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Beekman

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Contributor: Reggie Beale
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Chapter 3: Hardware Basics: Peripherals Chapter 3: Hardware Basics: Peripherals Multiple Choice: The ____________ is the most common input device. mouse keyboard monitor trackball Answer: B Reference: The Keyboard Difficulty: Easy The traditional QWERTY keyboard has been shown to cause: relaxation-caused injuries. repetitive-related sores. ergonomic vein problems. repetitive-stress injuries. Answer: D Reference: The Keyboard Difficulty: Easy In comparison to a traditional mouse, a newer type of mouse uses ____________ to detect movement. microwave signals coaxial cable reflected light a touchpad space Answer: C Reference: Pointing Devices Difficulty: Moderate The most common pointing input device is the: trackball. mouse. touchscreen. touchpad. Answer: B Reference: Pointing Devices Difficulty: Easy The wheel located between the two standard buttons on a mouse is used to: click in Web pages. scroll. click and select items. jump to different Web pages. Answer: B Reference: Pointing Devices Difficulty: Easy A touchpad responds to: light. pressure. clicking. the sense of heat from fingertips. Answer: B Reference: Pointing Devices Difficulty: Moderate The pointing device that comes built in to a portable computer can be any EXCEPT a: mouse. trackball. touchpad. pointing stick. Answer: A Reference: Pointing Devices Difficulty: Easy Which input device resembles an upside-down mouse? Touchpad Pointing stick Trackpad Trackball Answer: D Reference: Pointing Devices Difficulty: Easy A ____________ uses pressure as a user presses it with a stylus. touchpad TrackPoint graphics tablet trackpad Answer: C Reference: Pointing Devices Difficulty: Moderate Bar-code readers use light to read: UPCs. UPSs. POSs. optical marks. Answer: A Reference: Reading Tools Difficulty: Moderate A standardized test that you may have taken in school could have been scored by a(n): optical mark reader. bar code reader. magnetic ink character reader. scanner. Answer: A Reference: Reading Tools Difficulty: Challenging ____________ is used to read UPCs. Magnetic ink Light Magnetic tape A sensor Answer: B Reference: Reading Tools Difficulty: Moderate A ____________ is used to read handwritten or printed text to make a digital image that is stored in memory. printer laser beam scanner touchpad Answer: C Reference: Reading Tools Difficulty: Moderate OCR stands for: optical coding recognizer. ostensibly characterized reader. optical character recognition. original character reader. Answer: C Reference: Reading Tools Difficulty: Moderate OCR is: hardware. firmware. an input device. software. Answer: D Reference: Reading Tools Difficulty: Moderate A PDA is a handheld ____________ computer. pen touchscreen touchpad trackball Answer: A Reference: Reading Tools Difficulty: Easy Until computer recognizing handwriting, an input device must: store the information in secondary storage. optimize the information. digitize the information. show the information on a screen. Answer: C Reference: Digitizing Devices Difficulty: Challenging A ___________ is used to create a digital representation of a printed document or photograph. scanner monitor video digitizer videoconferencing device Answer: A Reference: Digitizing Devices Difficulty: Easy If employees reside in different parts of the country and need to meet monthly, useful computer technology would be: video-display software. video digitizing. videoconferencing. video scanning. Answer: C Reference: Digitizing Devices Difficulty: Easy ____________ can interpret voice data into words that can be understood by the computer. Speech input hardware Talking software Word recognition software Speech recognition software Answer: D Reference: Digitizing Devices Difficulty: Easy A limitation of software that digitizes voice data is that it: is prohibitively expensive. must be trained to recognize individual voices. can only be used on high-end computers. cannot be used on portable computers. Answer: B Reference: Digitizing Devices Difficulty: Moderate For a computer to recognize and understand analog data, it must first be: sent to a mainframe for interpretation. analyzed by the ALU of the CPU. digitized. analyzed for viruses. Answer: C Reference: How It Works: 3.1 Digitizing the Real World Difficulty: Moderate The display size of a monitor is measured: diagonally. horizontally. vertically. from center to the furthest corner. Answer: A Reference: Screen Output Difficulty: Moderate The higher the resolution of a monitor, the: larger the pixels. closer together the pixels. further apart the pixels. less clear the screen is. Answer: B Reference: Screen Output Difficulty: Moderate The portion of RAM for the video adapter is known as: VRAM. virtual RAM. video ROM. VVRAM. Answer: A Reference: Screen Output Difficulty: Moderate An advantage that LCD monitors have over CRT monitors is that LCDs are: only used on portables. more difficult to steal since they are considerably larger. less expensive. less bulky