CMP3 Exam Questions with All Correct Answers
How is a magnetic disk drive read? - Answer-randomly
Compatibility, with regard to computers, refers to: - Answer-the software being able to run on the computer.
A ________ is used to create a digital representation of a printed document or pho...
CMP3 Exam Questions with All
Correct Answers
How is a magnetic disk drive read? - Answer-randomly
Compatibility, with regard to computers, refers to: - Answer-the software being able to
run on the computer.
A ________ is used to create a digital representation of a printed document or
photograph. - Answer-scanner
________ is used to read UPCs. - Answer-light
Zip disks can hold up to ________ of information. - Answer-750 MB
The higher the resolution of a monitor, the: - Answer-closer together the pixels.
What is it called when you can remove and replace devices without turning off your
computer? - Answer-hot swapping
A ________ is used to read handwritten or printed text to make a digital image that is
stored in memory. - Answer-scanner
An advantage that impact printers have over nonimpact printers is that impact printers: -
Answer-can print multipart forms.
A touchpad responds to: - Answer-pressure
The ________ is the most common input device. - Answer-keyboard
An internal modem is attached to a(n): - Answer-expansion slot
Where is a printer attached? - Answer-parallel port
The colors in CRT video include all EXCEPT: - Answer-yellow
If a user wants their computer to accept microphone input, it must have: - Answer-a
sound card
An advantage that LCD monitors have over CRT monitors is that LCDs are: - Answer-
less bulky and lighter-weight.
, The invention of the ________ has had the greatest impact on computers - Answer-
microprocessor
When a student posts a clip from a recent movie on her Web site, the ethical issue of
________ is at issue - Answer-protecting intellectual property
What utility do you use to transfer files and exchange messages? - Answer-Email
What invention, developed in 1948, replaced vacuum tubes? - Answer-transistors
How are the World Wide Web (WWW) and the Internet different? - Answer-The Internet
is text only; the WWW incorporates multimedia
Special-purpose computers use silicon chips that have the program etched into them.
This hybrid of hardware and software is called: - Answer-firmware
Tasks that have traditionally been performed by people but are now duplicated in an
application are part of the software that is known as: - Answer-artificial intelligence
The software tools that enable a user to interact with a computer for specific purposes
are known as: - Answer-applications
A handheld computer known as a PDA stands for: - Answer-personal digital assistant
Vacuum tubes are eventually replaced by: - Answer-silicon chips
________ developed the microprocessor - Answer-Intel
The time in our history in which large masses of the population moved from farms to
factories was the: - Answer-industrial age
Probably the fastest growing segment of the PC market is the area of: - Answer-laptop
computers
The Silicon Valley, where numerous microprocessor manufacturing companies are
located, is in: - Answer-California
This machine was used to crack Nazi Military codes: - Answer-Colossus
Computers that once occupied full rooms, but are now approximately the size of a
refrigerator, are used by large organizations and known as: - Answer-mainframe
computers.
PC stands for: - Answer-personal computer
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