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Nursing Informatics Flashcards

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The input device displays the result of the processing of raw data that is entered in the computer through an output device.

A

False- Output device

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It was the first electronic computer introduced in the United States in 1930.

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Differential Analyzer

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The following statements are true about Nursing and the Computer, EXCEPT:

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The following statements are true about Nursing and the Computer, EXCEPT:
Nursing does not require computer aid for better care and treatment of the patient.

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4
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This device used 9 different ivory strips or bones marked with numbers to multiply and divide.

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Napiers Bones

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It was a digital MECHANICAL CALCULATOR which was called the stepped reckoner as instead of gears it was made of fluted drums.

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Leibnitz wheel

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6
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This is also known as Arithmetic Machine or Adding Machine.

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Pascaline

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In 1944, this computer was built as a partnership between IBM and Harvard. It was the first programmable digital computer.

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Mark 1

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8
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Motherboard is a computer hardware

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True

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The following statements are true, EXCEPT:

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The following statements are true, EXCEPT:
-There are six generations of computers.

  • 5 generations
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10
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Who invented the manually-operated calculating device used for multiplication and division and the first to use the decimal point.

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John Napier

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It was a mechanical computer which could perform simple calculations. It was a steam driven calculating machine designed to solve tables of numbers like logarithm tables.

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Difference Engine

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12
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This machine was used in the 1890 U.S. Census.

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Tabulating Machine

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He is known as “Father of Modern Computer”.

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Charles Babbage

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It is said that ___________ invented Abacus around 4,000 years ago.

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the Chinese

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He planned to develop a machine that could perform calculations involving large numbers in 1937.

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Howard Aiken

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16
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Give 3 main computer componnts except Primary and Secondary Memory. In any order

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  1. Input Devices
  2. Output Devices
  3. CPU- Central Processing Unit.
17
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The first counting device was used by the primitive people. They used ___________ as counting tools.

A

sticks, stones, bones

18
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The following statements are true, EXCEPT:

A

Differential Analyzer was the first electronic computer introduced in the United States in 2010

  • in 1930
19
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Abacus is still used in some countries like China, ________ and Japan.

A

Russia

20
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The history of computer begins with the birth of ____________ which is believed to be the first computer.

A

abacus

21
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The operations of computer components. In order: (Wrong spelling is considerd incorrect)

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Inputting
Storing
Processing
Outputting
Controlling

22
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The following statements are true, EXCEPT:

A

The Analytical engine was also developed by Charles Babbage in 1995.

23
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He was a German mathematician-philosopher who improved Pascal’s invention in 1673,

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz

24
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He was an American statistician who invented the Tabulating Machine in 1890.

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Herman Hollerith

25
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At the machine level, computers cannot understand English or any other languages. True or False

A

True

26
Q

The following are examples of software applications installed in your computer/smartphones, EXCEPT:

A

www.csablms.neolms.com

27
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The following statements are true, EXCEPT:

A

Nurses need to have an advanced understanding of the issues

28
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A software offered free of charge, but without the freedom to modify the source code and redistribute the changes.

A

Freeware

29
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Fundamental component of a computer program that is created by a programmer. It can be read and easily understood by a human being.

A

Source Code

30
Q

The following statements are true, EXCEPT

A

the purpose of software is to translate machine language into human language

  • It should be “Translate instructions created in human language into machine language.”
31
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Any software satisfying the open software initiative’s definition is called Open Source. True or False

A

True

32
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The following criteria about open source is true, EXCEPT:

A

Hardware

33
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The following are the FOUR F’s of FREE Software, EXCEPT:

A

Freedom to destroy others reputation

FOUR F’s
1.) Freedom to use
2.) Freedom to study
3.) Freedom to redistribute
4.) Freedom to improve the software in any way they wish

34
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The following are examples of hardware, EXCEPT:

A

Adobe Flash Player

35
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If a customer continues to use the product after a short trial period, or wishes to use additional features, they are not required to pay a specified, usually nominal, license fee.YOU BUY” basis

A

False
- required to pay

35
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“TRY BEFORE YOU BUY” basis

A

Shareware

36
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This is defined as the general term applied to the instructions that direct the computers’ hardware to perform work.

A

Software

37
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The following are examples of freeware, EXCEPT:

A

wikipedia

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