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Information Management System Chapter 3 Quiz

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  • Question 1

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Microcomputers:
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Are usually referred to today as personal computer
Answers:  

Are usually referred to today as personal computer
Are another name for PDAs (like BlackBerry)
Are the next generation of small computers that are expected to be the next major advance in the computer field
None of the answers are correct
  • Question 2

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According to the text, which of the following is not true of Mainframes?
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All of the choices are correct.
Answers: Mainframes usage is growing.
 Mainframes are large, fast, and powerful.
Mainframes can be used as superservers for networks
 

All of the choices are correct.
  • Question 3

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One device used as an input device in a computer system is a touch screen. A touch screen is best described as:
Selected Answer:  

A device that allows users to use a computer by touching the surface of the video display screen
Answers: A small rectangular touch-sensitive surface usually placed below the keyboard
A stationary device containing a roller ball whose top is exposed outside its case
 

A device that allows users to use a computer by touching the surface of the video display screen
A device that is rolled along the desktop in order to move the cursor on the screen
  • Question 4

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Which of the following statements about optical disks is true?
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They can be read only, recordable, or rewritable
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They can be read only, recordable, or rewritable
They can hold approximately 50 megabytes on a single disk
They have totally replaced “3.5” diskettes
They have totally replaced magnetic tape as secondary storage
  • Question 5

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Graphical user interface (or GUI) refers to:
Selected Answer:  

A software package that allows users to generate graphical presentations
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Icons, buttons, windows and bars you as a user interact with to issue commands
The monitor and mouse
A special software program that allows a mouse to control the computer
A software package that allows users to generate graphical presentations
  • Question 6

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A gigabyte (GB) is used to express which one of the following approximate measures?
Selected Answer:  

1,000,000,000 bytes of storage
Answers: 1,000 bytes of storage
1,000,000 bytes of storage
 

1,000,000,000 bytes of storage
1,000,000,000,000 bytes of storage
  • Question 7

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The difference between active and passive RFID is:
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Active RFID devices have greater security build into them to prevent unauthorized access
Answers: Active RFID requires user input in order to function whereas passive RFID devices require no user input
 

Active RFID send a signal whereas passive must be prompted to send data
Active RFID devices have greater security build into them to prevent unauthorized access
Active RFID need to be closer to the reader than passive RFID devices
  • Question 8

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Which one of the following devices would be considered a typical sequential access medium?
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Magnetic tape
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Magnetic tape
Magnetic floppy disk
Magnetic hard disk
CD-ROM
  • Question 9

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The most common output trend is:
Selected Answer:  

Video displays
Answers: Printed reports and documents
Audio responses
Voice responses
 

Video displays
  • Question 10

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A BlackBerry:
Selected Answer:  

Performs common PDA functions and also has a fully functioning mobile phone
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Performs common PDA functions and also has a fully functioning mobile phone
Is an early PDA device with limited functions
Uses a different network than mobile telephone service
None of the choices is correct
  • Question 11

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An intelligent terminal that can perform data entry and some information processing tasks independently is called a _______________ terminal.
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transaction
Answers:  

transaction
dumb
Windows
remote
  • Question 12

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Which one of the following statements would best describe a workstation computer?
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All of the choices are correct
Answers:  

Support applications with heavy mathematical computing and graphics display demands such as computer-aided design (CAD)
Used to coordinate telecommunications and resource sharing in small local area networks (LANs) and Internet and intranet web sites
Designed for convenient mobile communications and computing using touch screens
All of the choices are correct
  • Question 13

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The function of an output device is to:
Selected Answer:  

Convert electronic information produced by the computer system into human-intelligible form for presentation to end-users
Answers: Convert data into an electronic machine-readable form for direct entry into a computer system
Perform the arithmetic and logic functions required in computer processing
 

Convert electronic information produced by the computer system into human-intelligible form for presentation to end-users
Store the data and program instructions needed for processing
  • Question 14

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The storage function of a computer system takes place in both primary storage unit and secondary storage devices. Which of the following are secondary storage devices?
Selected Answer:  

Magnetic disk and optical disk
Answers: Primary memory
RAM
 

Magnetic disk and optical disk
None of the choices is correct
  • Question 15

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Which one of the following is NOT a valid storage medium?
Selected Answer:  

Paper documents
Answers: Paper documents
Optical disks
Magnetic tape
 

All of the choices are correct
  • Question 16

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In the microcomputer desktop market, Apple shrank from an industry leader to a niche player because:
Selected Answer:  

It designed a closed system with proprietary hardware and software
Answers: Its prices were too high
Orders could not be filled quickly enough
It could not adapt quickly enough to the computing demands of end users
 

It designed a closed system with proprietary hardware and software
  • Question 17

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Optical scanning can be used to:
Selected Answer:  

All of the choices is correct
Answers: Detect forgery in legal document
 

Convert text and images into digital format
Use for retina scans to positively identify individuals for security purposes
All of the choices is correct
  • Question 18

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A computer is a system of hardware devices organized according to the functions of input, processing, output, storage and control. The function of an input device is to:
Selected Answer:  

Convert data into electronic machine-readable form for direct entry or through telecommunications links into a computer system
Answers:  

Convert data into electronic machine-readable form for direct entry or through telecommunications links into a computer system
Perform the arithmetic and logic functions required in computer processing
Convert electronic information produced by the computer system into human-intelligible form for presentation to end-users
Store data and program instructions needed for processing
  • Question 19

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What is the most accurate description of a peripheral?
Selected Answer:  

Part of the system but not part of the CPU but rely on a connection to the CPU to operate
Answers: Devices that are not part of the computer when purchased but added on later
Any part of the computer system that is not installed inside the case
 

Part of the system but not part of the CPU but rely on a connection to the CPU to operate
Central processing unit
  • Question 20

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________ is the video monitor technology that resembles as television, while ________ is the video monitor technology that is used in flat screen monitors.
Selected Answer:  

LCD, CRT
Answers: TV, CRT
TV, LCD
LCD, CRT
 

CRT, LCD

 

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