclusively to protecting your privacy.
A. Data cards
B. Micro cards
C. Cryptoprocessor
D. Embedded cards
19. These specialty chips are designed to improve specific computing operations such as displaying 3D
images and encrypting data.
A. Smartcards
B. CPUs
C. Coprocessors
D. NIC cards
20. Frequently-accessed information is held in _____.
A. hard drive
B. cache memory
C. flash memory
D. read only memory
21. With this type of memory, large programs are divided into parts and the parts are stored on a secondary
device, usually a hard disk.
A. Flash
B. Cache
C. Virtual
D. Extended
22. Which of the following offers a combination of the features of RAM and ROM?
A. DRAM
B. DDR
C. Flash Memory
D. Cache Memory
23. All of the following are commonly used units of measurement to describe memory capacity, except
_____.
A. Megabyte (MB)
B. Gigabyte (GB)
C. Terabyte (TB)
D. Nanobyte (NB)
24. When you reboot your system, the computer follows start-up instructions stored in this type of
memory.
A. DRAM
B. SDRAM
C. Cache
D. Flash
25. Most personal computers allow users to expand their systems by providing these on the system board.
A. Expansion slots
B. Ports
C. Sound cards
D. Network cards
26. Which of the following can be used to connect several devices to the system unit and are widely used to
connect keyboards, mice, printers, storage devices, and a variety of specialty devices?
A. USB port
B. SATA
C. Parallel port
D. Firewire bus
27. These types of ports typically provide high-speed connections to specialized devices such as camcorders
and storage devices.
A. FireWire
B. Serial
C. Parallel
D. AGP
28. Which of the following ports is used for connecting musical instruments to a sound card?
A. MiniDP
B. S/PDIF
C. MIDI
D. eSATA
29. Which of the following ports provide high-speed connections for external hard-disk drives, optical discs,
and other large secondary storage devices?
A. eSATA
B. S/PDIF
C. HDMI
D. MiniDP
30. Laptops and tablets use _____ that are typically located outside the system unit.
A. AC adapters
B. batteries
C. power supply units
D. MiniDc
31. The system unit, also known as the system chassis, is a container that houses most of the electronic
components that make up a computer system.
True False
32. ASCII supports languages such as Chinese and Japanese.
True False
33. The ALU tells the rest of the computer system how to carry out a program’s instructions.
True False
34. The control unit directs the movement of electronic signals between the memory and the ALU.
True False
35. 64-bit-word computer can access 8 bytes at a time.
True False
36. Parallel processing requires a computer to perform one complete task before beginning the next task.
True False
37. RAM is considered temporary, or volatile, storage.
True False
38. Virtual memory is stored on a RAM chip.
True False
39. Read-only memory (ROM) chips have information stored in them by the manufacturer.
True False
40. Graphics cards connect the system board to secondary storage.
True False
41. The number of bits that can travel simultaneously down a bus is known as the word size.
True False
42. A bus is a pathway for bits representing data and instructions.
True False
43. VGA and DVI ports provide connections to monitors.
True False
44. USB ports are used to connect keyboards, mice, printers, storage devices, and a variety of specialty
devices.
True False
45. Firewire ports are used to connect keyboards, mice, printers, and storage devices.
True False
46. eSATA ports provide high-speed connections for external hard-disk drives, optical discs, and other large
secondary storage devices.
True False
47. MiniDP ports are an audiovisual port typically used to connect large monitors.
True False
48. HDMI ports make it possible to use a computer as a video jukebox or an HD video recorder.
True False
49. Computers require direct current (DC) to power their electronic components and to represent data and
instructions.
True False
50. The _____ (2 words), also known as the system chassis, is a container that houses most of the electronic
components that make up a computer system.
________________________________________
51. _____ are effectively a thin slab that is almost all monitor with the system unit located behind the
monitor.
