Chapter 1

Question 1

1,073,741,824 bytes is a ____.

Answer 1

Gigabyte

Question 2

A powerful desktop computer used for high-performance tasks is a ____.

Answer 2

Workstation

Question 3

The accompanying figure represents the instruction cycle. The third step is Box C and represents the ____.

Answer 3

execute instruction

Question 4

Any method that confirms a person’s identity

Answer 4

Authentication Protocol

Question 5

Part of the microprocessor that performs arithmetic operations

Answer 5

ALU

Question 6

An area of the computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed, stored, or output.

Answer 6

Memory

Question 7

The practice of copying a file from a remote computer to a local computer.

Answer 7

Download

Question 8

The area where data can be left on a permanent basis when it is not immediately needed for processing.

Answer 8

Storage

Question 9

Fetches each instruction

Answer 9

Control Unit

Question 10

Stores user IDs with their corresponding password

Answer 10

Password Manager

Question 11

Human-readable version of a program

Answer 11

Source Code

Question 12

Provides codes for 65, 000 characters

Answer 12

Unicode

Question 13

Unauthorized use and access to personal data

Answer 13

Identity Theft

Question 14

Differentiates between uppercase and lowercase words

Answer 14

Case Sensitive

Question 15

Another name for integrated circuit

Answer 15

Microchip

Question 16

Digital devices can use ____ as a code to represent character data.

Answer 16

ASCII, Extended ASCII and EBCDIC.

Question 17

A ____ attack uses password-cracking software.

Answer 17

Brute Force

Question 18

Which is the highest resolution?

Answer 18

WQXGA

Question 19

The term “form factor” refers to the size and dimensions of a component, such as a system board.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

In the accompanying figure, the item marked B is a ____.

Answer 20

eSATA Port

Question 21

Special high-speed memory that allows a microprocessor to access data more rapidly than from memory located elsewhere on the system board

Answer 21

CPU Cache

Question 22

Number of colors a monitor can display

Answer 22

Color Depth

Question 23

An area of the hard disk used by the operating system to store parts of programs and data files if a program exceeds its allocated RAM

Answer 23

Virtual Memory

Question 24

High-capacity DVD technology that uses a blue-violet colored laser

Answer 24

Blu-ray

Question 25

The case that holds the computer’s main circuit boards, microprocessor, memory, power supply, and storage devices

Answer 25

System Unit

Question 26

A long, narrow socket on the motherboard into which you can plug an expansion card

Answer 26

Expansion Slot

Question 27

Automatic installation of a peripheral device

Answer 27

Plug and Play

Question 28

A processor technology that uses a complex set of instructions

Answer 28

CISC

Question 29

Printer that produces characters and graphics by painting dots on a light-sensitive drum

Answer 29

Laser

Question 30

Memory circuitry that holds the computer’s startup routine

Answer 30

ROM

Question 31

The circuitry that transports data to and from the microprocessor

Answer 31

FSB

Question 32

Indicates that the operating system has encountered an error from which it cannot recover

Answer 32

BSoD