161. Memory, also called random access
memory, or RAM……….
(1) contains the
electronic circuits that cause processing to occur
(2) makes the
information resulting from processing available for use
(3) allows data,
programs, commands, and user responses to be entered into a computer
(4) consists of
electronic components that store data
(5) None of these
Answer: 4
162. A ……… represent approximately one
billion memory locations.
(1) kilobyte
(2) megabyte
(3) gigabyte
(4) terabyte
(5) None of these
Answer: 3
163. An interrupt handler is a(n):
(1) location in memory
that keeps track of recently generated interrupts.
(2) peripheral device.
(3) utility program.
(4) special numeric code
that indicates the priority of a request
(5) None of these
Answer: 4
164. All of the following are steps
involved in the boot process EXCEPT:
(1) load the operating
system into RAM.
(2) the power-on
self-test.
(3) activate the basic
input/output system (BIOS).
(4) load application
programs.
(5) None of these
Answer: 4
165. A port that allows 8 bits at a time
to be transmitted simultaneously is a(n) ……….
(1) dedicated port
(2) parallel port
(3) SCSI port
(4) USB port
(5) None of these
Answer: 2
166. Which of these terms refers to the
feature of an OS that allows a single computer to process the tasks of several users at different
stations, in round-robin fashion?
(1) Multiprocessing
(2) Multiprogramming
(3) Multitasking
(4) Time processing
(5) Time-sharing
Answer: 5
167. A program which helps create written
documents and lets you go back and make corrections as necessary……
(1) spreadsheet
(2) personal writer
(3) word printer
(4) word processor
(5) None of these
Answer: 4
168. Screen that comes on when you turn
on your computer that shows all the icons……
(1) desktop
(2) face to face
(3) viewer
(4) view space
(5) None of these
Answer: 1
169. A place that a user can create to
store files……
(1) cursor
(2) text
(3) folder
(4) boot
(5) None of these
Answer: 3
170. Electronic pens are used with the
mouse to write on a slide in which view?
(1) Master
(2) Slide Sorter
(3) Slide Show
(4) Normal
(5) Print preview
Answer: 3
171. When you insert a picture and adjust
the height, Word automatically adjusts the ……… to maintain the correct proportion.
(1) pixel size
(2) resolution
(3) screen size
(4) width
(5) None of these
Answer: 4
172. Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in the machine
cycle?
(1) Execute
(2) Store
(3) Decode
(4) Pipelining
(5) None of these
Answer: 4
173. How many peripheral devices can be
connected to a single SCSI port?
(1) 1
(2) 8
(3) 16
(4) 32
(5) 64
Answer: 2
174. The four-step process of fetch,
decode, execute, and store is called a(n):
(1) machine cycle
(2) instruction cycle
(3) arithmetic operation
(4) logical operation
(5) None of these
Answer: 1
175. All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual memory EXCEPT :
(1) any amount of RAM
can be allocated to virtual memory.
(2) the setting for the
amount of hard drive space to allocate to virtual memory can be manually changed.
(3) this temporary
storage is called the swap file or page file.
(4) virtual memory is
physical space on the hard drive.
(5) None of these
Answer: 1
176. The operating system is the most
common type of ……… software.
(1) communication
(2) application
(3) system
(4) word-processing
(5) None of these
Answer: 3
177. The human-readable version of a
program is called ………
(1) source code
(2) program code
(3) human code
(4) system code
(5) None of these
Answer: 4
178. Data are ……… in client/server
computing.
(1) never sent to the
client machine
(2) sent in very large
sections to save processing time
(3) sent only upon the
client’s request
(4) sent in complete
copies for the client to filter and sort
(5) sent from the client
to the server for processing
Answer: 3
179. The total set of interlinked
hypertext documents worldwide is :
(1) HTT
(2) Browser
(3) WWW
(4) B2B
(5) None of these
Answer: 1
180. Which of the following is not one of
the three ‘Mail Merge Helper’ steps?
(1) Merge the two files
(2) Create the main
document
(3) Set the mailing
list parameters
(4)
Create the data source
(5)
None of these
Answer: 3
