Which technology advancement made it possible for computers to become as small as they are today?
IT in the Global Age Quiz 1: Solved
Question 1
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Which technology advancement made it possible for computers to become as small as they are today?
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transistor
repeater
silicon chip
vacuum tube
Question 2
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As computers evolved, they
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became faster
grew in size
become less reliable
cost more
Question 3
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Which of these technologies was developed most recently?
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The netbook
The mainframe computer
The desktop computer
The embedded computer
Question 4
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Many of the most important developments in the earliest of days of the computer were motivated by what event?
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World War II
World War I
The Great Depression
The launch of Sputnik by the USSR
Question 5
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When a back clerk transfers money to your account, where is the actual transaction probably being processed and stored?
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A mainframe
A PC
A terminal
A Web Page
Question 6
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How many values can be represented by a single byte?
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256
8
16
64
Question 7
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A coding scheme that supports 100,000 unique characters has the name
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Unicode
Binary
ASCII
Parellel processing
Question 8
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Information travels between components of the motherboard through
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buses
flash memory
peripherals
bays
Question 9
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When you first turn on a computer, the CPU is preset to execute instructions stored in
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ROM
RAM
flash memory
the ALU
Question 10
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Storage devices can be connected to the CPU and memory via
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All options below
expansion slots
ports
bays
Question 11
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If all computers stopped working, people could use their phones much more to get necessary information.
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True
False
Question 12
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A smart phone is a pocket-sized digital computer that can also be used as a phone.
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True
False
Question 13
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Only about half of the world’s countries have Internet connectivity.
True
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False
Question 14
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The contents of RAM cannot be changed.
True
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False
Question 15
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If a processor is backward compatible with another, older processor, it can run older programs written for that processor.
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True
False
Question 16
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A gigabyte (GB) is ten times as big as a megabyte (MB).
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True
Correct Answer
False
Question 17
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Millions of people now connect to the Internet each day through_________; programs like Internet Explorer, and FireFox.
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Correct Answers
browsers
hypertext links
world wide web
Question 18
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A _______ is a computer that provides other computers connected to the network with access to data, programs, or other resources.
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personal computer
server
mainframe
suptercomputer
Question 19
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Google uses a ________ of thousands of PCs to handle hundreds of millions of search queries a day.
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group
cluster
multicore
register
Question 20
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The number of bits a CPU can process at one time typically 32 or 64 is sometimes called the CPU’s _________
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RAM
ROM
word size
muticore processor