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Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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True or false: A Tablet PC is a computer with the ability to perform trillions of calculations per second and is usually custom-made for a particular use.   show
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True or false: Supercomputers often function as very large servers in a network.   show
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True or false: The Activity 1.2.1 Flash movie includes a digital camera among the devices that can input data into a computer.   show
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An analog computer uses ____ operations to perform calculations.   show
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What is an example of an analog computing device?   show
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Chapter 1 mentions two broad groups of computers you would see in an office superstore. What are they?   show
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show A laptop  
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According to Chapter 1, mainframe computers are typically used as...?   show
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A _____ represents a thousand trillion floating point operations.   show
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Which of the following components is typically included in a desktop computer setup: CPU, monitor, keyboard   show
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In what year did the Apple iPad hit the market?   show
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What device was originally aimed at people who mainly wanted to browse the Internet and send and receive email?   show
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show Windows 7 and Google Chrome  
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According to the Chapter 1 podcast, a personal computer consists of four main components: a CPU, a _____, a keyboard, and mouse.   show
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In the Activity 1.2.1 Flash movie, the main parts of a desktop computer are discussed. These parts include all of the following except...?   show
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show ALU and the control unit.  
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The temporary memory area used by the CPU is known as   show
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____ involves the study of computer hardware and software systems and programming how devices interface with each other.   show
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Workers in this field make sure the technology infrastructure is in place to support users. This may include setting up a network or making hardware and software recommendations.   show
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____ is the study, design, development, implementation, support, or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware.   show
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____ is what you put into a computer; ____ is what you get out of it.   show
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Binary digits (bits) are assembled into 8-bit collections called...?   show
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The speed of a processor is measured in...?   show
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While it is processing data, where does a computer temporarily store both the data and the instructions from the CPU?   show
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Punch cards and floppy disks are...?   show
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show your computer’s internal hard drive.  
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show file  
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Storage capacity is measured in...?   show
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A gigabyte is approximately 1 _____ bytes.   show
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