M2S2

Question 1

elements of a computer system:

Answer 1

hardware
software
data
people
procedure

Question 2

develop processes (procedures) for recording checks (data) received from customers

Answer 2

IT staff (people)

Question 3

use a program (software) to enter the checks (data) in the computer

Answer 3

employees in the accounts receivable department

Question 4

performs calculations required to process the accounts receivable data and stores the results on storage media such as a hard disk

Answer 4

computer

Question 5

A computer contains many electric, electronic, and

mechanical components known as what

Answer 5

hardware

Question 6

• Allows you to enter data and instructions into a computer

Answer 6

Input Device

Question 7

Hardware component that conveys information to one or

more people

Answer 7

Output Device

Question 8

• Case that contains the electronic components of the computer
that are used to process data

Answer 8

System Unit

Question 9

Records (writes) and/or retrieves (reads) items to and from

storage media

Answer 9

Storage Device

Question 10

Enables a computer to send and receive data, instructions, and
information to and from one or more computers or mobile devices

Answer 10

Communications

Device

Question 11

tells the computer what

tasks to perform and how to perform them

Answer 11

Software, also called a program

Question 12

is the process
of setting up software to
work with the computer,
printer, and other
hardware

Answer 12

Installing

Question 13

develops software or writes the
instructions that direct the computer to process data
into information

Answer 13

programmer

Question 14

Computer transform WHAT

Answer 14

data into information.

Question 15

raw material

Answer 15

DATA

Question 16

processes data.

Answer 16

info

Question 17

are the steps that you must follow to

accomplish a specific computer-related task.

Answer 17

procedures

Question 18

any set of characters that is gathered and

translated for some purpose.

Answer 18

data

Question 19

can be any character,

including text and numbers, pictures, sound, or video.

Answer 19

data

Question 20

Within a computer’s storage, data is a collection of numbers

represented as WHAT that are in turn composed of WHAT that can have the value one or zero.

Answer 20

bytes

bits (binary
digits)

Question 21

a term used to describe text that is
informative to the individual reading it or the
computer processing it.

Answer 21

info

Question 22

Raw, unprocessed

• Meaningless

Answer 22

data

Question 23

Processed data

• Meaningful and can be used in many significant ways

Answer 23

info

Question 24

Computer applications:

Answer 24

education
finance
government
health care
science
publishing
travel
manufacturing