Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Can you guys please help me with my hw and answer some multiple choice Q's?

1. ______ is a type of nonvolatile memory into which data can be stored and retrieved.





a. SDRAM b. Flash memory c. Register d. RAM





3. With bitmapped images, the color of each _____ is represented by bits, the more bits used, the better the image quality.





a. Pixel b. Map c. Byte d. Vector





4. System software is usually divided into two categories: operating system software and Programs.





a. Planning system b. FAT system c. background d. utility





5. _______ was originally developed in the late 1960s at AT%26amp;T Bell Labs as an operating system for midrange servers.





a. Linux b. Solaris c. Mac OS X d. UNIX





6. A(n) ____ instruction might look like a meaningless string of 0s and 1s, but it actually represents specific operations and storage locations.


a. Programming language


b. Machine language


c. COBOL language


d. ASCII





7. Similar to the way an IP address or domain uniquely identifies a computer on the internet, a _____ uniquely identifies a web page.





a. Uniform resource locator (URL)





b. WEB ID (WID)





c. universal resource identifier (URI)





d. Web resource identifier (WRI)





8. _____ is the version of windows designed for handheld PCs, smart phones, and portable media players.





a. Windows server 2003





b. Windows mobile





c. Windows Vista





d. Windows Embedded





9. When data is processed into a meaningful form, it becomes _______.





a. A program b. Code c. A database d. Information





10. A ______ is the hardware where data is actually stored.





a. Storage medium





b. Storage Memory





c. Storage Processor





d. Storage device





12. The _____ is the section of the CPU that performs arithmetic involving integers and logical operations.





a. Register b. Decode unit c. Internal cache d. arithmetic/logic unit (ALU)





16. To keep files organized, related documents are often stored in ____ (also called directories) located on the storage medium.





a. Labels b. Indexes c. Programs d. Folders





17. In the early 1980s, things began to change. _____ were invented and computer use increased dramatically.





a. Networks b. Microcomputers c. Printers d. Computers





18. Filenames almost always contain a _ at the end of the filename.





a. file extension b. file subname c. file subscript d. file attachment





19. ____ means that data can be retrieved directly from any location on the storage medium, in any order.





a. Online access b. Sequential access c. Random access d. Indirect access





20. Unlike magnetic and optical storage systems ___ have no moving parts --- a property that makes them a solid-state storage system.





a. Flash memory storage systems





b. USB memory storage systems





c. Bluetooth memory storage systems





d. Zip memory storage systems





21. _____ is a method of storing data on two or more hard drives that work in combination to do the job of a larger drive.





a. Holographic storage





b. RAID (redundant arrays of independent disks)





c. Network Attached Storage (NAS)





d. Storage Area Networks (SANs)





22. One measurement of the speed of a CPU is the _____, which is rated in MHz or GHz





a. System rpm b. CPU clock speed c. system speed d. CPU rpm





23. An important task that the operating system performs is____, which keeps track of the files stored on a PC so that they can be retrieved when needed.





a. File management





b. File listing





c. File recovery





d. Disk management





24. In addition to the four primary computer operations, today's computers typically also perform ____ functions.





a. sorting b. programming c. calculations d. communications











25. A ____ is a place to store something temporarily.





a. Sector b. Cache c. Track d. Tape





26. A ___ is an electronic path over which data can travel.





a. bus b. lane c. cache memory d. word





30. The means by which an operating system or any other program interacts with the user is called.





a. user login





b. program front-end





c. user interface





d. programming interface





31. CD-ROM discs and DVD-Rom discs are ___ optical discs and come prerecorded with commercial products





a. read-only b. write-only c. rewritable d. recordable





33. Terascale computing is the ability of computers to process one ___ floating-point operations per second (teraflops)





a. million b. billion c. trillion d. quadrillion




















|||3. A


7. A


18.A


25. B


30. C





Those are the only ones I know off the top of my head.|||1. a


3. a


8. b


17. a


19.c


20 a


23.a


30. c


31. a


i believe the answers i gave are right but dont quote me on it|||a


b


a


c


d


1 a


2 a


3 a


4 d


5 b


6 c


7 d


8 a


9 a


10 d


11 c


12 b


13 a


14 a





I can't be bothered to do the rest ...





NB.


a) You are only supposed to post one question at a time


b) Do your own homework


c) Since you plainly know nothing (and can't even be bothered to look it up %26amp; learn anything) how do you know we have the 'right' answers ??


d) Fortunately, pushing a broom for MacDonalds requires minimal skills|||1.b


2.no question


3.a


4.Statement not a question


5.d


6.I guess the answer is D but that is not machine language. It is actually called binary.


7.c


8.d


9.b


10.a


11.no question


12.not sure


13.no question


14.no question


15.no question


16.d


17.a (stupid question. My dad worked with networks in the 70鈥檚)


18.a


19.c


20.a,b, and c has no moving parts. Bogus question.


21.b


22.b


23.don鈥檛 know dumb question


24.computers do all of these


25.b


26.a


27.not there


28.not there


29.not there


30.c


31.a


32.not there


33.c



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