IT Final

Question 1

In order for something to be considered a computer it must have a keyboard attached.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

What was used to make analyzing results faster for the 1890 census?

Answer 2

punch cards and punch card readers

Question 3

Writing software is the job of programmers and software developers.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using Copy/Paste/Edit?

Answer 4

It allows the user to recreate the formatting from scratch.

Question 5

The instructions written in software are followed or executed by

Answer 5

Hardware

Question 6

_____ made computers more affordable and allowed them to have more complex CPUs

Answer 6

Transistors

Question 7

Software is a collective term for

Answer 7

Programs

Question 8

Complexity is _____________ to manufacture, though it remains _________ to design

Answer 8

cheap, expensive

Question 9

Computers do

Answer 9

exactly what you tell them to do

Question 10

A good way to learn how to use a new application or piece of software is to

Answer 10

click around

Question 11

A computer is considered a(n) ________ when it gets services from another computer.

Answer 11

client

Question 12

Saving information for possible reuse is called

Answer 12

caching

Question 13

This type of communication results in the sending and receiving of information to occur at different times.

Answer 13

asynchronous

Question 14

What can folders contain?

Answer 14

both files and folders

Question 15

The Internet is fast enough to mimic ________ communication.

Answer 15

synchronous

Question 16

Wireless network connections follow the 802.11 protocol.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

PandA representation is what kind of system?

Answer 17

Binary

Question 18

Information describing information is called

Answer 18

metadata

Question 19

Hexadecimal is base ____

Answer 19

16

Question 20

Grouping binary digits in groups of four makes converting to ___ easier

Answer 20

Hex

Question 21

Analog information is?

Answer 21

continuous

Question 22

Every bit can exist in one of two states: 0 or 1.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Extended ASCII is a 9-bit code.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

The byte is the standard unit for computer memory.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

The RGB setting for blue is (0 is off, 1 is on)

Answer 25

0000 0000 0000 0000 1111 1111

Question 26

The brightness of the light of a subpixel in an LCD display it its ________.

Answer 26

Intensity

Question 27

JPEG is to still images what _______ is to motion pictures.

Answer 27

MPEG

Question 28

The process of reducing the number of bits required to represent information from which the original form can be exactly reconstructed is known as ________ compression.

Answer 28

lossless

Question 29

A megabyte is exactly one million bits.

Answer 29

False

Question 30

Logic gates, part of a circuit in the ALU, are used to implement operations like AND and OR.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Memory has a finite capacity.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

From smallest to largest, the correct order of prefixes is

Answer 32

kilo, mega, giga, tera

Question 33

An example of a good password is.

Answer 33

a word that includes symbols or numbers to represent some letters

Question 34

A(n) ________ is a programmed response to your email that’s sent when you are away.

Answer 34

Auto-response

Question 35

Information that you did not create but can treat as your own is said to be

Answer 35

in the public domain

Question 36

The term referring to the malicious practice of using deceptive emails to fraudulently obtain personal information such as Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, and credit card numbers is:

Answer 36

Phishing

Question 37

If you commit a crime on the Internet, who can determine your real identify?

Answer 37

the law

Question 38

Most people assume that when you send an email it is

Answer 38

private

Question 39

Information in the __ is free for anyone to use

Answer 39

public domain

Question 40

A type of malicious software that disguises itself as legitimate software but performs harmful actions once installed is called a:

Answer 40

Trojan

Question 41

A type of malware that prevents the system from being used until the victim pays the attacker money is known as what?

Answer 41

Ransomware

Question 42

You receive an email from your bank informing you that they are performing an audit and have found a problem with your account. They ask you to log in to help resolve the problem. This is an example of

Answer 42

phishing

Question 43

Two-factor authentication allows for greater security in user access to web sites.

Answer 43

True

Question 44

You cannot mix absolute and relative references in one cell reference.

Answer 44

False

Question 45

Macs do not need virus protection software because it is built into the OS

Answer 45

False

Question 46

A program that creates an access path through which attackers can run any program they want is called a _______

Answer 46

backdoor

Question 47

A(n) ________ is information that is stored on a client computer by an HTTP server computer.

Answer 47

Cookie

Question 48

In computer security, compromised computers that act under the direction of an external master computer are referred to as

Answer 48

Zombies

Question 49

An absolute cell reference uses the ________ symbol to identify the value as an absolute reference.

Answer 49

Dollar sign ($) symbol

Question 50

Cell references that do not change when copied from one cell to another are called ________ references.

Answer 50

absolute

Question 51

Spreadsheet columns can be hidden but rows cannot

Answer 51

False

Question 52

Spreadsheet can import any kind of data

Answer 52

False

Question 53

Respectively, rows and columns are designated with...

Answer 53

Numbers and Letters

Question 54

Use the _____ function to find the average of a range of cells

Answer 54

average

Question 55

____ means "Join letter sequences together"

Answer 55

Concatenation

Question 56

Spreadsheet formulas start with

Answer 56

=

Question 57

Malware that directly manipulates operating system tables to hide its presence is known as a

Answer 57

rootkit

Question 58

Recovery after a disaster involves installing the most recent ________ backup copy.

Answer 58

Full

Question 59

Most Americans wrongly assume that their privacy regarding business information is restricted to

Answer 59

Internal Use

Question 60

___refers to the relationship between computers that are communicating over the Internet where each of the computers—yours and someone else's—is a "file server" for the other.

Answer 60

Peer-To-Peer