ITE 115 Introduction to Computer Application concepts Sample quiz

 

  • Question 1

 

This process improves system performance by acting as a temporary high-speed holding area between a secondary storage device and the CPU.
Selected Answer:  

Disk caching

Answers: Data compression
Data access
 

Disk caching

RAID
  • Question 2

5.8 out of 5.8 points

Which of these is not an example of solid state storage?
Selected Answer:  

Digital versatile disc

Answers:  

Digital versatile disc

SSDs
Flash memory cards
USB drives
  • Question 3

5.8 out of 5.8 points

Changing the default settings in the _______________ template will change the default settings globally, affecting all new documents that you create.
Selected Answer:  

Normal

Answers: Default
Global
New
 

Normal

  • Question 4

5.8 out of 5.8 points

_______-input devices convert sounds into a form that can be processed by the system unit.
Selected Answer:  

Audio

Answers: Electrolyzing
Plotting
Webcam
 

Audio

  • Question 5

5.8 out of 5.8 points

These screens can be touched with more than one finger, which allows for interactions such as rotating graphical objects on the screen with your hand or zooming in and out by pinching and stretching your fingers.
Selected Answer:  

Multitouch

Answers: Touch
CRT
 

Multitouch

LCD
  • Question 6

5.8 out of 5.8 points

The standard for high definition optical discs is _______.
Selected Answer:  

Blu-ray

Answers: DVD-RAM
HD DVD
 

Blu-ray

HD CD
  • Question 7

5.8 out of 5.8 points

An external hard disk _______.
Selected Answer:  

usually connects to a USB or Thunderbolt port

Answers: is heavy
is hard to remove
cannot be used in addition to an internal hard disk
 

usually connects to a USB or Thunderbolt port

  • Question 8

5.8 out of 5.8 points

The Change Case button is in the Font group on the ___________ tab.
Selected Answer:  

Home tab

Answers: Text tab
Font tab
 

Home tab

mini toolbar
  • Question 9

5.8 out of 5.8 points

What kind of specialized monitor is especially useful for graphic artists, designers, and publishers?
Selected Answer:  

High-definition television (HDTV)

Answers: Flat-panel monitor
CRT monitor
 

High-definition television (HDTV)

E-book
  • Question 10

5.8 out of 5.8 points

The size, or _______, is measured by the diagonal length of a monitor’s viewing area.
Selected Answer:  

active display area

Answers: resolution
 

active display area

aspect ratio
dot pitch
  • Question 11

5.8 out of 5.8 points

Smartphones use which of these storage technologies?
Selected Answer:  

Flash memory card

Answers: Optical drive
Solid state drive
 

Flash memory card

Flash drive
  • Question 12

5.8 out of 5.8 points

Which of the following characteristics about RAID is incorrect?
Selected Answer:  

one high-capacity hard disk drive

Answers: expanded storage capability
fast access speed
highly reliable
 

one high-capacity hard disk drive

  • Question 13

5.8 out of 5.8 points

The proportional relationship between a display’s width and height.
Selected Answer:  

Aspect ratio

Answers:  

Aspect ratio

Resolution
Dot pitch
Clock speed
  • Question 14

5.8 out of 5.8 points

What tool does Word provide you for finding synonyms of words?
Selected Answer:  

thesaurus

Answers: spell checker
synonym checker
 

thesaurus

pop-up word list
  • Question 15

5.8 out of 5.8 points

This reading device is used in banks to read the numbers on the bottom of checks and deposit slips.
Selected Answer:  

MICR

Answers:  

MICR

OCR
OMR
UPC
  • Question 16

5.8 out of 5.8 points

Which of the following is true about an internal hard disk?
Selected Answer:  

Fixed amount of storage

Answers: Variable amount of storage
 

Fixed amount of storage

Portable
Slow
  • Question 17

5.8 out of 5.8 points

Before selecting a page or section break, what must you first turn on?
Selected Answer:  

Show/Hide

Answers: Headers
Footers
 

Show/Hide

Breaks
  • Question 18

5.8 out of 5.8 points

OMR, OCR, and MICR are all types of _______.
Selected Answer:  

character and mark recognition devices

Answers: Radio Frequency Card Readers
magnetic card readers
bar code readers
 

character and mark recognition devices

  • Question 19

5.8 out of 5.8 points

Which of the following would you use to search for text and display all instances of the matching text?
Selected Answer :Navigation pane
Answers: Styles gallery
Themes gallery
multilevel list
 

Navigation pane

  • Question 20

5.8 out of 5.8 points

The process of accessing information from secondary storage devices is referred to as _______.
Selected Answer:  

reading

Answers: backing up
restoring
writing
 

reading

  • Question 21

0 out of 5.8 points

Which of the following determines the colors available to you when applying shading to a new document?
Selected Answer:  

Format Painter

Answers: the current style
 

reorders the bookmarks

Format Painter
Page Setup dialog box
  • Question 22

5.8 out of 5.8 points

Storage that retains its data after the power is turned off is referred to as _______.
Selected Answer:  

nonvolatile storage

Answers: volatile storage
sequential storage
direct storage
 

nonvolatile storage

  • Question 23

5.8 out of 5.8 points

Printers connected to the Internet that provide printing services to others on the Internet are called _______.
Selected Answer:  

cloud printers

Answers: dot-matrix printers
thermal printers
plotters
 

cloud printers

  • Question 24

5.8 out of 5.8 points

Which of the following does not happen when you sign in to your computer using Windows 8?
Selected Answer:  

Windows backs up all of your Office 2013 files to the SkyDrive.

Answers: You can log in with your Microsoft user name and password.
Windows connects you to your SkyDrive folder.
 

Windows backs up all of your Office 2013 files to the SkyDrive.

Windows transfers your Office 2013 settings to the computer you are using.
  • Question 25

5.8 out of 5.8 points

Which of the following is not an example of secondary storage?
Selected Answer:  

RAM

Answers: External hard drives
RAID
 

RAM

Flash drives