Exam Prep Rainer Technology Guide 1 Hardware Test Bank

Package Title: Tech Guide 1, Testbank

Course Title: Rainer, IS 5e e

Chapter Number: Tech Guide 1

Question type: Multiple Choice

1) ________ refers to the physical equipment used for the input, processing, output, and storage activities of a computer system.

a) Hardware

b) Infrastructure

c) Networking

d) Software

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

2) Which of the following is NOT an area of focus for decisions about hardware?

a) Appropriateness for the task

b) Cost

c) Integration capability

d) Speed

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

3) Which of the following is NOT a trend in hardware?

a) Faster

b) More expensive

c) More powerful

d) Smaller

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

4) _________ manipulate(s) the data and control(s) the tasks performed by the other components.

a) Communication technologies

b) Input technologies

c) Output technologies

d) The CPU

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

5) ________ temporarily store(s) data and program instructions during processing.

a) Input technologies

b) Primary storage

c) Secondary storage

d) The CPU

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

6) ________ storage temporarily stores data and program instructions during processing.

a) Primary

b) Secondary

c) Tertiary

d) Quaternary

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

7) ________ store(s) data and program instructions for future use.

a) Primary storage

b) Output technologies

c) Secondary storage

d) The CPU

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

8) ________ storage stores data and program instructions for future use.

a) Primary

b) Secondary

c) Tertiary

d) Quaternary

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

9) ________ accept(s) data and instructions and convert(s) them to a form that the computer can understand.

a) Input technologies

b) Primary storage

c) Output technologies

d) The CPU

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

10) ________ present(s) data and information in a form people can understand.

a) Communication technologies

b) Input technologies

c) Primary storage

d) Output technologies

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

11) ________ provide(s) for the flow of data from external computer networks to the CPU and from the CPU to computer networks.

a) Communication technologies

b) Primary storage

c) Output technologies

d) Secondary storage

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

12) ________ provide(s) for the flow of data from external computer networks to ________ and then to computer networks.

a) Communication technologies; output technologies

b) Communication technologies; the CPU

c) Output technologies; communication technologies

d) The CPU; communication technologies

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

13) Which of the following is the correct order for the class of computers from most powerful to least powerful?

a) Supercomputers, mainframe computers, microcomputers, laptop/notebook computers, tablet computers, wearable computers

b) Supercomputers, mainframe computers, microcomputers, tablet computers, laptop/notebook computers, wearable computers

c) Supercomputers, microcomputers, mainframe computers, laptop/notebook computers, tablet computers, wearable computers

d) Supercomputers, microcomputers, mainframe computers, tablet computers, laptop/notebook computers, wearable computers

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

14) ________ are not a specific technology.

a) Mainframe computers

b) Microcomputers

c) Supercomputers

d) Wearable computers

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

15) ________ are relatively large computers used in large enterprises for extensive computing applications that are accessed by thousands of users.

a) Mainframes

b) Microcomputers

c) Microprocessors

d) Supercomputers

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

16) ________ remain popular in large enterprises for extensive computing applications that are accessed by thousands of users at one time.

a) Mainframes

b) Microcomputers

c) Microprocessors

d) Supercomputers

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

17) ________ are the smallest and least expensive category or general-purpose computers.

a) Mainframes

b) Microcomputers

c) Microprocessors

d) Supercomputers

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

18) ________ are also called PCs.

a) Mainframes

b) Microcomputers

c) Microprocessors

d) Supercomputers

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

19) ________ are the smallest and least expensive category of general-purpose computers.

a) Mainframes

b) Microcomputers

c) Microprocessors

d) Supercomputers

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

20) Laptop computers are small, easily transportable, lightweight ________ that fit comfortably into a briefcase.

a) mainframes

b) microcomputers

c) microprocessors

d) supercomputers

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

21) Google Chromebook is a ________.

a) fat client laptop

b) fat client microprocessor

c) thin client laptop

d) thin client microprocessor

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Application

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

22) A ________ client is a computer that does not offer the full functionality of a PC.

a) fat

b) heavy

c) slim

d) thin

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

23) A ________ client is a computer that has the ability to perform many functions without a network connection.

a) fat

b) heavy

c) slim

d) thin

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

24) Which of the following is TRUE of thin clients?

a) It takes longer to deploy them than fat clients.

b) They are more complex to use than fat clients.

c) They are more expensive to set-up than fat clients.

d) They do not have locally installed software.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

25) ________ is an example of a tablet computer.

a) Apple Watch 2

b) Fitbit

c) Google Glass

d) Microsoft Surface Pro 4

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Application

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

26) Key features of ________ computers are that there is constant interaction between the computer and the users and that the users can multitask, meaning that they do not have to stop what they are doing to use the device.

a) fat client

b) tablet

c) thin client

d) wearable

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

27) Google Glass is an example of a ________ computer that provides ________ reality.

a) tablet; augmented

b) tablet; virtual

c) wearable; augmented

d) wearable; virtual

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Application

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

28) ________ are an example of source-data automation.

a) Barcode readers

b) Keyboards

c) Pointing sticks

d) Trackballs

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.4

Learning Objective 1: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

29) ________ is an example of a human data-entry technology.

a) A barcode scanner

b) An optical mark reader

c) A point-of-sale terminal

d) Voice recognition

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.4

Learning Objective 1: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

30) _______ reality is a term that refers to information technologies that use software to provide a realistic, three-dimensional, computer-generated environment that replicates sight, touch, hearing, and in some cases, smell.

