MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1) Which of the following is a correct association between hardware device and component type?

A) hard disk - output B) keyboard - input

C) CPU - storage D) mouse - processing

2) Which of the following is a correct association between hardware device and component type?

A) magnetic tape - input B) memory - processing

C) stylus - storage D) monitor - output

3) The computer's temporary storage medium represents data or programs via:

A) electronic circuitry. B) fiber optics.

C) magnetism. D) lasers.

4) The type of software you will typically use to explore the Web is a(n):

A) browser. B) Web site. C) ISP. D) home page.

5) Which of the following is not a secondary storage device?

A) CD-ROM B) DVD-ROM

C) hard disk D) central processing unit

6) A simple terminal includes hardware to support all of the following actions except:

A) input. B) output. C) connectivity. D) storage.

7) Computers introduce the __________ element into the modern economy.

A) labor B) capital C) land D) information

8) The piece of hardware that temporarily holds data and programs is called:

A) output. B) secondary storage.

C) primary storage. D) CPU.

9) What is a correct difference between primary and secondary storage?

A) primary is permanent whereas secondary is temporary

B) primary is more important than secondary

C) secondary is further removed from the CPU than primary

D) secondary is a backup of primary

10) Which type of computer is least likely to have its own secondary storage?

A) thin client B) PDA C) mainframe D) workstation

11) Personal computer prices have dipped below:

A) $300. B) $1000. C) $100. D) $5000.

12) The technology that underlies primary memory is most similar to the technology that underlies a:

A) CD-ROM. B) hard disk.

C) mouse. D) central processing unit.

13) The nearest synonym for "office suite" is:

A) groupware. B) database.

C) business software. D) integrated application.

14) Which of the following would be considered to be a vertical market application?

A) A packaged accounting program

B) An electronic spreadsheet

C) A custom-built payroll processing system

D) A web browser

15) If teaching and training is your main interest, then a promising career option in the information technology field is:

A) system librarian. B) computer programmer.

C) help desk personnel. D) systems analyst.

16) A program that includes the opportunity for programmers to modify or enhance its code is called:

A) open source. B) custom software.

C) public domain. D) freeware.

17) Software that controls the computing resources, such as an operating system, is referred to as:

A) system software. B) custom software.

C) application software. D) vertical software.

18) Communications software is most appropriate for:

A) preparing high-quality advertisements and informational brochures.

B) downloading important data files from the Internet.

C) storing a list of important phone numbers.

D) performing complex mathematical calculations.

19) Compared with the cost to the music industry of illegally copying a music CD, the act of illegally copying a software CD will cost the software industry:

A) less. B) about the same.

C) nothing at all. D) more.

20) If you wanted to calculate your budget and play what-if games based on different assumptions of income and expenditures, you would be most likely to use:

A) database management software. B) graphics software.

C) communications software. D) spreadsheet software.

21) Which of the following people plans, oversees, and manages all the information technology functions for an organization?

A) Computer operator B) Computer programmer

C) Systems analyst D) CIO

22) A PC's operating system is responsible for all of the following except:

A) loading the kernel from the hard disk.

B) executing and servicing application programs.

C) managing and controlling access to computer hardware components.

D) establishing the user interface on the computer.

23) A DOS user is presented with this display: C:\>The > portion of the display refers to:

A) a prompt.

B) the computer's hard drive and its root directory.

C) a program running on the computer.

D) a DOS command.

24) The process of assigning computer resources to certain programs for their use is called:

A) resource allocation. B) program assignment.

C) utilization. D) resource use management.

25) Which of the following would not be considered to be a utility program?

A) A file manager B) An operating system

C) A device driver D) A defragmenter

26) A DOS user is presented with this display: C:\>The C:\ portion of the display refers to:

A) a program running on the computer.

B) a DOS command.

C) the computer's hard drive and its root directory.

D) a prompt.

27) In the context of operating systems, an interrupt occurs when:

A) the operating system has just allocated the CPU to a program.

B) the disk drive has just completed reading data from the disk.

C) the telephone rings and the user gets up from the computer to answer it.

D) the CPU is performing instructions for a program.

28) An operating system is considered to be:

A) memory. B) application software.

C) system software. D) computer hardware.

29) Which component of the CPU is responsible for comparing the contents of two pieces of data?

A) memory B) comparator C) ALU D) control unit

30) Consider a CPU that operates at 1.5 GHz. How long does it take to perform the average machine cycle?

A) 30 nanoseconds B) 1.5 nanoseconds

C) 1.5 picoseconds D) .67 nanoseconds

31) Which of the following technologies pertain to the size of a CPU's instruction set?

A) SIMM B) RISC C) SRAM D) ISA

32) The acronym CPU stands for:

A) Central Programming Unit. B) Computing Program Usage.

C) Computer Processing Unit. D) Central Processing Unit.

33) Which of the following must the control unit refer to when decoding an instruction?

A) the system clock B) the instruction set

C) the address register D) the instruction cache

34) A computer's output is least likely to consist of:

A) memos or letters. B) processed information.

C) graphics. D) raw data.

35) Another term for processed data is:

A) processor. B) information. C) storage. D) output device.

36) Which of the following is an optical storage device?

A) CD-ROM B) magnetic tape

C) hard disk D) computer memory

37) A computer program is considered to be:

A) user. B) hardware. C) network. D) software.

38) The most likely benefit of using an application service provider is:

A) reducing costs of software installation and maintenance.

B) simplifying access to the World Wide Web.

C) facilitating the ability to perform what-if analysis of business contingencies.

D) eliminating the need to pay for new software systems.

39) In order for programmers to be able to modify a program's operations,

A) the software cannot be copyrighted.

B) the program must be machine-readable.

C) they must purchase a site license.

D) the source code must be available.

40) Software that a company's computer programmers write specifically for the company's own use is:

A) vertical software. B) application software.

C) system software. D) custom software.

41) Which of the following operating systems offers only a command-line user interface?

A) Mac OS B) Linux C) MS-DOS D) Windows XP

42) Which is the first version of Microsoft Windows that is a fully self-contained operating system?

A) Windows NT B) Windows XP C) Windows 3.1 D) Windows 95

43) When a spreadsheet program calculates the result of a mathematical formula, the portion of the CPU that is executing the calculation is the:

A) ALU. B) register. C) instruction set. D) control unit.

44) Random access memory is located in:

A) magnetic devices external to the computer.

B) bus lines on a microprocessor.

C) registers on the CPU.

D) a chip near the CPU.

45) Characteristics of computers include all the following except:

A) propensity to make errors. B) capacity for high storage volume.

C) reliability of accurate results. D) speed of processing.

46) The category of software that encompasses browsers accessing the internet is:

A) PIM. B) communications.

C) office suite. D) word processing.

47) Which is the correct statement?

A) A program's frame goes into a page of memory.

B) A program's frame goes into a queue of memory.

C) A program's page goes into a frame of memory.

D) A program's page table goes into a frame of memory.

48) Which component of the CPU is responsible for deciding which operations are to be performed by the CPU?

A) control unit B) arithmetic/logic unit

C) electronic circuitry D) Orchestration device

49) Which of the following is not necessary in order to attain computer literacy?

A) knowledge of the basics of how computers work

B) ability to interact with a computer

C) awareness of the importance of computers

D) expertise in computer programming

50) A systems analyst will spend most of his or her time:

A) creating and testing computer software.

B) determining how user needs can be accommodated by the system.

C) as a line worker primarily concerned with data input.

D) managing the day-to-day operations of the computer system.