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Ports that require bits to travel through one at a time are called ______ ports. |
Parallel
Serial
Network
Opem
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2 |
One of the advantages of electronic mail over the telephones for short communications is that. |
E-mail is secure against wiretapping
E-mail demands the immediate attention of the recipient
E-mail systems cost less than phone systems
E-mail does not demand the immediate attention of the recipient
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3 |
The three essential components of any computer system are. |
Hardware and software network
Hardware software application program
Hardware software training
Hardware software people
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4 |
You're ready to telecommunicate with your PC to what kinds of systems can you connect? |
Time sharing systems
Electronic bulletin boards
Electronic mail services
All of tha above
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5 |
The main purpose of a networking computers is to. |
Move blocks of information within RAM
Enable voice communication between modems
Facilitate communication between software applications
Share resources and information
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6 |
In 1945 Arthur C, Clarke predicated that satellites would. |
Replace many telephone cables
Replace radio towere
Allows electronic signals to be beamed oceans
All of the above
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7 |
Computer conferencing. |
Requires that each participant have a modem
Allow prticipants to examine documents and comments from geographically remote sites
Is an example of batch, rather than interactive computer g
Always includes voice communication
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8 |
Scientific visualization can be done with the help of. |
Mathematical processing software
Statistical software packages
Graphics programs
All of the abvoe
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9 |
What is the best reason for using a simulation to model long range movements of the Earth's continents? |
The speed of simulation
Operator safety
The simulation is less work
Simulations are always occurate
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10 |
In spreadsheet program the active cell is the cell that. |
Is still empty
Contains data or text
Is doing acrobics
Can be modified
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11 |
Which of the following cannot be entered into a typical spreadsheet cell. |
Graphics
All of the above are legal
A numeric value
A formula
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12 |
Which of the following cannot be entered into a typical spreadsheet cell. |
A formula
A numeric value
Graphics
All of the above are legal
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13 |
An engineer who uses a mathematics processor to test the stress capacity of a bridge is. |
Putting live sin danger
Modeling
Vizualizing
Calculating
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14 |
This works like a specialized prefabricated worksheet, automatically recalculating as a number is entered or changed. |
Tax preparation software
Audit trials
Mathematics processors
Transaction software
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15 |
Which of the following true of spreadsheets in general? |
They are used only in business applications
They can be used for simulations
Their formulas can only refer to cells that are in the same row or column as the formula
It is very difficult to generate deceptive results with a spreadsheet.
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16 |
What are the three things that can be in the cell of a spreadsheet/ |
Numeric values, Letters, symbols
Percents, ranges, numeric values
numeric values, labels, formulas
Numeric values, tables, sums
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17 |
The best graphic to show the relative proportions of the parts to a whole is a. |
Line chart
Bar chart
pie chart
scatter chart
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18 |
Most spreadsheet will allow you to careate______ between worksheets, so when values change in one the others are updated automatically. |
Templates
Macros
Links
None of these
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19 |
This spreadsheet capability not only allows for easy correction of errors, but also makes it easy to try out different values while searching for solutions. |
Automatic recalculation
Replication of values
Predefined function
Linking
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20 |
Electric spreadsheets are appropriate tools for all of the following except. |
Developing financial models
Answering what if questions
Keeping student grade records for a class
Spreadsheets are appropriate for all of these applications.
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21 |
The cell containing the cursor in a spread sheet is called an. |
Active cell
Console
Formula bar
Heading
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22 |
You are going to create a simple worksheet in a spreadsheet program showing project expenses for a college student's fall term. The first step would probably be to. |
Type labels
Type formula
Create a chart
Perform calculations
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23 |
Most worksheet include_____ at the tops of columns and at the edge of rows. |
Grids
Addresses
Locators
Labels
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24 |
Every cell in a spreadsheet gird has a unique ___ made up of a row number and a column letter. |
Apex
Address
Intersection
Location
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25 |
The box representing the intersection of a row and a column of a spreadsheet is called an |
Address
Cell
Axis
Matrix
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26 |
In a spreadsheet program an _______ typically appears on the screen as a grid of numbered rows and alphabetically lettered columns. |
Cell
Address
Location
Worksheet
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27 |
Spreadsheet program that include macro capabilities. |
Can automate repetitive spreadsheet construction tasks
Are necessary for block modeling
Are necessary to create work sheets with linked cells
Aren't possible in a mouse based graphic user interface.
