Exam 1: Introduction to Computers

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What are the five categories of computer users?

What consist(s) of a series of related instructions that tells the computer what to do and how to do it?

____________________ users use the computer network to process high volumes of transactions in a single day.

In which department do employees keep the computers and the network running?

Some mobile devices, such as digital cameras, use memory cards as the storage media.

Storage devices like the hard drive shown in the accompanying figure often function as a source of input because they transfer items from storage to memory.

Mainframes can act as a server in a network environment.

Which of the following consoles is a mobile computing device designed for single-player or multiplayer video games?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following identifies four resources that someone using a computer can share with other computer users?

Which of the following are large, expensive, powerful computers that can handle hundreds or thousands of connected users simultaneously and store tremendous amounts of data, instructions, and information?

Bill Gates invented the Nook portable reader.

Collections, such as that pictured in the accompanying figure, allow computers to share which of the following?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Billions of people worldwide use the World Wide We b. In 1989, who invented the Web?

Communications has become an essential element of the information processing cycle.

Which of the following is a personal computer that users can carry from place to place?

Many publishers make the content of magazines and newspapers available online.

To discard an old computer safely, put it in a landfill.

In addition to basic telephone capabilities, a smart phone allows users to send and receive e-mail and access the Web.

In many networks, one or more computers act as a server.

Which of the following consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by those instructions?