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Chapter 1-6 Flashcards

1
Q

A person cannot perceive electricity until it has reached _______ volts

A

1500

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2
Q

The _______ was developed to simplyfy the connection of peripheral devices

A

USB - Universal Serial Bus

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3
Q

Name 4 types of data storage

A
  1. Hard Drives
  2. Optical Drives
  3. Tape
  4. USB Jump Drives
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4
Q

Oracle VirtuaBox mimics physical PCs so closely that the applications you install in them dont distinquish the virtual machine from _______

A

a guest computer

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5
Q

Name 2 types of operating systems that can be used with virtual machine technology

A
  1. Windows 7

2. Linux

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6
Q

Name 3 types of input devices

A
  1. Mouse
  2. Trackball
  3. Fingerprint Scanner
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7
Q

Use a _______ to clean the computer case

A

mild cleaning solution

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8
Q

What is the mortal enemy of a PC

A

heat

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9
Q

Name 4 toxic ingredients that a computer can contain

A
  1. Lead
  2. Mercury
  3. Cadmium
  4. Arsenic
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10
Q

Name 4 types of hard drive controllers

A
  1. SATA
  2. PATA
  3. ATA
  4. SCSI
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11
Q

What is the electronic holding place for programs and data

A

RAM

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12
Q

3 memory types used to hold BIOS firmware

A
  1. EPROM
  2. EEPROM
  3. ROM
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13
Q

Name 3 types of communication devices

A
  1. Modem
  2. NIC
  3. Wireless Adapter
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14
Q

Name4 types of I/O ports

A
  1. Serial
  2. Parallel
  3. USB
  4. Firewire
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15
Q

The _______ is the size, configuration, or physical arrangement of the PC hardware

A

Form Factor

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16
Q

True/False: The size of the bus determines how much data can be transmitted at one time

A

True

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17
Q

True/False: Changes made in the virtual machines do not affect your physical computer

A

True

18
Q

Each cyrstal in a _______ display is like a shuteer, either allowing light to pass thru or blocking light

A

LCD panel

19
Q

In IT _______ ususally refers to technologies for measuring and analyzing human body characteristics - such as fingerprints - for authentication purposes

A

Biometrics

20
Q

Buses consist of two parts

a._______ and b. _______

A

a. data bus

b. address bus

21
Q

A disk drive _______ manages the transfer of data from a motheerboard to a disk drive and vice versa

A

controller

22
Q

Male ports on the back of a PC are this type

A

Serial

23
Q

Female ports on the back of a PC are this type

A

Parallel

24
Q

FireWire transfers rates up to _______ Mbps

A

400

25
Q

The term RAM means…

A

read and write memory

26
Q

Name the tabs displayed by the Task Manager

A
  1. Applications
  2. Performance
  3. Networking
27
Q

Name the protocol used for file sharing in Windows 7

A

SMB

28
Q

To edit the Windows Registry file you need to use _______

A

Windows Regedit

29
Q

Name 4 jobs of the system Kernel

A
  1. Make certain the application is serviced properly
  2. Secure the hardware
  3. Install all hardware
  4. Manager the computer system resources
30
Q

How many consoles are installed with Fedora 13

A

6

31
Q

Name two commands used to display the contents of a text file

A
  1. type

2. cat

32
Q

DOS was first used with_______

A

IBM PCs

33
Q

_______ is an example of Fedora 13 character device

A

Keyboard

34
Q

Types of applications

A

a. Word Processor
b. Graphics Software
c. Spreadsheet
d. Web Browser

35
Q

Types of drivers

A

a. Bus Driver
b. Function Driver
c. Filter Driver

36
Q

To share files in Fedora 13 you need to use

A

Samba

37
Q

A _______ is an example of Fedora 13 block device

A

Disk Drive

38
Q

Name 4 management tasks that are OS functions

A
  1. Memory
  2. Processing
  3. Storage
  4. Devices
39
Q

To view detailed system usage information in Windows 7 use _______

A

Windows Task Manager

40
Q

Name 3 devices controlled by a bus driver

A
  1. USB
  2. SCSI
  3. PCI
41
Q

The reason most people use computers is to _______

A

use application software

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