NPower 1101 Study Guide: Questions & Proper
Solutions
Abstraction Right Ans - To take a relatively complex system and simplify it
for our use
Algorithm Right Ans - A series of steps that solves specific problems
ASCII Right Ans - The oldest character encoding standard used is ASCII. It
represents the English alphabet, digits, and punctuation marks
Binary system Right Ans - The communication that a computer uses is
referred to as binary system, also known as base-2 numeral system
Byte Right Ans - A group of 8 bits
Character encoding Right Ans - Is used to assign our binary values to
characters so that we as humans can read them
Computer Right Ans - A device that stores and processes data by
performing calculations
Cryptography Right Ans - The overarching discipline that covers the
practice of coding and hiding messages from third parties
Decimal form- base 10 system Right Ans - In the decimal system, there are
10 possible numbers you can use ranging from zero to nine
Digital divide Right Ans - The growing skills gap between people with and
without digital literacy skills
Information technology: Right Ans - The use of digital technology, like
computers and the internet, to store and process data into useful information
Linux OS Right Ans - Linux is one of the largest an open source operating
system used heavily in business infrastructure and in the consumer space
,Logic gates Right Ans - Allow transistors to do more complex tasks, like
decide where to send electrical signals depending on logical conditions
Open source Right Ans - This means the developers will let other
developers share, modify, and distribute their software for free
PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) Right Ans - Allows computing to go mobile
Punch cards Right Ans - A sequence of cards with holes in them to
automatically perform calculations instead of manually entering them by hand
RGB model Right Ans - RGB or red, green, and blue model is the basic
model of representing colors
UTF-8 Right Ans - The most prevalent encoding standard used today
Address bus Right Ans - Connects the CPU to the MCC and sends over the
location of the data, but not the data itself
ATA Right Ans - The most common interface that hard drives use to
connect to our system
ATX (Advanced Technology eXtended) Right Ans - The most common form
factor for motherboards
Backward compatible Right Ans - It means older hardware works with
newer hardware
Bios (Basic Input Output Services) Right Ans - The BIOS is software that
helps initialize the hardware in our computer and gets our operating system
up and running
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Right Ans - Refers to the practice of
allowing people to use their own personal devices for work
Cache Right Ans - The assigned stored location for recently or frequently
accessed data; on a mobile app it is where anything that was changed or
created with that app is stored
, Charge cycle Right Ans - One full charge and discharge of a battery
Chipset Right Ans - It decides how components talk to each other on our
machine
Clock cycle Right Ans - When you send a voltage to the clock wire
Clock speed Right Ans - The maximum number of clock cycles that it can
handle in a set in a certain time period
Clock wire Right Ans - When you send or receive data, it sends a voltage to
that clock wire to let the CPU know it can start doing calculations
CPU Right Ans - Central processing unit
CPU sockets Right Ans - A CPU socket is a series of pins that connect a
CPU's processor to the PC's motherboard
Data sizes Right Ans - Metrics that refer to data sizes including bit, byte,
kilobyte, kibibyte, and megabyte
DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate SDRAM) Right Ans - A type of RAM that is
faster, takes up less power, and has a larger capacity than earlier SDRAM
versions
Desktop Right Ans - The main screen where we can navigate our files,
folders, and applications
DIMM Right Ans - Dual Inline Memory Module
Display port Right Ans - Port which also outputs audio and video
DRAM Right Ans - Dynamic Random Access Memory
Drivers Right Ans - The drivers contain the instructions our CPU needs to
understand external devices like keyboards, webcams, printers
DVI Right Ans - DVI cables generally just output video
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