and lighter-weight. Answer: D Reference: Screen Output Difficulty: Moderate The colors in CRT video include all EXCEPT: red. green. yellow. blue. Answer: C Reference: How It Works: 3.2 Color Video Difficulty: Challenging A pixel is a: picture element or dot on a screen. point of ink on a laser-printed page. point of ink on an ink-jet printed page. light beam used as an input device. Answer: A Reference: Screen Output Difficulty: Challenging An advantage that impact printers have over nonimpact printers is that impact printers: are quieter than nonimpact printers. can print multipart forms. are much less expensive. are smaller than nonimpact printers. Answer: B Reference: Paper Output Difficulty: Easy The most common color printers are: lasers. dot-matrix. inkjet. line printers. Answer: C Reference: Paper Output Difficulty: Easy In a laser printer, what creates electrical charges on a drum that then attracts ink to those areas? Laser beam Magnetic beam Digitized beam Ion-charged beam Answer: A Reference: Paper Output Difficulty: Moderate Engineering blueprints are typically printed on a: laser printer. scanner. digitized tablet. plotter. Answer: D Reference: Paper Output Difficulty: Moderate For a faxed document with text to be edited, it must be processed by ___________ software. modem fax modem OCR Word Answer: C Reference: Fax Machines and Fax Modems Difficulty: Moderate If a user wants their computer to accept microphone input, it must have: a sound card. audio software. a synthesizer. speakers. Answer: A Reference: Output You Can Hear Difficulty: Easy The science of creating work environments that are safe and efficient for workers is known as: ergocentric. ectonomics. ergonomics. environmentally-sound physical planning. Answer: C Reference: Working Wisdom: Ergonomics and Health Difficulty: Moderate Input and output secondary storage devices include all of the following EXCEPT: magnetic tape drives. CD-ROMs. hard drives. floppy drives. Answer: B Reference: Storage Devices: Input Meets Output Difficulty: Moderate A common storage device on mainframe computers but not common on PCs is a: tape drive. DVD. floppy drive. hard drive. Answer: A Reference: Magnetic Tape Difficulty: Moderate Unlike optical storage, magnetic tape is: laser-read. random. sequential. written with a laser beam. Answer: C Reference: Magnetic Tape Difficulty: Challenging How is a magnetic disk drive read? Randomly Sequentially Through a laser beam In sequential blocks Answer: A Reference: Magnetic Disks Difficulty: Moderate A standard floppy disk holds ____________ of information. 1.88 MB 2.88 MB 1.44 MB 2.2 GB Answer: C Reference: Magnetic Disks Difficulty: Moderate Zip disks can hold up to ____________ of information. 100 MB 250 MB 750 MB 1,000 MB Answer: C Reference: Magnetic Disks Difficulty: Challenging CD-RW stands for: compact disc-rewritable. compact diskette, read, write. compact disc, read-only then write. compact diskette with random write capability. Answer: A Reference: Optical Disks Difficulty: Easy ___________ are a type of erasable, reliable, and compact memory that is a viable alternative to disk storage. DVD disks RAM chips Flash memory CD-RWs Answer: C Reference: Solid-State Storage Devices Difficulty: Challenging A tall, upright computer with relatively more expansion slots and bays is known as a(n): tower. desktop. skyscraper. iMac. Answer: A Reference: The Computer Systems: The Sum of Its Parts Difficulty: Easy Where is a printer attached? Parallel port Serial port SCSI Interface port Answer: A Reference: Port and Slots Revisited Difficulty: Challenging An internal modem is attached to a(n): bay. expansion slot. SCSI port. parallel port. Answer: B Reference: Port and Slots Revisited Difficulty: Challenging What is it called when you can remove and replace devices without turning off your computer? Hot swapping Plug-N-Play Bay swap USB swapping Answer: A Reference: Port and Slots Revisited Difficulty: Moderate ____________ allow(s) drives to be built into a computer system. Ports Expansion slots The Motherboard Bays Answer: D Reference: Internal and External Drives Difficulty: Challenging A USB allows a user to: add hardware devices without opening the box. add hardware through more advanced expansion slots. install software in a matter of seconds. add an additional monitor and printer simultaneously. Answer: A Reference: Expansion Made Easy Difficulty: Challenging ___________ is a high-speed connection developed by Apple. Hot swap Firewire Modem-ready USB Answer: B Reference: Expansion Made Easy Difficulty: Easy USB is: platform dependent. only available on PCs. platform independent. only available on Macs. Answer: C Reference: Expansion Made Easy Difficulty: Moderate Compatibility, in regard to computers, refers to: the software doing the right job for the user. it being versatile enough to handle the job. the software being able to run on the computer. software running with other previously installed software. Answer: C Reference: Working Wisdom: Computer Consumer Concepts Difficulty: Moderate Connectivity for a new computer means: allowing a printer to be connected to it. having