Computer Systems

Question 1

What is the term for a system that consists of hardware and software components that work together to store, retrieve, and process data?

Answer 1

Computer System

Question 2

What is the term for systems power digital cameras, run elevators and control temperature?

Answer 2

Special Purpose Computers

Question 3

What are the two models used to describe the function of a computer system?

Answer 3

Input-Process-Output (IPO) model
Input-Process-Output-Storage (IPOS) model

Question 4

The computer system divides work into what three categories?

Answer 4

1) a requirement from the environment or input
2) a computation based on the requirements or process
3) a provision for the environment or output

Question 5

What is the term for a computer taking in raw data in a purposeful fashion?

Answer 5

Input

Question 6

What is the term for transforming raw data into information?

Answer 6

Process

Question 7

What is the term for providing the result of the transformation of data into information?

Answer 7

Output

Question 8

What is the term for keeping data, information and results for intermediate or permanent records?

Answer 8

Storage

Question 9

What is the term for the users in a computer system?

Answer 9

People (or liveware)

Question 10

Who designs the operating and processing of a computer system?

Answer 10

System Analyst

Question 11

Who writes code to implement the working of a computer system?

Answer 11

System Programmer

Question 12

Who operates the computer system for different purposes?

Answer 12

End users

Question 13

What role in a computer system does a keyboard, mouse and microphone support in a computer system?

Answer 13

Input

Question 14

What role in the computer system does the CPU, RAM, and Hard Drive support?

Answer 14

Process

Question 15

What role does the printer, speakers, and monitors support in the computer system?

Answer 15

Output

Question 16

What three components in a computer system work together to transform data into information to meet a specific users need?

Answer 16

Hardware, Software and Middleware

Question 17

The electronic and mechanical parts of a computer system are known as what?

Answer 17

Hardware

Question 18

The data and computer programs in a computer system are known as what?

Answer 18

Software

Question 19

The components in a computer system that share data between hardware and software are known as what?

Answer 19

Middleware

Question 20

Tangible components of a computer system are known as what?

Answer 20

Hardware

Question 21

The component of a computer system that specify how data is transformed into information is known as what?

Answer 21

Software

Question 22

Monitors, keyboards, mouses and smart phones are examples of what computer system component?

Answer 22

Hardware

Question 23

Internet browsers, spreadsheets and text editing are what components of a computer system?

Answer 23

Software

Question 24

That components of a computer system that moves data between hardware and software is what?

Answer 24

Middleware

Question 25

Motherboards, graphic cards, CPUs and power supplies are what?

Answer 25

Hardware

Question 26

What hardware component is at the center of what makes a computer work, houses the CPU and serves as the brain?

Answer 26

Motherboard

Question 27

What hardware component process data from the programs that your computer runs?

Answer 27

CPU

Question 28

What type of memory occupies the memory slots of the CPU and keeps the data immediately accessible?

Answer 28

Random-Access Memory (RAM)

Question 29

What is the hardware component that permanently stores data, or temporarily stores data in a pages filing system?

Answer 29

Hard-drive

Question 30

What feature is a built-in mechanism on most is that allow data to be moved from RAM to the hard drive?

Answer 30

Paging

Question 31

What is the term for the system of hardware and software components that connect two or more devices for the purpose of sharing data and information?

Answer 31

Networks

Question 32

What are the two common types of networks?

Answer 32

Local area network (LAN) Wide Area Network (WAN)

Question 33

Which type of network spans a single home, school, or small office building and provides a connection for devices within the same network?

Answer 33

Local Area Network (LAN)

Question 34

What type of network reaches across cities, states or even across the world?

Answer 34

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Question 35

What are the two types of network designs?

Answer 35

1) client to server 2) peer-to-peer

Question 36

In what type of network design uses servers on one side of the network, authentication to facilitate millions of users logging in based on usernames, password and system identifiers?

Answer 36

Client server

Question 37

In what type of network design has all devices support long the same functions without assistance of a server

Answer 37

Peer-to-peer

Question 38

Which network design is common across organizations?

Answer 38

Client server

Question 39

Which network design is common in small offices and homes?

Answer 39

Peer-to-peer

Question 40

What term describes how data flows?

Answer 40

Physical Topology

Question 41

What two different perspectives are used when designing a network using physical topology?

Answer 41

Logical and physical

Question 42

What type of topology indicates how data actually flows and is extremely important when considering live load balancing, normal traffic, network backups and replication of data?

Answer 42

Logical topology

Question 43

What type of topology is the actual layout of how systems are placed in the network?

Answer 43

Physical topology

Question 44

What are the four most common network topology layouts?

Answer 44

Bus, star, ring and mesh

Question 45

What is the term for languages supporting data exchange between computers?

Answer 45

Protocols

Question 46

What is the most popular protocol found in internet and home computers?

Answer 46

TCP/IP

Question 47

What is the term for things that include network routers, access points, switches that make it possible for devices to communicate with each other?

Answer 47

Special purpose computer systems