1. All of the
following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:
A. hackers.
B. spam.
C. viruses.
D. identity theft.
Answer: B
2. The ability to
recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminals computer is an
example of a law enforcement specialty called:
A. robotics.
B. simulation.
C. computer forensics.
D. animation.
Answer: C
3. Which of the
following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?
A. gathering data
B. processing data into information
C. analyzing the data or information
D. storing the data or information
Answer: C
4. ____________
is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of
intelligence that humans do.
A. Nanoscience
B. Nanotechnology
C. Simulation
D. Artificial intelligence (AI)
Answer: D
5. ____________
is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion.
A. A process
B. Software
C. Storage
D. Information
Answer: D
6. The name for
the way that computers manipulate data into information is called:
A. programming.
B. processing.
C. storing.
D. organizing.
Answer: B
7. Computers
gather data, which means that they allow users to ____________ data.
A. present
B. input
C. output
D. store
Answer: B
8. After a
picture has been taken with a digital camera and processed appropriately, the
actual print of the picture is considered:
A. data.
B. output.
C. input.
D. the process.
Answer: B
9. Computers use
the ____________ language to process data.
A. processing
B. kilobyte
C. binary
D. representational
Answer: C
10. In the binary
language each letter of the alphabet, each number and each special character is
made up of a unique combination of:
A. eight bytes.
B. eight kilobytes.
C. eight characters.
D. eight bits.
Answer: D
11. The term bit
is short for:
A. megabyte.
B. binary language.
C. binary digit.
D. binary number.
Answer: C
12. A string of
eight 0s and 1s is called a:
A. megabyte.
B. byte.
C. kilobyte.
D. gigabyte.
Answer: B
13. A
____________ is approximately one billion bytes.
A. kilobyte
B. bit
C. gigabyte
D. megabyte
Answer: C
14. A
____________ is approximately a million bytes.
A. gigabyte
B. kilobyte
C. megabyte
D. terabyte
Answer: C
15. ____________
is any part of the computer that you can physically touch.
A. Hardware
B. A device
C. A peripheral
D. An application
Answer: A
16. The
components that process data are located in the:
A. input devices.
B. output devices.
C. system unit.
D. storage component.
Answer: C
17. All of the
following are examples of input devices EXCEPT:
A. scanner.
B. mouse.
C. keyboard.
D. printer.
Answer: D
18. Which of the
following is an example of an input device?
A. scanner
B. speaker
C. CD
D. printer
Answer: A
19. All of the
following are examples of storage devices EXCEPT:
A. hard disk drives.
B. printers.
C. floppy disk drives.
D. CD drives.
Answer: B
20. The
____________, also called the brain of the computer, is responsible for
processing data.
A. motherboard
B. memory
C. RAM
D. central processing unit (CPU)
Answer: D
