A radio button is a small white circle. When you click on it it turns black. Radio buttons allow only one choice from the set of possible answers; therefore, when you click on one button it clears any other checked button in that set. These are sample radio buttons:

A check box is a small white square. When you click on it you get a check mark in the box. You may click any, all, or none of the check boxes. You check all check boxes that apply. These are sample check boxes:

Short text answer have a text field. A text field is a longish white box. Type your answer in the box. You are limited in the amount of space you have for your answer. If you run out of space, type something shorter.

Long text answers use a text box. A text box is a long white box with scroll buttons on it. Type your answer in the box. There is essentially no limit to the amount of space, but remember that Shakespeare said "brevity is the soul of wit". This is a sample text area

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Question 1

The circuitry in the system unit usually is part of or is connected to a circuit board called the ____.

billboard
soundboard
motherboard
snowboard

Question 2

For an information system to provide accurate, timely, and useful information, the ____.

hardware must be reliable and capable of handling the expected workload
software must be developed carefully and tested thoroughly
data entered must be accurate
all of the above

Question 3

An example of a(n) ____ is an uninstaller, which removes a program that has been installed on a computer.

operating system
application program
user interface
utility program

Question 4

Six common ____ are a floppy disk drive, a Zip drive, a hard disk drive, a CD-ROM drive, a CD-RW drive, and a DVD-ROM drive.

processing devices
communications devices
storage devices
output devices

Question 5

In e-mail, newsgroups, and chat rooms, a(n) ____, such as :) for smile, is used to express an emotion.

flame
emoticon
spoiler
spam

Question 6

To help minimize errors, most browsers and Web sites allow the ____ portions of a URL to be omitted.

domain name and path
path and http://
http:// and www
www and domain name

Question 7

On the Web, the shape of the mouse pointer changes to a(n) ____ when positioned on a link.

small hand
block arrow
I-beam
cross-hair

Question 8

A Chat is ____ .

an Internet standard that allows users to upload and download files
a real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer
an online area in which users conduct written discussions about a particular subject
the transmission of messages and files via a computer network

Question 9

A(n) ____ is a small image that displays on the screen to represent a program, a document, or some other object.

icon
menu
pointer
window

Question 10

To cut involves removing a portion of a document and storing it in a temporary storage location called the ____.

clipboard
wizard
suite
desktop

Question 11

Editing is the process of ____.

copying a document from memory to a storage medium
making changes to a document's existing content
changing the appearance, or overall look, of a document
developing a document by entering text using a keyboard

Question 12

With word processing software, users can specify the ____ --the portion of the page outside the main body of text.

columns
margins
tables
templates

Question 13

Memory stores ____.

the operating system and other system software that control the usage of the computer equipment
application programs that carry out a specific task
the data being processed by application programs
all of the above

Question 14

A musical instrument digital interface, or MIDI, port ____.

is a special type of serial port that connects the system unit to a musical instrument
can connect up to 127 different peripheral devices with a single connector type
is a special high-speed parallel port used to attach peripheral devices
allows wireless devices to transmit signals to a computer via infrared light waves

Question 15

Most ____ is volatile; it loses its contents when the power is removed from the computer.

RAM
CMOS
ROM
all of the above

Question 16

The data stored on ROM chips ____ when power to the computer is turned off.

can be modified and is lost
can be modified and is not lost
cannot be modified and is lost
cannot be modified and is not lost

Question 17

To move the pointer using a ____, a finger is slid across its surface.

light pen
digitizing tablet
touchpad
graphics tablet

Question 18

Most of today's voice recognition software products allow users to speak in a flowing conversational tone, called ____.

discrete speech
independent speech
dependent speech
continuous speech

Question 19

Storage devices, such as disk drives, serve as both ____ devices.

output and communications
communications and processing
processing and input
input and output

Question 20

____ is a common mouse operation in which the secondary mouse button is pressed and released to display a shortcut menu.

Double-click
Rotate-click
Right-click
Point-click

Question 21

All of the following are commonly used types of nonimpact printers except ____.

laser printers
ink-jet printers
thermal printers
dot-matrix printers

Question 22

Printer resolution is measured by the number of ____ a printer can output.

dots per inch (dpi)
characters per page (cpp)
pixels per segment (pps)
bits per centimeter (bpc)

Question 23

All of the following often use landscape orientation except ____.

spreadsheets
slide shows
graphics
letters

Question 24

Displays with higher resolution use a ____ image.

smaller number of pixels, providing a rougher
smaller number of pixels, providing a smoother
greater number of pixels, providing a rougher
greater number of pixels, providing a smoother

Question 25

In the early 1970s, ____ introduced the floppy disk as a new type of storage.

Intel
AT&T
IBM
Microsoft

Question 26

Many digital cameras and other handheld devices use ____.

PC cards
memory cards
network interface cards
smart cards

Question 27

Hard disks provide for ____ access times than floppy disks.

lesser storage capacities and much slower
greater storage capacities and much slower
lesser storage capacities but much faster
greater storage capacities but much faster

Question 28

Computers with one floppy disk drive refer to it as drive ____.

A
B
C
D

Question 29

A multiuser operating system ____.

allows only one user to run one program at a time
enables two or more users to run a program simultaneously
allows a single user to work on two or more applications at the same time
can support two or more processors running programs at the same time

Question 30

If a new device is attached to a computer, such as a printer or scanner, its ____ must be installed before the device can be used.

buffer
driver
pager
server

Question 31

A ____ is a utility that reorganizes the files and unused space on a computer's hard disk so the operating system can access data more quickly and programs can run faster.

disk defragmenter
file viewer
disk scanner
file compression utility

Question 32

A ____ is the drive from which a personal computer starts.

swap drive
boot drive
Zip drive
log drive

Question 33
Extra Credit

The Alfa Romeo automobile emblem is the crest of the Italian city of _____.

Milan
Rome
Bologna
Maranello

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