ISTM 210 - Exam 1 (Phinney) Newest 2025 Complete 160 Actual Exam
Questions with 100% Correct Verified Answers/ Graded A+
1. Who used carrier pigeons to get news and Reuters
stocks from Belgium to Germany?
2. What was the first way the world connected? The Telegraph
3. The study, design, development, implemen- Information Technology (IT)
tation, support, and management of comput-
er-based information systems, particularly
software and hardware
4. Who is in charge of all computer assets for Chief Information Officer
an organization? (CIO)
5. The knowledge that enables a person to un- Competency
derstand something
6. The physical parts of a computer Hardware
7. Systems that make hardware work Software
8. Hard drive or software that exists on another The Cloud
computer connected by a network
9. Cloud service provider in San Antonio rackspace.com
10. Requires internet connection Disadvantages of the Coud
Don't know where your information is actual-
ly being stored
11. Who founded intel? Gordon Moore
12. Computer power doubles every 18 months Moore's Law
13. Massive, room-sized computers that Mainframe Computers
process and store enormous amounts of
bulk data and information
14. TAMU has 2 kinds of what hardware for pay- Mainframe Computers
roll and transactions?
, ISTM 210 - Exam 1 (Phinney) Newest 2025
15. What kind of hardware are TAMU student Super Computers
files on?
16. Who are big mainframe makers? IBM and Amdahl
17. What is IBM's nickname? Big Blue
18. Less powerful and smaller in physical size Midrange Computers
than mainframe computers, but do many of
the same things, simply on a smaller scale
19. Smaller than mainframes and midrange Microcomputers
computers
So common that they are most commonly
referred to simply as "computers" and some-
times just referred to as "boxes."
20. What type of a computer is a desktop? Microcomputer
21. Often called a platform Operating System (OS)
22. A collection of computer programs that work Operating System (OS)
together to manage hardware and software
to ensure that they are working properly
23. Determinant of a monitor's resolution Data per Inch (DPI)
24. Loading the platform into the computer's Booting
memory
25. Powering a computer for the first time Cold Boot
26. Restarting a computer Warm Boot
27. What is it called when a computer performs Process
a task?
28. System Software
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