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28 |
Which of the following would work to keep a class gradebook that automatically upgrades totals when grades are entered? |
Word processor
Spread sheet
MS-DOS
None of these
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29 |
Soft ware that is designed to be used by work groups rather than individuals is called. |
Multipurpose software
Group ware
Multi user software
Shareware
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30 |
All of the following aspects of the writing process can be at least partially computerized with widely available commercial software except. |
Organizing ideas
Producing an index
Checking for grammatical errors
Checking for holes in the plot of a novel
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31 |
Which of the following is an example of text formatting? |
Replacing good with good will
Moving a sentence to a different paragraph
Deleting a paragraph
None of these
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32 |
In desktop publishing systems, this software is used to combine the source documents into a coherent, visually appealing publication. |
Page layout software
Database software
Spreadsheet software
Telecommunication software
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33 |
__________ can be used to transform photos and hand drawn images into documents that are readable by a computers. |
Standard 35 mm cameras
Scanners
Charting
Graphics
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34 |
You want to produce personalized form letters, so you sue the ____ capability of the word processor. |
Sort
Mail merge
Style and grammar checker
Desktop publishing
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35 |
Spell checkers cannot detect. |
Errors of context
Word not int the checkers dictionary
All misspelled proper names
All of the above
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36 |
A spell checker that cheeks every word as it is typed and beeps or flashes each time a word is typed incorrectly is called an. |
Idea processor
Interactive spelling checker
Batch spelling checker
Believability index
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37 |
Most word processors today include this feature, which compares teh words ina document with words in a disk based dictionary. |
rhymer
Spell checker
Outliner
Processor
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38 |
Idea processors take a variety of forms, but most are built around this concept. |
Writing
Reading
Processing
Outlining
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39 |
The most widely used word processor for non GUI computers is the |
MS-DOS version of Word
MS-DOS version of Word perfect
MS-DOS version of 1-2-3
Windows version of Word
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40 |
Blocks that appear at the top and bottom of every page, displaying repetitie information such as chapter titles are called. |
Leaders and trailers
Headings and footnotes
Titles and footnotes
Headers and footers
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41 |
10 -point Helvetica, 10-point Times, 10-point Avant Grade, and 10-point Zapf chancery are all examples of. |
serifs
text justifications
fonts
pixels
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42 |
This types of font allow more room for wide characters like we than for narrow characters like is. |
Sans serif
Proportionally spaced
Courier
None of these
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43 |
The size of the printed characters is called. |
Point size
Word size
Print size
None of these
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44 |
Most modern word processors allow users to control the formats of . |
Individual characters
Lines
Paragraphs
all of the above
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45 |
What technique is used to move text with a word processor.? |
Cut and paste
Drag and Drop
Both a and b
Neither a nor b
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46 |
The __________ command moves text from one document to another. |
Cut and paste
Format
Search
Replace
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47 |
Which of the following commands changes any or all of the target words to a different word and comes in handy when you'v misspelled the same word or name throughout your document? |
The replace command
The edit command
The cut-and paste command
None of the above
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48 |
Which of the following writer's tools is not available in a computer software form? |
Thesaurus
Dictionary
Outliner
All of these are available as software
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49 |
When the word processor automatically transports, along with the cursor, any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line, it is called. |
Transpositioning
Word wrap
Editing
Formatting
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50 |
A flashing cursor is sometimes called an |
ENTER key
Ready signal
Insertion bar
C
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51 |
To open a version of a document means to copy it back from. |
Printed copy
floppy disk into the computer's memory
Hard disk into the computer's memory
Either b or c
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52 |
Since memory is not a permanent storage medium. Its important to _______ your work. |
Bank
Paste
Save
Open
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53 |
Pictures on a monitor are composed of tiny dots called. |
A pixels
CRTs
VDTs
Elements.
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54 |
The primary limitation of audio digitizers is that |
The require artificial intelligence software to be correctly interpreted
They cannot store input in memory
there is not software currently available to perform needed functions
They cannot capture music
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55 |
Which of the following devices use reflected light to determine the location of pencil marks on standardized answer sheets and similar forms? |
Bar code readers
Optical Mark readers
Magnetic ink character readers
Wand readers
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56 |
Which of the following statement concerning touch screens is false? |
they respond when the user points or touches different screen regions
They are effective when users are unfamiliar with computers.
They are used in public places, such as libraries and airports
they are particularly popular with artists and designers.
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57 |
Information travels between components of a computer through groups of wires called. |
Cards
Busses
Slots
Ports
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58 |
Information transformations are performed by the |
Central processing unit
Input devices
Out put devices
File description
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59 |
An organized collection of information,stored on a disk, like a word processed letter or a program, is referred to as an |
Address
Record
File
Kilobyte
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60 |
K Represents. |
100010
210
102410
10002
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61 |
One of the primary limitations of ASCII is that. |
It does not facilitate multilingual computing
It has a character set of over 200
The patterns are ot ordered
It uses only upperecase letters.
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62 |
All of the following are normally input devices except for |
A digital camera
A mouse
An LCD
A digitizer
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63 |
The number system used by computers to represent all internal data is teh _____________ system. |
Binary
Hexadecimal
Decimal
None of the above
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64 |
The decimal representation of the binary is. |
1
2
4
10
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65 |
The decimal numbering system uses___________ digits |
Two
Eight
Nine
Ten
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66 |
In a computer's memory, a combination of bits like 01110110 represents. |
a number
A character of text
Part of computer program
It might represent any of these
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67 |
A byte is a collection of. |
800 bits
Eight bits
28 bits
2 bits
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68 |
Binary systems use a base of. |
Eight
Two
Ten
zero
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69 |
The smallest unit of information is an |
Byte
Element
Bit
Atom
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70 |
In the computer world the word digital mean information that in an. |
Discrete units
Units that can be counted
Continous, smooth form
a and b
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