________________________________________
52. The most widely used character encoding standard today is _____.
________________________________________
53. The _____ system consists of only two digits—0 and 1.
________________________________________
54. The system board is also known as the _____.
________________________________________
55. A _____ is the number of bits that can be accessed at one time by the CPU.
________________________________________
56. _____ operations consist of making comparisons.
________________________________________
57. A _____-bit-word computer can access 8 bytes of information at a time.
________________________________________
58. _____ processors allow a single computer to run two or more operations at the same time.
________________________________________
59. _____ memory improves processing by acting as a temporary high-speed holding area between the
memory and the CPU.
________________________________________
60. _____ memory uses the hard drive to substitute for RAM.
________________________________________
61. The processing speed of a microprocessor is typically represented by its _____ speed.
________________________________________
62. _____ (2 words) cards are used to connect a computer to a network.
________________________________________
63. _____ network cards allow computers to be connected without cables.
________________________________________
64. Network interface cards (NIC) are connected through _____ slots on the system board.
________________________________________
65. _____ buses connect the CPU to memory on the system board.
________________________________________
66. The number of bits that can travel simultaneously down a bus is known as the bus _____.
________________________________________
67. _____ ports are the standard high-speed networking ports for many of today’s computers.
________________________________________
68. _____ (acronym) ports are a special type of port for connecting musical instruments to a sound card.
________________________________________
69. _____ (acronym) ports provide high-speed connections for external disk drives, optical disks, and other
large secondary storage devices.
________________________________________
70. _____ ports provide high-speed connections that can connect up to seven separate devices connected one
to another.
________________________________________
71. _____ (acronym) ports are an audiovisual port typically used to connect large monitors.
________________________________________
72. Desktop computers have a _____ (2 words) unit, located within the system unit, that plugs into a standard
wall outlet, converts AC to DC, and provides the power to drive all of the system unit components.
________________________________________
73. Compare and contrast the five most common types of system units.
74. Describe the character encoding schemes.
75. How is the multicore chip useful for personal computers?
76. Explain expansion slots and cards.
77. Describe the three principal types of expansion buses.
78. Describe specialty ports including eSATA, MIDI, MiniDP, VGA, DVI and FireWire.
5 Key
1.
(p. 116)
With these systems, input and output devices are located outside the system unit.
A. Desktop systems
B. Personal digital assistants
C. Smartphones
D. Laptop computers
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Differentiate between the five basic types of system units.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #1
Topic: System Unit
2.
(p. 117)
This type of computer is a thin slab that is almost all monitor with the system unit located behind the
monitor.
A. Laptop
B. Tablet
C. Desktop
D. Smartphone
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Differentiate between the five basic types of system units.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #2
Topic: System Unit
3.
(p. 121)
A byte is formed by a group of _____.
A. 4 bits
B. 8 bits
C. 12 bits
D. 16 bits
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #3
Topic: Microprocessor
4.
(p. 129-
130)
Which of the following is not a character encoding standard?
A. EBCDIC
B. ASCII
C. CISC
D. Unicode
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-09 Explain how a computer can represent numbers and encode characters electronically.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #4
Topic: Electronic Data and Instructions
5.
(p. 130)
This character encoding scheme allows non-English characters and special characters to be
represented.
A. ASCII
B. Unicode
C. EBCDIC
D. ANSIC
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-09 Explain how a computer can represent numbers and encode characters electronically.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #5
Topic: Electronic Data and Instructions
6.
(p. 119)
The system board is also known as the _____.
A. expansion slot
B. motherboard
C. expansion card
D. bus
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-02 Describe system boards; including sockets; slots; and bus lines.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #6
Topic: System Board
7.
(p. 119)
On the motherboard, the connection points for chips are referred to as _____.
A. slots
B. sockets
C. ports
D. lines
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-02 Describe system boards; including sockets; slots; and bus lines.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #7
Topic: System Board
8.
(p. 119)
Tiny circuit boards etched onto squares of sandlike material, called silicon, are called _____.
