The most common storage device for the personal computer is the____________________?
A. floopy disk
B. USB thumb drive
C. zip disk
D. hard disk drive
The two basic types of record-access methods are ____________________?
The two basic types of record-access methods are ____________________?
A. sequential and random
B. sequential and indexed
C. direct and immediate
D. on-line and realtime
___________ are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices, such as your car or your electronic thermostat ?
___________ are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices, such as your car or your electronic thermostat ?
A. Robotic computers
B. Servers
C. Mainframes
D. Embedded computers
The file transfer protocol is built on ____________________?
The file transfer protocol is built on ____________________?
A. data centric architecture
B. service oriented architecture
C. client server architecture
D. all of the above
Typical acronym of reuseable optical storage will be ____________________?
Typical acronym of reuseable optical storage will be ____________________?
A. CD
B. CD-RW
C. DVD
D. RPM
Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiply, divide and find square roots ?
Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiply, divide and find square roots ?
A. Pascal
B. Napier
C. Leibnitz
D. Babbage
A CD-RW disk ______________________?
A CD-RW disk ______________________?
A. has a faster access than an internal disk
B. is a form or optical disk, so it can only be written once
C. holds less data than a floppy disk
D. can be erased and rewritten
The CPU, also called the ___________ when talking about PCs, does the vast majority of the processing for a computer?
The CPU, also called the ___________ when talking about PCs, does the vast majority of the processing for a computer?
A. microprocessor
B. RAM
C. macroprocessor
D. memory sytem
Punched cards are associated with the name_____________________?
Punched cards are associated with the name_____________________?
A. Leibniz
B. Jacquard
C. Hollerith
D. Pascal
A program used to detect overall system malfunction is___________________?
A program used to detect overall system malfunction is___________________?
A. Utilities
B. System diagnostics
C. System analysis
D. System software