Question | Answer |
What is the principal pointing device? | mouse |
OMR is an acronym that stands for... | optical mark recognition |
What device converts letters, numbers, and characters into electrical signals? | keyboard |
What device is a photoelectric (optical) scanner that translates bar code symbols into digital code? | barcode reader |
What device uses light-sensing equipment to translate images of text, drawings, and photos into digital form? | scanner |
What type of device translates information processed by the computer into a form humans can understand? | output |
What type of device translates data into a form the computer can process? | input |
What type of keyboard is connected to a CPU via a serial or USB port? | wired |
True or false: a sensor is an output device that collects specific data directly from the environment and transmits it to a computer? | false |
True or false: a sensor is an input device that collects specific data directly from the environment and transmits it to a computer? | true |
What is the science of measuring individual body characteristics to identify a person? | biometrics |
What is term that describes the number of times per second the pixels are recharged? | refresh rate |
What is the name of the stand-alone unit that only sends and receives faxed documents? | dedicated fax machine |
What type of device records analog sound and translates it into digital files for storage and processing? | audio input |
What type of device records live moving images then posts them in real time? | webcam |
What is the name of the device that is the circuit board installed in the computer, which holds a device that can send and receive information? | fax modem |
What device converts analog to digital signals at rates up to 30 frames per second? | full motion video card |
What is the term that describes a type of printer that combines several capabilities? | multifunction |
True or False - a database is an organized sequential collection of numbers. | false |
A field is an individual piece of information in a record. True or false? | true |
By default, the backup file is saved to the Desktop. True or false? | false |
In MS Access, landscape page orientation is often the better printing option when a datasheet contains few fields or narrow columns. True or false? | false |
In MS Access, what is the name of the item that stores data about people, activities, items, and events? | table |
In MS Access, what is the term that describes a complete set of related data about one entity or activity? | record |
In MS Access, what is the term that describes the smallest storage element that contains an individual data element within a record? | field |
In MS Access, what is the term to describe the function that is used to display and organize data depending on the question being queried? | query |
In MS Access, what is the term that is used to describe the item that displays data on a screen in user-friendly formats? | form |
In MS Access, what is the term used to describe the item that organizes and formats data to be used as printable documents? | report |
What type of signals use wave variations? | analog |
In MS Access, what symbol is a wildcard that represents one or more characters? | * |
In MS Access, what symbol is a wildcard that represents a single character? | ? |
Digital what (fill-in-the-"what") is the term used to describe the gradual merger of computing and communications into a new information environment. | convergence |
In online safety, what is the term that describes the process of altering readable data into unreadable form to prevent unauthorized access? | encryption |
What is the name of that technology that users can install to monitor network traffic and filter out undesirable types of traffic and sites to help keep a user’s network secure? | firewall |
What is the term given to describe a cyber villain who breaks into computers to steal or destroy information or to use it for illegal profit? | black hat hacker |
What is the type of e-mail bomb that is tied to when a specific event occurs? | logic bomb |
In online safety, what type of key encryption is used when the receiver uses a private key to decrypt messages? | public |
Analog data cannot be converted into digital form. True or false? | false |
What is the name of the technology that reduces eyestrain and battery consumption for E-book users? | vizplex |
3. Printed books do a better job of displaying charts, diagrams and tables than E-book readers. True or false? | true |
In MS PowerPoint, what is the name of the term that describes the effects that are seen in the process of changing between slides? | transition |
In MS PowerPoint, what is the name of the term that describes the effects that are visual or auditory, used as objects that are displayed on the screen or removed from view? | animation |
Microphone, multitouch screen and virtual keypad are examples of what type of devices? | input |
What is the name of the device that allows calls, e-mail, web browsing, music availability, text messaging, videogames, digital TV viewing, search tools, GPS, etc.? | smartphone |
Readers do not own the downloaded books on E-readers. True or false? | true |
For the purpose of this class, for what is PMP an acronym? | portable media player |
CD-quality sound is better than normal radio. True or False? | true |
Data shown on a display screen is what kind of copy? | soft |
Data shown in printed form is what kind of copy? | hard |
The type of technology that is used to electronically charge and collect fees from drivers on toll roads is known as what? | RFID |
For what is RFID an acronym? | radio frequency identification device |
What is the term used to describe the set of conventions that govern how data is exchanged between devices on a network? | protocol |
What type of server is a computer that acts like a disk drive by storing programs and data files on a LAN? | file |
Image sharpness is also referred to as what? | resolution |
What technology involves television and video signals that are sent using internet protocols? | Internet protocol TV |