Exam 1: Computers and Digital Basics

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 1-2 Mike and Andre are discussing how quickly technology changes. They are discussing how it seems devices are merging to create new products especially in the technology field. They understand this is a process called convergence. A great example of convergence in modern technology is ____.

Digital imaging has had an effect in the following areas ____.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 1-3 Jim has just purchased a new computer and it has made him think about how it works. He is particularly interested in how information is processed and stored in his computer. He has come to you for help. Jim wants to know what machine language instructions look like to the machine. You tell him they appear as ____.

Digital devices can use ____ as a code to represent character data.

You might represent ____ as characters.

The ____ is a collection of linked documents, graphics, and sounds.

Prior to 1940, the word computer was defined as a person who performs calculations.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 1-1 Karen is trying to get organized and one of her issues is that she has too many electronic devices. She wants to reduce the number of devices and still maintain the same degree of functionality. If Karen were looking for voice communications, full-qwerty keypad, text messaging, email, removable storage, camera, radio and a digital music player, she might consider a ____.

A hacker posing as a legitimate representative of an official organization such as your bank is an example of ____.

A(n) ____ converts all the statements in a program in a single batch and the resulting collection of instructions is placed in a new file.

The type of data where text, numbers, graphics, sound, and video have been converted into discrete digits is ____.

The human-readable version of a program is called ____.

The binary number 10 represents ____ in the decimal number system.

A problem a hacker can cause after breaking into your computer includes ____.

Technology ____ is a process by which several different technologies with distinct functionality evolve to form a single product.

In the figure above, as indicated by Box B, the sound wave has been sliced into samples and so has been ____________________.

A term which refers to a skilled programmer or to a person who manipulates computers with malicious intent is a ____.

A powerful desktop computer used for high-performance tasks is a ____.

____ provides a space for interacting with friends.

A named collection of data that exists on a storage medium is (a) ____.