Information Technology Concepts Quiz! Trivia
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This is an Information Technology concepts quiz. In order to consider yourself all-knowing when it comes to technology, you need to understand information security, database, and network management, computer technical support, and business software development. How many types of memory exist on a computer? Do you know the function of a system or the central processing unit to a computer? This quiz will help you refresh your computer basics. All the best, and keep studying!
- 1.Pin one on a ribbon cable is designated with:
- A.
An arrow
- B.
Red stripe
- C.
A twist
- D.
An "X"
- 2.Technologies that consist of two or more computers, devices, and software connected by means of one or more communications media, such as telephone lines, are called
- A.
Computers
- B.
Communications
- C.
Information processing
- D.
Networks
- 3.A type of handheld computer that has become widely used in recent years is a
- A.
Personal digital assistant
- B.
IPod
- C.
Midrange server
- D.
Mainframe computer
- 4.Data and instructions entered into a computer that enable the computer to perform desired tasks are called
- A.
Processing
- B.
Input
- C.
Storage
- D.
Controlling
- 5.Which wire from the power supply carries 5 volts?
- A.
Black
- B.
White
- C.
Yellow
- D.
Red
- 6.You can enter the “Safe Mode” by pressing the __________ key while Windows is loading.
- A.
F3
- B.
F5
- C.
F8
- D.
F9
- 7.Which of the following in NOT a common input device for a computer system?
- A.
PC Video Camera
- B.
Monitor
- C.
Keyboard
- D.
Mouse
- 8.When a computer is first turned on it goes through a sequence of events the first event is:
- A.
CMOS
- B.
BIOS
- C.
POST
- D.
Warm Up
- 9.A CPU contains
- A.
A card reaser and a printing device
- B.
An analytical engine and a control unit
- C.
A control unit and an arithmetic/logic unit
- D.
An arithmetic logic unit and a card reader
- 10.A byte is equal to
- A.
Four bits or one nibble
- B.
Six bits and one nibble
- C.
Two bits
- D.
Eight bits
- 11.Which of the following does not have a processor?
- A.
Mainframe
- B.
PC
- C.
PDA
- D.
Terminal
- 12.An IP address has __________ binary digits.
- A.
48
- B.
32
- C.
16
- D.
24
- 13.The Internet began with a project sponsored by the Defense Department called:
- A.
ISP
- B.
WWW
- C.
ICAN
- D.
ARPANET
- 14.________________ software acts as an interface between the user and the computers hardware.
- A.
System
- B.
Application
- C.
Embedded
- D.
Custom
- 15.What type of software is copyrighted and distributed at no cost for a trial period?
- A.
Open Source
- B.
Freeware
- C.
Shareware
- D.
Public-domain
- 16.A _____________ contains a list of commands from which a user can make selections.
- A.
File
- B.
Windows
- C.
Menu
- D.
Icon
- 17.When using database software each column is called a:
- A.
Field
- B.
Record
- C.
Chart
- D.
Table
- 18.1,073,741,824 bytes is usually referred to as :
- A.
1 kilobyte
- B.
1 megabyte
- C.
1 gigabyte
- D.
1 terabyte
- 19.Random Access Memory (RAM) is also called______________ memory.
- A.
Primary
- B.
Secondary
- C.
Board
- D.
Main
- 20.What type of computer port transfers more that one bit at a time?
- A.
USB
- B.
Serial
- C.
Parallel
- D.
Mouse
- 21._________________ is the number of bits a processor can interpret at a given time.
- A.
Word size
- B.
Bus width
- C.
Bit cycles
- D.
Bits per second
- 22.In a word processing program you can ______________________ to select a whole paragraph.
- A.
Since click
- B.
Double click
- C.
Triple click
- D.
Left click
- 23.The system clock inside a computer ensures that the
- A.
Computer user will always konw the correct time
- B.
Computer will run faster than one without a system clock
- C.
Activities of the computer will be properly synchronized
- D.
Computer will be able to address a 32-bit data bus
- 24.The parts of the information processing cycle are
- A.
Fetching, decoding, executing, and storing
- B.
Fetching, comparing, interpreting, and outputing
- C.
Inputting, interpreting, processing, and outputing
- D.
Inputing, processing, outputing, and storing
- 25.The smallest of disk space is called the:
- A.
Track
- B.
Cylinder
- C.
Cluster
- D.
Sector
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