Question 1

Critical Thinking questions (Multiple Choice) Silicon and germanium are ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  capacitors 
B)  integrated circuits 
C)  semiconducting materials or semiconductors 
D)  transistors

Question 2

Critical Thinking questions (Multiple Choice) Which of the following does data represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  events 
B)  ideas 
C)  things 
D)  All of the above

Question 3

At which of the following would you use your low-security password?

Accepted Answer

A)  an online banking site 
B)  an online stock portfolio site 
C)  an online bookstore that stores a copy of your credit card information 
D)  None of the above

Question 4

When you compile source code, the resulting collection of instructions is called ____ code, which is placed in a new file.

Accepted Answer

A)  indexed 
B)  object 
C)  interpreted 
D)  machine

Question 5

____ data is composed of letters, symbols, and numerals that will not be used in arithmetic operations.

Accepted Answer

A)  Alphabetic 
B)  Numeric 
C)  Character 
D)  Symbolic

Question 6

Computers represent numeric data using the ____ number system.

Accepted Answer

A)  binary 
B)  analog 
C)  digital 
D)  ASCII

Question 7

A computer falls into the ____ category if it is, at the time of construction, one of the fastest computers in the world.

Accepted Answer

A)  minicomputer 
B)  supercomputer 
C)  microcomputer 
D)  mainframe

Question 8

Case Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 1 Susan is researching how a computer represents words and letters. She has learned that computers employ several types of codes to represent character data, including ASCII, EDCDIC, and Unicode. The ____ code would be best for representing Russian Cyrillic letters.

Accepted Answer

A)  ASCII 
B)  Extended ASCII 
C)  EBCDIC 
D)  Unicode

Question 9

Why do ASCII and Extended ASCII provide codes for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9? Aren't these numbers represented by the binary number system?

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Question 10

The purpose of a(n) ____________________ is to supply the computers on a network with data.

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Question 11

____________________ is the result produced by a computer.

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Question 12

____ provides codes for 128 characters, including uppercase letters, lowercase letters, punctuation symbols, and numerals.

Accepted Answer

A)  Unicode 
B)  EBCDIC 
C)  ASCII 
D)  Extended ASCII

Question 13

Memory is the area where data can be left on a permanent basis when it is not immediately needed for processing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Critical Thinking questions (Multiple Choice) The difference between data and information is that ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  information consists of the symbols that represent people, events, things, and ideas 
B)  information is the translation of digital data used by humans 
C)  information is presented in a format that people can understand and use 
D)  data is analog while information is digital

Question 15

What problem did Apple run into when deploying a cell phone with iTunes capability?

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Question 16

Text, numbers, sound, photos, and video can be ____________________ into data that can be processed by digital devices.

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Question 17

Match between columns
                        Premises: A short sequence of numbers that can be entered using a numeric keypad

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

Application software is a set of computer programs that helps a person carry out a task.

Accepted Answer