A. buses
B. slots
C. sockets
D. chips
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-02 Describe system boards; including sockets; slots; and bus lines.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #8
Topic: System Board
9.
(p. 119)
Integrated circuits must be mounted on _____, which are then plugged into the system board.
A. slots
B. pins
C. ports
D. chip carriers
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-02 Describe system boards; including sockets; slots; and bus lines.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #9
Topic: System Board
10.
(p. 120)
Which of the following is a function of the control unit?
A. It provides pathways that support communication among the various electronic components.
B. It directs the movement of electronic signals between memory and the arithmetic-logic unit.
C. It performs fundamental math operations like addition, subtraction, and so on.
D. It uses the logic to compare two pieces of data.
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #10
Topic: Microprocessor
11.
(p. 120)
Pathways that support communication among the various electronic components on the system board
are called _____.
A. bus lines
B. network lines
C. logic paths
D. gate ways
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-02 Describe system boards; including sockets; slots; and bus lines.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #11
Topic: System Board
12.
(p. 120)
In most personal computer systems, the CPU is contained on a single chip called the _____.
A. semiconductor
B. ALU
C. microprocessor
D. control unit
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #12
Topic: Microprocessor
13.
(p. 121)
Term used to describe the number of bits that a CPU can access at one time.
A. Bitrate
B. Word
C. Pulse width
D. Character
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #13
Topic: Microprocessor
14.
(p. 121)
A 32-bit-word computer can access _____.
A. 2 bytes at a time
B. 16 bytes at a time
C. 4 bytes at a time
D. 8 bytes at a time
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #14
Topic: Microprocessor
15.
(p. 121)
The processing speed of a microprocessor is typically represented by its _____.
A. bus line
B. control unit
C. clock speed
D. ALU
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #15
Topic: Microprocessor
16.
(p. 121)
Which of the following allows a computer to run two or more operations simultaneously?
A. Coprocessors
B. Multiplexing
C. Multicore processors
D. Binary system
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #16
Topic: Microprocessor
17.
(p. 121)
For multicore processors to be used effectively, computers must understand how to divide tasks into
parts that can be distributed across each core—an operation called _____.
A. arithmetic-logic processing
B. multiplexer processing
C. parallel processing
D. graphics coprocessing
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #17
Topic: Microprocessor
18.
(p. 121)
A type of specialty processor devoted exclusively to protecting your privacy.
A. Data cards
B. Micro cards
C. Cryptoprocessor
D. Embedded cards
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #18
Topic: Microprocessor
19.
(p. 121)
These specialty chips are designed to improve specific computing operations such as displaying 3D
images and encrypting data.
A. Smartcards
B. CPUs
C. Coprocessors
D. NIC cards
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #19
Topic: Microprocessor
20.
(p. 122)
Frequently-accessed information is held in _____.
A. hard drive
B. cache memory
C. flash memory
D. read only memory
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-04 Compare different types of computer memory; including RAM; ROM; and flash memory.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #20
Topic: Memory
21.
(p. 122)
With this type of memory, large programs are divided into parts and the parts are stored on a
secondary device, usually a hard disk.
A. Flash
B. Cache
C. Virtual
D. Extended
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-04 Compare different types of computer memory; including RAM; ROM; and flash memory.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #21
Topic: Memory
22.
(p. 122)
Which of the following offers a combination of the features of RAM and ROM?
A. DRAM
B. DDR
C. Flash Memory
D. Cache Memory
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-04 Compare different types of computer memory; including RAM; ROM; and flash memory.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #22
Topic: Memory
23.
(p. 122)
All of the following are commonly used units of measurement to describe memory capacity, except
_____.
A. Megabyte (MB)
B. Gigabyte (GB)
C. Terabyte (TB)
D. Nanobyte (NB)
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 05-04 Compare different types of computer memory; including RAM; ROM; and flash memory.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #23
Topic: Memory
24.
