1) Today, the overwhelming world leader in microprocessor sales is: A) Intel. B) Microsoft. C) Motorola. D) Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). 2) Which of the following is not an example of a computer output device? A) Video display unit B) Scanner C) Magnetic tape unit D) Printer 3) Which of the following is not an example of applications software? A) Spreadsheet packages B) Inventory record-keeping programs C) Word-processing software D) Operating systems software 4) Which of the following describes a function of an operating system? A) Stores and retrieves data files B) Decides when to initiate a particular job from among those waiting in the input queue C) Controls the inflow and outflow of communications with various terminals and microcomputers D) All of the above 5) Which of the following is an example of an open operating system? A) Linux B) Windows NT C) OS/400 D) Windows XP 6) A metalanguage standard for specifying a document markup language based on plain-text tags, and used to facilitate data interchange among applications on the Web, is A) HTML B) JavaScript C) HTTP D) XML 7) Which of the following is not an advantage of distributed and client/server systems? A) Data more readily available to users B) Increased service and responsiveness to local users C) Less dependence on telecommunications lines and media D) Reduced computing costs 8) When data can be transmitted in both directions but not simultaneously, the transmission type is referred to as: A) simplex. B) half-duplex. C) full-duplex. D) switched-line. 9) A telecommunications network often includes physical media over which communication signals are sent. All of the following are examples of physical media except: A) twisted pair wire. B) coaxial cable. C) fiber-optic cable. D) satellite. 10) All of the following are characteristic of fiber-optic transmission, except: A) more secure than other transmission media. B) faster transmission than other transmission media. C) space requirements are more than other transmission media. D) more reliable than other transmission media. 11) A method of operating a digital telecommunications network in which information is divided into units of some fixed length that are then sent over the network separately, allowing the units of data from various users to be interspersed with one another is called: A) bundling. B) time sharing. C) batching. D) packet switching. 12) The basic unit of a spreadsheet is a: A) box B) cube C) cell D) grid 13) Booting a computer means to: A) restart the computer B) run a program from the hard disk C) start the computer D) none of the above 14) The correct order from lowest to highest level of detail of the same program is: A) assembly language, programming language, and binary B) programming language, assembly language, and binary C) binary, assembly language, and programming language D) binary, programming language, and assembly language 15) Instruction sequences that repeat are called: A) loops B) assump.

1. 1)
Today, the overwhelming world leader in microprocessor sales is:
A)
Intel.
B)
Microsoft.
C)
Motorola.
D)
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
2)
Which of the following is not an example of a computer output device?
A)
Video display unit
B)
Scanner
C)
Magnetic tape unit

2. D)
Printer
3)
Which of the following is not an example of applications software?
A)
Spreadsheet packages
B)
Inventory record-keeping programs
C)
Word-processing software
D)
Operating systems software
4)
Which of the following describes a function of an operating system?
A)
Stores and retrieves data files
B)
Decides when to initiate a particular job from among those waiting in the input queue
C)

3. Controls the inflow and outflow of communications with various terminals and microcomputers
D)
All of the above
5)
Which of the following is an example of an open operating system?
A)
Linux
B)
Windows NT
C)
OS/400
D)
Windows XP
6)
A metalanguage standard for specifying a document markup language based on plain-text tags,
and used to facilitate data interchange among applications on the Web, is
A)
HTML
B)

4. JavaScript
C)
HTTP
D)
XML
7)
Which of the following is not an advantage of distributed and client/server systems?
A)
Data more readily available to users
B)
Increased service and responsiveness to local users
C)
Less dependence on telecommunications lines and media
D)
Reduced computing costs
8)
When data can be transmitted in both directions but not simultaneously, the transmission type is
referred to as:

5. A)
simplex.
B)
half-duplex.
C)
full-duplex.
D)
switched-line.
9)
A telecommunications network often includes physical media over which communication signals
are sent. All of the following are examples of physical media except:
A)
twisted pair wire.
B)
coaxial cable.
C)
fiber-optic cable.
D)
satellite.

