Exam 1: Computers and Digital Basics

Discuss whether or not handheld devices are computers.

The manipulation of data is ____________________.

Eight bits is a ____________________.

All computers are case sensitive.

In terms of an authentication protocol, the phrase 'something a person is' refers to a(n) ____.

A super-thin slice of semiconducting material packed with microscopic circuit elements is a ____.

A compute-intensive problem runs on a ____.

C, BASIC, COBOL, and Java are examples of ____ programming languages.

A light switch is like a(n) analog device.

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 knows that a collection of preprogrammed activities is an instruction set. He wants to know what an instruction set is designed to do. You tell him it is designed to ____.

The potential downside of convergence is ____________________.

____ tools disguise a person's identity online.

Any software or digital device that requests data from a server is referred to as a ____________________.

A computer is a multiple purpose device that ____.

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 why a compiler converts all statements in a program at one time and places them into an object code. You tell him it is so that ____.

The expectation that a person's information will not be collected or divulged without permission is ____________________.

____ is a term that refers to entities that exist largely within computer networks.

The concept that a series of instructions for a computing task can be loaded into memory is called a stored ____________________.

The term that refers to the form in which data is stored, processed, and transmitted is data ____________________.