(p. 122)
When you reboot your system, the computer follows start-up instructions stored in this type of
memory.
A. DRAM
B. SDRAM
C. Cache
D. Flash
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-04 Compare different types of computer memory; including RAM; ROM; and flash memory.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #24
Topic: Memory
25.
(p. 123)
Most personal computers allow users to expand their systems by providing these on the system
board.
A. Expansion slots
B. Ports
C. Sound cards
D. Network cards
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-05 Explain expansion slots and cards.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #25
Topic: Expansion Slots and Cards
26.
(p. 125)
Which of the following can be used to connect several devices to the system unit and are widely used
to connect keyboards, mice, printers, storage devices, and a variety of specialty devices?
A. USB port
B. SATA
C. Parallel port
D. Firewire bus
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #26
Topic: Ports
27.
(p. 126)
These types of ports typically provide high-speed connections to specialized devices such as
camcorders and storage devices.
A. FireWire
B. Serial
C. Parallel
D. AGP
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #27
Topic: Ports
28.
(p. 126)
Which of the following ports is used for connecting musical instruments to a sound card?
A. MiniDP
B. S/PDIF
C. MIDI
D. eSATA
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #28
Topic: Ports
29.
(p. 126)
Which of the following ports provide high-speed connections for external hard-disk drives, optical
discs, and other large secondary storage devices?
A. eSATA
B. S/PDIF
C. HDMI
D. MiniDP
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #29
Topic: Ports
30.
(p. 128)
Laptops and tablets use _____ that are typically located outside the system unit.
A. AC adapters
B. batteries
C. power supply units
D. MiniDc
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-08 Identify power supplies for desktop; laptop; tablet; and mobile devices.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #30
Topic: Power Supply
31.
(p. 116)
The system unit, also known as the system chassis, is a container that houses most of the electronic
components that make up a computer system.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Differentiate between the five basic types of system units.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #31
Topic: System Unit
32.
(p. 130)
ASCII supports languages such as Chinese and Japanese.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-09 Explain how a computer can represent numbers and encode characters electronically.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #32
Topic: Electronic Data and Instructions
33.
(p. 120)
The ALU tells the rest of the computer system how to carry out a program’s instructions.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #33
Topic: Microprocessor
34.
(p. 120)
The control unit directs the movement of electronic signals between the memory and the ALU.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #34
Topic: Microprocessor
35.
(p. 121)
64-bit-word computer can access 8 bytes at a time.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #35
Topic: Microprocessor
36.
(p. 121)
Parallel processing requires a computer to perform one complete task before beginning the next
task.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #36
Topic: Microprocessor
37.
(p. 122)
RAM is considered temporary, or volatile, storage.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-04 Compare different types of computer memory; including RAM; ROM; and flash memory.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #37
Topic: Memory
38.
(p. 122)
Virtual memory is stored on a RAM chip.
FALSE
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 05-04 Compare different types of computer memory; including RAM; ROM; and flash memory.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #38
Topic: Memory
39.
(p. 122)
Read-only memory (ROM) chips have information stored in them by the manufacturer.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-04 Compare different types of computer memory; including RAM; ROM; and flash memory.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #39
Topic: Memory
40.
(p. 123)
Graphics cards connect the system board to secondary storage.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-05 Explain expansion slots and cards.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #40
Topic: Expansion Slots and Cards
41.
(p. 124)
The number of bits that can travel simultaneously down a bus is known as the word size.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-06 Describe bus lines; bus widths; and expansion buses.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #41
Topic: Bus Lines
42.
(p. 124)
A bus is a pathway for bits representing data and instructions.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-06 Describe bus lines; bus widths; and expansion buses.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #42
Topic: Bus Lines
43.
(p. 126)
VGA and DVI ports provide connections to monitors.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #43
Topic: Ports
44.
(p. 126)
USB ports are used to connect keyboards, mice, printers, storage devices, and a variety of specialty
devices.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #44
Topic: Ports
45.