6. 10)
All of the following are characteristic of fiber-optic transmission, except:
A)
more secure than other transmission media.
B)
faster transmission than other transmission media.
C)
space requirements are more than other transmission media.
D)
more reliable than other transmission media.
11)
A method of operating a digital telecommunications network in which information is divided
into units of some fixed length that are then sent over the network separately, allowing the units
of data from various users to be interspersed with one another is called:
A)
bundling.
B)
time sharing.
C)

7. batching.
D)
packet switching.
12) The basic unit of a spreadsheet is a:
A) box
B) cube
C) cell
D) grid
13) Booting a computer means to:
A) restart the computer
B) run a program from the hard disk
C) start the computer
D) none of the above
14) The correct order from lowest to highest level of detail of the same program is:
A) assembly language, programming language, and binary
B) programming language, assembly language, and binary
C) binary, assembly language, and programming language
D) binary, programming language, and assembly language
15) Instruction sequences that repeat are called:
A) loops
B) assumptions
C) tests
D) sorting
16) A range of cells can include:
A) cells from more than one row
B) cells from more than one column
C) the entire spreadsheet
D) all of the above
17) In Microsoft Excel, all of the contents of the spreadsheet's cells, including the formulas, can

8. be displayed by using the keyboard shortcut:
A) Ctrl+Alt+Tab
B) Ctrl+F1
C) Ctrl+` Note: grave accent (`) is on the same key with tilde (~)
D) Ctrl+C
18) We can see spreadsheet results graphically by creating:
A) complex formulas
B) hidden columns
C) charts
D) absolute cell references
19) The speed of a computer is dependent on the number of cycles of what?
A) the Fetch/Execute cycle
B) the Operating System
C) the Input System
D) all of the above
20) The decimal number 174 is equivalent to the binary number:
A) 1010 1110
B) 1110 1111
C) 1101 1010
D) 0001 1101 1100
21) The Hawaiian alphabet has 18 symbols. How many bits are needed to represent just these
symbols?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 5
D) 16
22) In a Web search, a match to a query is known as a(n):
A) intersection
B) hit
C) URL list
D) none of the above
23) Which of the following will display the rocket.jpg file on the page if the image is stored in

9. the same folder as the page?
A)
B)
C)
D)
24) DHCP (Dynamic Host Computer Protocol):
A) makes sure a computer gets the same IP every time it connects to the network
B) lets the computer select its own IP when it connects to the network
C) assigns an IP address to the computer
D) maintains a LAN's connection to the Internet
25) The packets which make up a web page
always take the designated path through the net which is determined when when the browser first
contacts the server.
travel as a group, so they take the same path through the net (though another page may take a
different one).
take the path through the network specified by DNS.
travel independently, and may take different paths through the network.
Section II. Bonus questions (3 questions with 2 points each):
1. When a web browser (client) needs to get a web page to display, it connects to the server
A) only briefly, then displays the page after the transaction is complete.
B) when the page is visited, and stays connected until another page is visited.
C) when the first page located on that server is visited, and stays connected until a page from
some different server is visited.
D) when the first page located at that server is visited, and stays connected until the browser is
closed.
2. would give you the following color:
A) Red
B) Green
C) White
D) Blue
3. A ________ is used to move packets across the Internet in an efficient way.
A) Router
B) IP address

10. C) Server
D) Packet
Solution
a)
7)Less dependence on telecommunications lines and media
8)Half duplex
9)satellite
10)space requirements are more than other transmission media.
11)packet switching.
12)cell.
13)start the computer.
14)binary, assembly language, and programming language.
15) loops.
16) all of the above.
17)Ctrl+` Note: grave accent (`) is on the same key with tilde (~).
18) charts.
19) all of the above.
20) 1010 1110.
21) 5
22) hit.
24) assigns an IP address to the computer.
section 2
2)blue.
3)Router