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Question __________ is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion.
Answer 1 – 10 What is Information?
Question This language consists of just two digits: 0 and 1.
Answer 1 – 20 What is binary?
Question After a picture has been taken with a digital camera, the actual print of the picture is considered _____________.
Answer 1 – 30 What is output?
Question How many binary digits or bits combine to create one byte?
Answer 1 – 40 What is eight?
Question The term “bit” is short for ___________.
Answer 1 – 50 Binary digit
Question This contains the central electronic components of the computer.
Answer 2 – 10 What is the motherboard?
Question The set of computer programs that enables the hardware to perform different tasks.
Answer 2 – 20 What is software?
Question Approximately 1 billion bytes.
Answer 2 – 30 What is a gigabyte?
Question Approximately 1 million bytes.
Answer 2 – 40 What is a megabyte?
Question Computer chips specifically designed to reside in other devices such as your car.
Answer 2 – 50 What are embedded computers?
Question Provide an example of an input device.
Answer 3 – 10 Mouse, keyboard, touch screen, etc.
Question These are the first devices with touch screen capabilities.
Answer 3 – 20 What are tablet PCs
Question Provide an example of an output device.
Answer 3 – 30 What are speakers, monitor, etc.
Question Provide an example of a peripheral device.
Answer 3 – 40 What are printers, monitors, USB extenders, etc.
Question This key is used in combination with other keys to perform shortcuts and special tasks.
Answer 3 – 50 Windows – Control (ctrl) key Mac – Command key
Question This device looks like a skinny pen but has no ink.
Answer 4 – 10 What is a stylus?
Question These microphones pick up sound from only one direction.
Answer 4 – 20 What are unidirectional microphones?
Question This is the small, touch-sensitive area at the base of the keyboard on a netbook computer.
Answer 4 – 30 What is the touch pad.
Question These printers have tiny hammer-like keys that strike the paper through an inked ribbon.
Answer 4 – 40 What are impact printers?
Question Restarting a computer when it is already powered on is called __________.
Answer 4 – 50 What is a warm boot?
Question Flash drive plug into this.
Answer 5 – 10 What is a USB port?
Question This transforms the wall voltage to the voltages required by the computer chips.
Answer 5 – 20 What is the power supply?
Question The hard drive is an example of ____________ storage.
Answer 5 – 30 What is nonvolatile storage?
Question Where the programs and data the computer is currently using is stored.
Answer 5 – 40 What is the RAM?
Question The applied science concerned with designing and arranging things that people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely.
Answer 5 – 50 What is ergonomics?