(p. 126)
Firewire ports are used to connect keyboards, mice, printers, and storage devices.
FALSE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #45
Topic: Ports
46.
(p. 126)
eSATA ports provide high-speed connections for external hard-disk drives, optical discs, and other
large secondary storage devices.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #46
Topic: Ports
47.
(p. 126)
MiniDP ports are an audiovisual port typically used to connect large monitors.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #47
Topic: Ports
48.
(p. 126)
HDMI ports make it possible to use a computer as a video jukebox or an HD video recorder.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #48
Topic: Ports
49.
(p. 128)
Computers require direct current (DC) to power their electronic components and to represent data and
instructions.
TRUE
AACSB: Technology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-08 Identify power supplies for desktop; laptop; tablet; and mobile devices.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #49
Topic: Power Supply
50.
(p. 116)
The _____ (2 words), also known as the system chassis, is a container that houses most of the
electronic components that make up a computer system.
system unit, systems unit
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Differentiate between the five basic types of system units.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #50
Topic: System Unit
51.
(p. 117)
_____ are effectively a thin slab that is almost all monitor with the system unit located behind the
monitor.
Tablets, Tablet, Tablet computers
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Differentiate between the five basic types of system units.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #51
Topic: System Unit
52.
(p. 130)
The most widely used character encoding standard today is _____.
Unicode
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-09 Explain how a computer can represent numbers and encode characters electronically.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #52
Topic: Electronic Data and Instructions
53.
(p. 129)
The _____ system consists of only two digits—0 and 1.
binary
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-09 Explain how a computer can represent numbers and encode characters electronically.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #53
Topic: Electronic Data and Instructions
54.
(p. 119)
The system board is also known as the _____.
motherboard, mainboard, motherboards, mainboards, mother board, main board, mother
boards, main boards
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-02 Describe system boards; including sockets; slots; and bus lines.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #54
Topic: System Board
55.
(p. 121)
A _____ is the number of bits that can be accessed at one time by the CPU.
word
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #55
Topic: Microprocessor
56.
(p. 120)
_____ operations consist of making comparisons.
Logical, Logic
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #56
Topic: Microprocessor
57.
(p. 121)
A _____-bit-word computer can access 8 bytes of information at a time.
64, sixty-four
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #57
Topic: Microprocessor
58.
(p. 121)
_____ processors allow a single computer to run two or more operations at the same time.
Multicore
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #58
Topic: Microprocessor
59.
(p. 122)
_____ memory improves processing by acting as a temporary high-speed holding area between the
memory and the CPU.
Cache
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-04 Compare different types of computer memory; including RAM; ROM; and flash memory.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #59
Topic: Memory
60.
(p. 122)
_____ memory uses the hard drive to substitute for RAM.
Virtual
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-04 Compare different types of computer memory; including RAM; ROM; and flash memory.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #60
Topic: Memory
61.
(p. 121)
The processing speed of a microprocessor is typically represented by its _____ speed.
clock
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #61
Topic: Microprocessor
62.
(p. 123)
_____ (2 words) cards are used to connect a computer to a network.
Network interface, Network adapter
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-05 Explain expansion slots and cards.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #62
Topic: Expansion Slots and Cards
63.
(p. 124)
_____ network cards allow computers to be connected without cables.
Wireless
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-05 Explain expansion slots and cards.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #63
Topic: Expansion Slots and Cards
64.
(p. 123)
Network interface cards (NIC) are connected through _____ slots on the system board.
expansion
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 05-05 Explain expansion slots and cards.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #64
Topic: Expansion Slots and Cards
65.
(p. 124)
_____ buses connect the CPU to memory on the system board.
System
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-06 Describe bus lines; bus widths; and expansion buses.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #65
Topic: Bus Lines
66.
(p. 124)
The number of bits that can travel simultaneously down a bus is known as the bus _____.
width
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-06 Describe bus lines; bus widths; and expansion buses.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #66
Topic: Bus Lines
67.
