Cis120

Front 1

Moore's Law is a rule that predicts ________.

Back 1

the access time of the read/write head

Front 2

CPU speed, also called clock speed, is currently measured in ________.

Back 2

gigahertz

Front 3

The amount of memory your video card needs depends on what you want to display on your monitor.

Back 3

True

Front 4

Video cards often include their own RAM.

Back 4

True

Front 5

Upgrading your operating system to the newest version might help increase system reliability.

Back 5

True

Front 6

External hard drives are an ideal solution when you need more storage than a flash drive can provide.

Back 6

True

Front 7

Which of the following activities is carried out by the ALU?

Back 7

completion of all arithmetic calculations

Front 8

The CPU consists of which two parts?

Back 8

the control unit and the arithmetic logic unit

Front 9

The amount of RAM recommended for most systems today is measured in ________.

Back 9

GB

Front 10

The amount of RAM that is actually on the memory modules in your computer is the ________ memory.

Back 10

physical

Front 11

An expansion card that translates binary data into images is a(n) ________.

Back 11

video card

Front 12

A video card is an expansion card installed inside your ________.

Back 12

system unit

Front 13

Which statement pertaining to system reliability is FALSE?

Back 13

An accumulation of temporary Internet files has no effect on your computer's overall performance.

Front 14

Which of the following is NOT a main characteristic associated with desktop computers as compared to notebooks?

Back 14

A desktop computer is more expensive.

Front 15

A(n) ________ uses the same kind of memory that flash drives use and have no spinning platters or motors.

Back 15

SSD

Front 16

Moore's Law predicts that the number of transistors inside a CPU will triple every 18 months.

Back 16

False

Front 17

Hard drives have been growing in storage capacity by about 50 percent each year.

Back 17

True

Front 18

The CPU is located on the motherboard.

Back 18

True

Front 19

The use of multiple cores on one CPU chip allows the execution of two or more sets of instructions at the exact same time.

Back 19

True

Front 20

Temporary data and instructions are not stored on the hard drive because it is faster to retrieve data from RAM.

Back 20

True

Front 21

RAM is your computer's permanent storage space for data that is entered from the keyboard.

Back 21

False

Front 22

RAM is stored directly on the CPU.

Back 22

False

Front 23

Every computer is designed with a maximum limit on the amount of RAM it can support.

Back 23

True

Front 24

Hard drives have the largest capacity of any storage device.

Back 24

True

Front 25

A Blu-ray burner will most likely record both CDs and DVDs.

Back 25

True

Front 26

Which of the following network adapters is most likely to be preinstalled in a typical notebook computer today?

Back 26

both a wireless and wired network adapter

Front 27

Twisted-pair cable is made up of plastic or glass fibers that transmit data at extremely fast speeds.

Back 27

False

Front 28

A wireless network uses which of the following as its transmission medium?

Back 28

laser waves

Front 29

Client/server networks are controlled by a central server that runs a specialized piece of software called ________.

Back 29

a network operating system (NOS)

Front 30

A network that has 10 or more nodes is usually configured as a ________.

Back 30

client/server network

Front 31

Normal telephone wire is ________.

Back 31

twisted-pair cable

Front 32

Wireless networks are more vulnerable to attack than wired networks.

Back 32

True

Front 33

All desktop and notebook systems sold today are network ready.

Back 33

True

Front 34

Limiting your signal range does not help increase wireless network security.

Back 34

False

Front 35

A single computer can function as both a client and a server, but performance will be degraded.

Back 35

True

Front 36

The ________ is the maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network.

Back 36

data transfer rate

Front 37

Which transmission medium is able to transmit data the fastest?

Back 37

fiber-optic cable

Front 38

One way to increase security on a network is by installing a ________.

Back 38

firewall

Front 39

MAN stands for mobile area network.

Back 39

False

Front 40

The Mac OS does NOT support P2P networking.

Back 40

False

Front 41

Most computers today come with Ethernet adapters already installed.

Back 41

True

Front 42

A firewall can come in either software or hardware form.

Back 42

True

Front 43

WPA stands for ________.

Back 43

WiFi Protected Access

Front 44

Due to the expansion of media files on home computers, ________ options are now being marketed; however, they are not as full featured as their business-world counterparts.

