Chapter 1: Introduction to Computers and the Internet
1.1 Introduction
1.1 _______ is one of the most abundant materials on earth and is used to make computer chips.
a) Magnesium
b) Iron
c) Silicon
d) Copper
Ans: c
1.2 _______ programming is a programming method which predates object-oriented techniques.
a) Structured
b) Complex
c) Java
d) ASP.NET
Ans: a
1.2 What Is a Computer?
1.3 The fastest _______ today can perform trillions of additions per second.
a) Supercomputers
b) Programmer
c) Calculator
d) Hard disk
Ans: a
1.4 The programs that run on a computer are referred to as _______.
a) Web services
b) Hardware
,c) Processing units
d) Software
Ans: d
1.3 Computer Organization
1.5 The _______ is the “receiving” section of the computer.
a) Output unit
b) Memory unit
c) Arithmetic and logic unit
d) Input unit
Ans: d
1.6 The arithmetic and logic unit is the _______ section of the computer
a) administrative
b) manufacturing
c) shipping
d) receiving
e) warehousing
Ans: b
1.4 Machine Languages, Assembly Languages and High-Level Languages
1.7 Abbreviating elementary computer operations with English-like abbreviations forms the basis of
_______ languages.
a) Assembly languages
b) High-level languages
c) Mid-level languages
d) Machine languages
Ans: a
,1.8 A computer can directly understand only its own _______.
a) Scripting language
b) Translator programs
c) Machine language
d) Assembly language
Ans: c
1.5 History of the Internet and the World Wide Web
1.9 _______ eventually evolved into today’s Internet.
a) The World Wide Web Consortium
b) Cobol
c) The ARPANET
d) Pascal
e) MIT’s Project MAC
Ans: c
1.10 The _______ _______ _______ ensures that messages are properly routed from sender to receiver and
that the messages arrive intact.
a) Transportation Conform Practicum
b) Transmission Care Protocol
c) Transfer Control Placement
d) Transmission Control Protocol
Ans: d
1.6 World Wide Web Consortium
, 1.11 Tim Berners Lee founded the _______ in 1994 to promote interoperability and accessibility on the
Web.
a) WWW
b) Internet
c) MSN
d) W3C
Ans: d
1.12 Which of the following is NOT a W3C Recommendation?
a) CSS
b) XHTML
c) C++
d) XML
Ans: c
1.7 Web 2.0
1.13 Which of the following sites does NOT use features of Web 2.0?
a) Facebook
b) Wikipedia
c) del.icio.us
d) Digg
e) none of the above
Ans: e
1.14 ______ are web-based software components that companies can integrate into their own
products, greatly speeding up the development process.
a) .NET- compatible languages
b) Framework Class Libraries
c) Web services
d) None of the above
Ans: c
1.1 Introduction
1.1 _______ is one of the most abundant materials on earth and is used to make computer chips.
a) Magnesium
b) Iron
c) Silicon
d) Copper
Ans: c
1.2 _______ programming is a programming method which predates object-oriented techniques.
a) Structured
b) Complex
c) Java
d) ASP.NET
Ans: a
1.2 What Is a Computer?
1.3 The fastest _______ today can perform trillions of additions per second.
a) Supercomputers
b) Programmer
c) Calculator
d) Hard disk
Ans: a
1.4 The programs that run on a computer are referred to as _______.
a) Web services
b) Hardware
,c) Processing units
d) Software
Ans: d
1.3 Computer Organization
1.5 The _______ is the “receiving” section of the computer.
a) Output unit
b) Memory unit
c) Arithmetic and logic unit
d) Input unit
Ans: d
1.6 The arithmetic and logic unit is the _______ section of the computer
a) administrative
b) manufacturing
c) shipping
d) receiving
e) warehousing
Ans: b
1.4 Machine Languages, Assembly Languages and High-Level Languages
1.7 Abbreviating elementary computer operations with English-like abbreviations forms the basis of
_______ languages.
a) Assembly languages
b) High-level languages
c) Mid-level languages
d) Machine languages
Ans: a
,1.8 A computer can directly understand only its own _______.
a) Scripting language
b) Translator programs
c) Machine language
d) Assembly language
Ans: c
1.5 History of the Internet and the World Wide Web
1.9 _______ eventually evolved into today’s Internet.
a) The World Wide Web Consortium
b) Cobol
c) The ARPANET
d) Pascal
e) MIT’s Project MAC
Ans: c
1.10 The _______ _______ _______ ensures that messages are properly routed from sender to receiver and
that the messages arrive intact.
a) Transportation Conform Practicum
b) Transmission Care Protocol
c) Transfer Control Placement
d) Transmission Control Protocol
Ans: d
1.6 World Wide Web Consortium
, 1.11 Tim Berners Lee founded the _______ in 1994 to promote interoperability and accessibility on the
Web.
a) WWW
b) Internet
c) MSN
d) W3C
Ans: d
1.12 Which of the following is NOT a W3C Recommendation?
a) CSS
b) XHTML
c) C++
d) XML
Ans: c
1.7 Web 2.0
1.13 Which of the following sites does NOT use features of Web 2.0?
a) Facebook
b) Wikipedia
c) del.icio.us
d) Digg
e) none of the above
Ans: e
1.14 ______ are web-based software components that companies can integrate into their own
products, greatly speeding up the development process.
a) .NET- compatible languages
b) Framework Class Libraries
c) Web services
d) None of the above
Ans: c