(p. 126)
_____ ports are the standard high-speed networking ports for many of today’s computers.
Ethernet
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #67
Topic: Ports
68.
(p. 126)
_____ (acronym) ports are a special type of port for connecting musical instruments to a sound
card.
MIDI, Musical Instrument Digital Interface
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #68
Topic: Ports
69.
(p. 126)
_____ (acronym) ports provide high-speed connections for external disk drives, optical disks, and
other large secondary storage devices.
eSATA, External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #69
Topic: Ports
70.
(p. 126)
_____ ports provide high-speed connections that can connect up to seven separate devices connected
one to another.
Thunderbolt
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #70
Topic: Ports
71.
(p. 126)
_____ (acronym) ports are an audiovisual port typically used to connect large monitors.
MiniDP, Mini DisplayPort, mDP
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #71
Topic: Ports
72.
(p. 128)
Desktop computers have a _____ (2 words) unit, located within the system unit, that plugs into
a standard wall outlet, converts AC to DC, and provides the power to drive all of the system unit
components.
power supply
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 05-08 Identify power supplies for desktop; laptop; tablet; and mobile devices.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #72
Topic: Power Supply
73.
(p. 116-
118)
Compare and contrast the five most common types of system units.
The five most common types of system units are: desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphones, and wearable
computers. The desktop system unit can be placed horizontally (desktop) or vertically (tower). All
input and output devices are located outside the system unit. Laptops are portable and much smaller.
Their system units are housed with selected secondary storage devices and input devices. Located
outside the system unit, the monitor is attached by hinges. Laptops are often called notebooks. Tablets,
also known as tablet computers, are the newest and one of the most popular types of computer. They
are effectively a thin slab that is all monitor with the system unit located behind the monitor. Tablets
are smaller, lighter, and generally less powerful than laptop computers. Like a laptop, tablets have
a flat screen but typically do not have a standard keyboard. Instead tablets typically use a virtual
keyboard that appears on the screen and is touch-sensitive. Smartphones are by far the most popular
mobile device. Smartphones have become the indispensable handheld computer. It greatly extends the
capabilities of a cell phone by providing computing power. In addition to capturing and sending audio
and video, smartphones run apps, connect to the Internet, and more. Wearable computers, also known
as wearable devices, are one of the first evolutionary steps to IoT. These devices contain an embedded
computer on a chip that is typically much smaller and less powerful than a smartphone’s. The most
common wearable computers are smartwatches and activity trackers.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 05-01 Differentiate between the five basic types of system units.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #73
Topic: System Unit
74.
(p. 129-
130)
Describe the character encoding schemes.
The three character encoding schemes are ASCII (American Standard Code for Information
Exchange), EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code), and Unicode. Historically,
personal computers used the ASCII to represent characters, while mainframe computers used
EBCDIC. These schemes were quite effective; however, they are limited. ASCII, for example,
only uses 7 bits to represent each character, which means that only 128 total characters could be
represented. This was fine for most characters in the English language but was not large enough to
support other languages such as Chinese and Japanese. These languages have too many characters to
be represented by the 7-bit ASCII code. Unicode, uses 16 bits and is the most widely used character
encoding standard used today and is recognized by virtually every computer system. The first 128
characters are assigned the same sequence of bits as ASCII to maintain compatibility with older
ACSII-formatted information. Unicode uses a variable number of bits to represent each character and
allows non-English and special characters to be represented.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 05-09 Explain how a computer can represent numbers and encode characters electronically.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #74
Topic: Electronic Data and Instructions
75.
(p. 121)
How is the multicore chip useful for personal computers?
At one time, personal computers were limited by microprocessors that could support a single CPU that
controlled operations. These computers were limited to processing one program at a time. Now, many
personal computers have multicore processors that can provide two or more separate and independent
CPUs. More significantly, however, is the potential for personal computers to run very large, complex
programs that previously required expensive and specialized hardware.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #75
Topic: Microprocessor
76.