Back 44

home network server

Front 45

Which of the following is NOT an example of a network node?

Back 45

a mouse

Front 46

Which of the following devices translates electronic data into radio waves?

Back 46

a transceiver

Front 47

Although 802.11n will work with 802.11g adapters, you will not achieve 802.11n data transfer rates unless all adapters are 802.11n.

Back 47

True

Front 48

In a peer-to-peer network, one computer acts as the server.

Back 48

False

Front 49

Most ________ allow you to connect wireless and wired computers to the same network.

Back 49

wireless routers

Front 50

A(n) ________ allows sharing of a broadband Internet connection.

Back 50

router

Front 51

Images are a representation of light waves called ________ or continuous waves.

Back 51

analog

Front 52

The operating system of a cell phone is stored in ________.

Back 52

ROM

Front 53

The newest cell/smartphone displays are ________, which allow bright, sharp imaging and draw less power.

Back 53

OLED

Front 54

A(n) ________ is included in a cell phone to handle the compression of data for it to be quickly transmitted to another phone.

Back 54

digital signal processor

Front 55

Which of the following uses radio waves to transmit data signals over short distances and does not need a direct line of sight?

Back 55

Bluetooth

Front 56

Text messaging is also called ________.

Back 56

short message service (SMS)

Front 57

Which of the following is specialized software made to display Web pages on a cell phone?

Back 57

microbrowser

Front 58

________ is a form of voice-based Internet communication that turns a standard Internet connection into a means to place phone calls, including long-distance calls.

Back 58

VoIP

Front 59

An iPod is an example of a ________.

Back 59

portable media player (PMP)

Front 60

A portable media player can play files with all of the following file extensions EXCEPT:

Back 60

.doc.

Front 61

Flash memory, used by most MP3 players, is a type of ________.

Back 61

nonvolatile memory

Front 62

Which of the following describes the number of times an analog wave is measured each second during an analog-to-digital conversion?

Back 62

sampling rate

Front 63

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the JPEG file format?

Back 63

JPEGs are larger than raw files.

Front 64

MPEG-4, H.264, and DivX are all examples of ________.

Back 64

codecs

Front 65

A ________ runs a full-featured operating system and weighs less than two pounds.

Back 65

netbook

Front 66

A virtual phone number can be assigned to your cell phone or smartphone to keep your true number private.

Back 66

True

Front 67

Cell phones can fall victim to viruses.

Back 67

True

Front 68

DRM-free music can legally be moved from system to system.

Back 68

True

Front 69

Flash memory is volatile.

Back 69

False

Front 70

Current cell phones and smartphones feature cameras that are just as powerful as stand-alone digital cameras.

Back 70

False

Front 71

Raw files are larger than JPEG files.

Back 71

True

Front 72

Saving a file as a JPEG actually means that you will lose a bit of detail.

Back 72

True

Front 73

With video editing software, you can review video clips frame by frame.

Back 73

True

Front 74

Cell phones do not require special service providers to connect to the Internet.

Back 74

False

Front 75

Netbooks are more powerful than cell phones and smartphones because they run a full-featured operating system.

Back 75

True

Front 76

Using a ________, hackers can access and delete all files on your computer, send e-mail, run
programs, and do just about anything else you can do with your computer.

Back 76

backdoor program

Front 77

A(n) ________ virus runs a program that searches for common data files, compresses them, and
makes them unusable.

Back 77

encryption

Front 78

Which of the following classifications of viruses can change its own code to avoid detection?

Back 78

polymorphic

Front 79

A(n) ________ virus temporarily erases its code from the files where it resides and then hides
in the computer's active memory.

Back 79

stealth

Front 80

With regard to computer protection, quarantining is defined as ________.

Back 80

placing a found virus in a secure area on the hard drive

Front 81

A packet sniffer is a program that can enable a hacker to do all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 81

launch a denial of service (DoS) attack on your computer.

Front 82

The most likely method a hacker would use to access a computer is ________.

Back 82

entering through its Internet connection

Front 83

________ floods a computer with requests until it shuts down and refuses to answer any requests for information.

Back 83

A DDoS attack

Front 84

Devices that use a unique personal characteristic, such as a fingerprint, in place of a
password are called ________ authentication devices.

Back 84

biometric

Front 85

Spyware programs that monitor keystrokes with the intent of stealing passwords, login IDs, or
credit card information are referred to as ________.

