CTI 110 Exam 2-Question with Correct Answers/ Verified
The physical devices that a computer is made of - ✔️✔️Hardware
-CPU
-Main Memory
-Secondary Storage
-Input Devices
-Output Devices - ✔️✔️A computer System consists of:
Worlds first programmable computer built in 1945 - ✔️✔️ENIAC
Random-access memory (RAM) is considered the computer's work area. - ✔️✔️Main Memory
TRUE - ✔️✔️T/F: Ram is a volatile type of memory
TRUE - ✔️✔️T/F: RAM is erased when computer is turned off
Permanent storage; instructions are burned onto chips by the manufacturer. - ✔️✔️Read-Only
Memory (ROM)
a type of memory that can hold data for long periods of time, even when there is no power to the
computer (Disk Drive) - ✔️✔️Secondary Storage Devices
a storage device that typically uses flash memory to store data, instructions, and information. No
moving parts. - ✔️✔️Solid-State Drive
A removable storage medium inserted into a computer, by way of a USB port, to contain files. -
✔️✔️USB Drives
Data is encoded as a series of pits on the disc's surface
Uses laser to encode the data
, Holds large amounts of data
Good medium for creating backups - ✔️✔️Optical devices (CD or DVD)
An Internet service that provides remote storage to computer users. - ✔️✔️Cloud Storage
Any data the computer collects from people and from other devices is called input.
The hardware component that collects the data. - ✔️✔️Input Devices
Devices that enable the computer to give the user the results of the processed data.
(Monitor/Printer) - ✔️✔️Output Devices
system software and application software - ✔️✔️2 Categories of Software
Programs that control and manage the basic operations of a computer
(Operating system/ Utility Programs/ Software Development Tools) - ✔️✔️System Software
Programs that people normally spend most of their time running on their computers performing
everyday tasks
(Word Processing/ Spreadsheet/ Database/ Presentation) - ✔️✔️Application Software
TRUE - ✔️✔️T/F: All data that is stored in a computer is converted to sequences of 0s and 1s
used to measure computer memory an storage - ✔️✔️Bytes
the smallest unit of data in a computer (binary digits) - ✔️✔️Bits
data that is stored in binary - ✔️✔️Digital Data
any device that works with binary data - ✔️✔️Digital Device
The physical devices that a computer is made of - ✔️✔️Hardware
-CPU
-Main Memory
-Secondary Storage
-Input Devices
-Output Devices - ✔️✔️A computer System consists of:
Worlds first programmable computer built in 1945 - ✔️✔️ENIAC
Random-access memory (RAM) is considered the computer's work area. - ✔️✔️Main Memory
TRUE - ✔️✔️T/F: Ram is a volatile type of memory
TRUE - ✔️✔️T/F: RAM is erased when computer is turned off
Permanent storage; instructions are burned onto chips by the manufacturer. - ✔️✔️Read-Only
Memory (ROM)
a type of memory that can hold data for long periods of time, even when there is no power to the
computer (Disk Drive) - ✔️✔️Secondary Storage Devices
a storage device that typically uses flash memory to store data, instructions, and information. No
moving parts. - ✔️✔️Solid-State Drive
A removable storage medium inserted into a computer, by way of a USB port, to contain files. -
✔️✔️USB Drives
Data is encoded as a series of pits on the disc's surface
Uses laser to encode the data
, Holds large amounts of data
Good medium for creating backups - ✔️✔️Optical devices (CD or DVD)
An Internet service that provides remote storage to computer users. - ✔️✔️Cloud Storage
Any data the computer collects from people and from other devices is called input.
The hardware component that collects the data. - ✔️✔️Input Devices
Devices that enable the computer to give the user the results of the processed data.
(Monitor/Printer) - ✔️✔️Output Devices
system software and application software - ✔️✔️2 Categories of Software
Programs that control and manage the basic operations of a computer
(Operating system/ Utility Programs/ Software Development Tools) - ✔️✔️System Software
Programs that people normally spend most of their time running on their computers performing
everyday tasks
(Word Processing/ Spreadsheet/ Database/ Presentation) - ✔️✔️Application Software
TRUE - ✔️✔️T/F: All data that is stored in a computer is converted to sequences of 0s and 1s
used to measure computer memory an storage - ✔️✔️Bytes
the smallest unit of data in a computer (binary digits) - ✔️✔️Bits
data that is stored in binary - ✔️✔️Digital Data
any device that works with binary data - ✔️✔️Digital Device
