Computer Knowledge

1. ______ a document means the file is transferred from another computer to your
computer
 Downloading
2. Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being
processed by the CPU?
a) Mass memory
b) Internal memory
c) Non-volatile memory
d) PROM
e) None of these

3. Computers that control processes accept data in a continuous
 Feedback loop
4. What refers to a set of characters of a particular design?
Formation

5. ______ is used by public and private enterprises to publish and share financial
information with each other and industry analysis across all computer platforms and the
Internet.
 Extensible Business Reporting Language



6. Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?
ALU

7. The method of Internet access that requires a phone line, but offers faster access
speeds than dial-up is the _____ connection.
Digital subscribed line

8. ____ software creates a mirror image of the entire hard disk, including the operating
system, applications, files and data.
Backup software

9. What is a URL?
The address of a document or page on the World Wide Web
 
10. What is the significance of a faded (dimmed) command in a pull-down menu?
There are no equivalent keystrokes for the particular command
11. Your business has contracted with another company to have them host and run an
application for your company over the Internet. The company providing this service to your
business is called an
 Outsource agency
12. A(n) _____ allows you to access your e-mail from anywhere.
webmail interface

13. Which of the following would you find on Linkedin?
 Connections


14. ________ is a technique that is used to send more than one call over a single line.
Multiplexing

15. The search companion can
 locate all files containing a specified phrase

16. Which of the following cannot be part of an e-mail address?
Space


17. Which of the following must be contained in a URL?
 www.and the unique registered domain name
18. Which of the following information systems focuses on making manufacturing
processes more efficient and of higher quality?
Computer aided manufacturing

19. A mistake in an algorithm that causes incorrect results is called a
 logical error

20. A device for changing the connection on a connector to a different configuration is
 an adapter
21. To navigate to a new web page for which you know the URL, type that URL in the
browser's … and press Enter
Address bar

22. The CPU also called the … when talking about PCs, does the vast majority of the
processing for a computer.
microprocessors
23. A computer's type, processor and operating system define its …
 Speed

24. A kiosk
 is a computer station that provides the public with specific and useful information andservice

25. The part of the CPU that accesses and decodes programmer instructions, and
coordinates the flow of data among various system components is the Control unit

26. Computer programs are written in a high level programming language, however, the
human readable version of a program is called
 source code

27. What is the difference between a CD-ROM and a CD-RW?
A CD-RW can be written to, but a CD-ROM can only be read from

28. What is the term for how words will appear on a page?
Text formatting

29. The process of a computer receiving information form a server on the Internet is
known as
 Downloading

30. When sending an e-mail, the … line describe the contents of the message
Subject 

31. All the deleted files go to
 Recycle bin

32. You organise files by storing them in
Folders

33. A website address is a unique name that identifies a specific ___ on the web
Web browser 

34. _________ are specially designed computer chips that reside inside o ther devices,
such as your car or your electronic thermostat
Embedded computers

35. Which of the following places the common data elements in order from smallest to
largest?
 Bit, byte, character, record, field, file, database

36. Which of the following statements is false concerning file names?
a) Files may share the same name or the same extension but not both
b) Every file in the same folder must have a unique name
c) File extension is another name for file type
d) All are true
 
37. A disk's content that is recorded at the time of manufacture and that cannot be
changed or erased by the user is
Read only

38. Distributed processing involves
solving computing problems by breaking them into smaller parts that are separatelyprocessed by different computers

39. The operating system determines the manner in which all of the following occurs
except
 user interaction with the processor
40. Office LANs that are spread geographically apart on a large scale can be connected
using a corporate
WAN