Back 85

keystroke loggers

Front 86

________ is doing non-work-related activities with a computer while you are being paid to do
your job.

Back 86

Cyberloafing

Front 87

For complete protection when backing up your files, you should use a program that creates a(n)
________ of your entire system.

Back 87

image backup

Front 88

Social ________ is any technique that uses social skills to generate human interaction that
entices individuals to reveal sensitive information.

Back 88

engineering

Front 89

A cyberspace ________ is an attempt to make someone believe something that is untrue.

Back 89

hoax

Front 90

All of the following approaches can be taken to protect your notebook computer from theft
EXCEPT:

Back 90

installing an external hard drive.

Front 91

Theft of a computer is considered cybercrime.

Back 91

false

Front 92

The master boot record executes every time a computer boots up.

Back 92

true

Front 93

A macro virus is a virus that is attached to a document such as a Word or Excel file.

Back 93

true

Front 94

A virus signature is a portion of virus code that is unique to a particular computer virus.

Back 94

true

Front 95

Hackers most often obtain access to someone's computer via direct access.

Back 95

false

Front 96

A zombie is another person's computer controlled by a hacker.

Back 96

true

Front 97

You are more vulnerable to a hacker attack on a Linux system than you are on a Windows system.

Back 97

false

Front 98

To create a secure password, you should use both uppercase and lowercase letters.

Back 98

true

Front 99

You should use the same password for each system or Web site you need to access.

Back 99

false

Front 100

An incremental backup backs up the files on a computer that have changed since the last time a
backup was performed.

Back 100

true

Front 101

Which of the following was created especially for the transfer of hypertext documents across the Internet?

Back 101

HTTP

Front 102

A(n) ________ is a unique number that identifies a computer, server, or device connected to the Internet.

Back 102

IP adress

Front 103

At a minimum, what content must all data packets contain?

Back 103

recipient's address, sender's address, reassembling instructions, and data

Front 104

A set of rules for exchanging electronic information is called ________.

Back 104

a computer protocol

Front 105

________ uses a dedicated connection between two points with the connection remaining active for the duration of the transmission.

Back 105

Circuit switching

Front 106

________ funded the development of technologies that would eventually become the Internet.

Back 106

The United States government

Front 107

The main path, analogous to an interstate highway system, of the Internet along which data travels the fastest is known as the Internet ________.

Back 107

backbone

Front 108

Like e-mail, VoIP uses packet switching as the method of transferring data.

Back 108

True

Front 109

The majority of Internet communications follow the peer-to-peer network model.

Back 109

false

Front 110

An IP address that does not change and is usually assigned manually by a network administrator is called a(n) ________.

Back 110

static address

Front 111

There is no way to see the HTML code of a Web page.

Back 111

false

Front 112

If you regularly download and upload files, chances are that you are using ________.

Back 112

FTP

Front 113

________ is the organization responsible for the Internet's domain name system and IP address allocation.

Back 113

ICANN

Front 114

Text such as <b>This should be bolded.</b> is an example of an HTML ________.

Back 114

element

Front 115

When checking to see if a particular name is registered on the Internet, your computer consults a database that is maintained on a(n) ________ server.

Back 115

DNS

Front 116

It is estimated that ________ percent of e-mail is spam.

Back 116

97

Front 117

Most instant messaging services provide a high level of encryption for their messages.

Back 117

false

Front 118

File servers provide remote storage space.

Back 118

true

Front 119

Packet switching is the communications methodology where data is broken into smaller chunks that are sent over various routes at the same time.

Back 119

true

Front 120

A(n) ________ is an IP address that is assigned from an available pool of IP addresses.

Back 120

dynamic address

Front 121

The majority of Internet communications follow the ________ model of network communications.

Back 121

client/server

Front 122

Computers that typically use special security protocols to protect personal, sensitive buyer information are known as ________ servers.

Back 122

commerce

Front 123

When you enter a URL in your browser, the URL is converted to an IP address.

Back 123

True

Front 124

________ are lists of statements that use a single location to specify how to display HTML/XHTML elements.

Back 124

Cascading style sheets (CSS)

Front 125

There are no real benefits to using dynamic IP addressing versus static IP addressing.

Back 125

False