a modem and/or network connection to communicate with other computers. connecting the software to the hardware of the system. connecting a mouse, a keyboard, and a printer—all essential hardware pieces for the average user. Answer: B Reference: Working Wisdom: Computer Consumer Concepts Difficulty: Moderate Hardware is worthless without ____________, the real controller of a computer. software ports expansion cards a user Answer: A Reference: Software: The Missing Piece Difficulty: Easy Fill in the Blank: I/O, in regard to a computer system, stands for ____________. Answer: Input/Output Reference: Input: From Person to Processor Difficulty: Easy When an instructor writes on a(n) ____________, all information is stored as a digital image on the computer. Answer: smart whiteboard Reference: Reading Tools Difficulty: Challenging ____________ is the technology that recognizes individual characters on a page so they can be stored and eventually edited. Answer: OCR or Optical character recognition Reference: Reading Tools Difficulty: Challenging A(n) ____________ is similar to a photocopy machine, but it stores a computerized file instead of a paper copy. Answer: flatbed scanner Reference: Digitizing Devices Difficulty: Moderate To conduct long-distance meetings in various locations, all computers need ____________ software and hardware. Answer: videoconferencing Reference: Digitizing Devices Difficulty: Easy ____________ software is invaluable for people with disabilities who are unable to use their hands. Answer: Speech recognition Reference: Digitizing Devices Difficulty: Easy The ____________ of a computer monitor refers to the total number of pixels displayed on the screen. Answer: resolution Reference: Screen Output Difficulty: Moderate DPI, the resolution of a printer, for example, stands for ___________. Answer: dots per inch Reference: How It Works: 3.3 Color Printing Difficulty: Moderate The type of monitor used on portable computers is a(n) ____________. Answer: LCD or liquid crystal display Reference: Screen Output Difficulty: Moderate MFP stands for ____________. Answer: multifunction printer Reference: Paper Output Difficulty: Moderate A(n) ____________ printer produces high quality text and graphics but is relatively expensive. Answer: laser Reference: Paper Output Difficulty: Easy An inkjet printer used to print high-quality photographs is called a(n) ____________. Answer: photo printer Reference: Paper Output Difficulty: Easy ____________ printers combine a scanner, a laser or ink-jet printer, and a fax modem into one device. Answer: Multifunction or MFP Reference: Paper Output Difficulty: Moderate A(n) ____________ translates documents into signals that can be sent over phone wires and decoded by a receiving fax machine. Answer: fax modem Reference: Fax Machines and Fax Modems Difficulty: Moderate If a user enjoys playing music, the computer must include a(n) ____________. Answer: sound card Reference: Output You Can Hear Difficulty: Easy A(n) ____________ can be used to produce music. Answer: synthesizer Reference: Output You Can Hear Difficulty: Moderate ____________ is a painful affliction of the wrist and hand that results from repeating the same movements over long periods. Answer: Carpel tunnel syndrome Reference: Working Wisdom: Ergonomics and Health Difficulty: Easy A magnetic disk, hard disk, or a floppy disk, use ____________ access. Answer: random Reference: Magnetic Disks Difficulty: Moderate A CD-ROM is a type of ____________ drive. Answer: optical disk Reference: Optical Disks Difficulty: Moderate A DVD can hold up to ___________ of information. Answer: 17GB Reference: Optical Disks Difficulty: Challenging ____________ is a type of erasable memory chip that is low-energy, quiet, and portable. Answer: Flash memory Reference: Solid-State Storage Devices Difficulty: Challenging Matching: Match the following terms to their meanings: I. serial port A. sends/receives bits in a group II. parallel port B. agreed upon benchmarks so devices can be used on all hardware III. video port C. sends/receives one bit at a time IV. USB D. an external drive or other peripheral can be plugged into this V. SCSI E. to plug a monitor into the video board VI. interface standards F. roughly 100 times faster than a PC serial port VII. platform independent G. a USB device can work on a PC or a Mac VIII. bay H. where a user would hook up a CD-RW or a second hard disk Answers: C, A, E, F, D, B, G, H Reference: The Computer Systems: The Sum of Its Parts Difficulty: Challenging Match the following terms to their meanings: I. DVD-ROM A. play a movie, rewritable II. DVD-RW B. play music, rewritable III. CD-RW C. record IV. CD-ROM D. play a movie, not recordable V. CD-R E. WORM VI. Burn F. play music, cannot write to it VII. DVD/CD-RW G. play movies, play music, record and erase data Answers: D, A, B, F, E, C, G Reference: Storage Devices: Input Meets Output Difficulty: Moderate 17 Copyright © 2006 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. 1 Copyright © 2006 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved.

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