(p. 123-
124)
Explain expansion slots and cards.
Many personal computers allow users to expand their systems by providing expansion slots on the
system board. Users can insert optional devices known as expansion cards into these slots. Ports
on the cards allow cables to be connected from the expansion cards to devices outside the system
unit. Some of the most commonly used expansion cards include graphics cards, SD cards, network
interface cards, and wireless network cards.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-05 Explain expansion slots and cards.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #76
Topic: Expansion Slots and Cards
77.
(p. 124-
125)
Describe the three principal types of expansion buses.
The principal types of expansion buses are: USB, FireWire, and PCIe. Universal Serial Bus (USB) is
widely used today. External USB devices are connected from one to another or to a common point or
hub and then onto the USB bus. The USB bus then connects to the PCI bus on the system board. The
current USB standard is USB 3.1. The FireWire bus is similar to USB buses and is used primarily to
connect audio and video equipment to the system board. PCI Express (PCIe) is widely used in many
of today’s most powerful computers. Unlike most other buses that share a single bus line or path with
several devices, the PCIe bus provides a single dedicated path for each connected device.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-06 Describe bus lines; bus widths; and expansion buses.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #77
Topic: Bus Lines
78.
(p. 126)
Describe specialty ports including eSATA, MIDI, MiniDP, VGA, DVI and FireWire.
External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (eSATA) ports provide high-speed connections for
external hard-disk drives, optical discs, and other large secondary storage devices. Musical instrument
digital interface (MIDI) ports are a special type of serial port for connecting musical instruments like
an electronic keyboard to a sound card. The sound card converts the music into a series of digital
instructions. These instructions can be processed immediately to reproduce the music or saved to a
file for later processing. Mini DisplayPort (MiniDP or mDP) ports are an audiovisual port typically
used to connect large monitors. These ports are used with many Apple Macintosh computers. VGA
(Video Graphics Adapter) and DVI (Digital Video Interface) ports provide connections to analog and
digital monitors, respectively. DVI has become the most commonly used standard, but VGA ports
are still provided on almost all systems for compatibility with older/lower-cost monitors. FireWire
ports provide high-speed connections to specialized FireWire devices such as camcorders and storage
devices.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports.
OLeary – Chapter 05 #78
Topic: Ports
5 Summary
Category # of Questions
AACSB: Analytical Thinking 5
AACSB: Reflective Thinking 6
AACSB: Technology 78
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 49
Blooms: Analyze 5
Blooms: Apply 6
Blooms: Remember 54
Blooms: Understand 13
Difficulty: 1 Easy 53
Difficulty: 2 Medium 19
Difficulty: 3 Hard 6
Learning Objective: 05-01 Differentiate between the five basic types of system units. 6
Learning Objective: 05-02 Describe system boards; including sockets; slots; and bus lines. 6
Learning Objective: 05-
03 Recognize different microprocessors; including microprocessor chips and specialty processors.
20
Learning Objective: 05-04 Compare different types of computer memory; including RAM; ROM; and flash memory. 10
Learning Objective: 05-05 Explain expansion slots and cards. 6
Learning Objective: 05-06 Describe bus lines; bus widths; and expansion buses. 5
Learning Objective: 05-07 Describe ports; including standard and specialized ports. 16
Learning Objective: 05-08 Identify power supplies for desktop; laptop; tablet; and mobile devices. 3
Learning Objective: 05-09 Explain how a computer can represent numbers and encode characters electronically. 6
OLeary – Chapter 05 78
Topic: Bus Lines 5
Topic: Electronic Data and Instructions 6
Topic: Expansion Slots and Cards 6
Topic: Memory 10
Topic: Microprocessor 20
Topic: Ports 16
Topic: Power Supply 3
Topic: System Board 6
Topic: System Unit 6