a) Augmented

b) Computer

c) Virtual

d) Wearable

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.4

Learning Objective 1: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

31) _________ performs the actual computation or “number crunching” inside any computer.

a) A bit

b) The ALU

c) The control unit

d) The CPU

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

32) ________ sequentially accesses program instructions, decodes them, and controls the flow of data.

a) A microprocessor

b) The ALU

c) The control unit

d) The CPU

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

33) ________ performs the mathematical calculations and makes logical comparisons.

a) A microprocessor

b) The ALU

c) The control unit

d) The CPU

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

34) Moore’s law states that microprocessor complexity would ________ approximately every 18 months.

a) double

b) triple

c) quadruple

d) quintuple

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

35) Moore’s law states that microprocessor complexity would double approximately every ________ months.

a) 6

b) 12

c) 18

d) 24

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

36) ________ predicted that microprocessor complexity would double approximately every 18 months.

a) Gore

b) Moore

c) Porter

d) Rainer

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

37) An ________ string is known as a _______.

a) 4-bit; byte

b) 4-byte; bit

c) 8-bit; byte

d) 8-byte; bit

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

38) From smallest to largest, which of the following is the correct order of memory capacity?

a) KB, GB, MB, TB, PB, EB, ZB

b) KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB

c) MB, KB, GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB

d) MB, KB, TB, GB, PB, EB, ZB

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

39) ________ is a type of secondary storage.

a) A register

b) Cache memory

c) Magnetic tape

d) RAM

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

40) Registers are part of the ________ and are a type of ________ storage.

a) ALU; primary

b) ALU; secondary

c) CPU; primary

d) CPU; secondary

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

41) ________ has/have the least capacity, storing extremely limited amounts of instructions and data only immediately before and after processing.

a) Cache memory

b) RAM

c) Registers

d) ROM

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

42) ________ is/are a type of high-speed memory that enable(s) the computer to temporarily store blocks of data that are used more often.

a) Cache memory

b) RAM

c) Registers

d) ROM

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

43) ________ is/are the part of primary storage that holds a software program and small amounts of data for processing.

a) Cache memory

b) RAM

c) Registers

d) ROM

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

44) ________ is the part of ________ storage that holds a software program and small amounts of data for processing.

a) RAM; primary

b) RAM; secondary

c) ROM; primary

d) ROM; secondary

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

45) Your computer crashes in the middle of you writing a term paper. You lose the paper because you had not saved a copy yet. You lost your paper because it was in ________.

a) binary form

b) RAM

c) ROM

d) the CPU

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Application

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

46) Your computer is able to boot because of instructions found in ________.

a) cache memory

b) RAM

c) ROM

d) the registers

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Application

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

47) ________ storage is designed to store very large amounts of data for extended periods.

a) Primary

b) Secondary

c) Tertiary

d) Quaternary

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

48) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of secondary storage?

a) It can use a variety of media.

b) It is cheaper than primary storage.

c) It is volatile.

d) It takes more time to retrieve data from it than from RAM.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

49) Which of the following is a characteristic of secondary storage?

a) It can use a variety of media.

b) It is more expensive than primary storage.

c) It is volatile.

d) It takes less time to retrieve data from it than from RAM.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

50) ________ remain popular because they are the cheapest secondary storage medium and can handle enormous amounts of data.

a) Magnetic disks

b) Magnetic tapes

c) Optical storage devices

d) RAM sticks

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Application

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

51) ________ are the slowest secondary storage medium.

a) Magnetic disks

b) Magnetic tapes

c) Optical storage devices

d) RAM sticks

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Application

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

52) ________ are the most commonly used mass storage devices because of their low cost, high speed, and large storage capacity.

a) Magnetic disks

b) Magnetic tapes

c) Optical storage devices

d) RAM sticks

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Analysis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

53) ________ is a disadvantage of SSDs.

a) Cost

b) Power use

c) Sound

d) Speed

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

Question Type: True/False

54) The key areas of focus for decisions about hardware are speed and cost.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

55) The incredibly rapid rate of innovation in the computer industry simplifies hardware decisions because computer technologies so easily replace outdated legacy systems.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Comprehension, Analysis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

56) Hardware is getting more expensive over time.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

57) Companies that delay hardware purchases will, more than likely, be able to buy more powerful hardware for the same amount of money in the future.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

58) Technology always provides a strategic advantage.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Analysis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

59) Hardware is not strategic.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

60) Hardware can be used strategically if it is exploited successfully.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Analysis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

61) Supercomputers are a specific technology that refers to really powerful computers networked together.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

62) Military and scientific organizations tend to use supercomputers to analyze very large data sets.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

63) Supercomputers are useful for analyzing Big Data.

Difficulty: Hard

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Synthesis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

64) Mainframes are less powerful supercomputers.

Difficulty: Hard

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Synthesis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

65) FAISs are often run on mainframes.

Difficulty: Hard

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Synthesis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

66) Computers that run the Mac operating system are called PCs.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

67) A thin client does not offer the full functionality of a PC.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

68) Thin clients work better than fat clients when a network fails.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Analysis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

69) Gesture recognition technology is a type of input technology.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.4

Learning Objective 1: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

70) Augmented reality and virtual reality use the same kind of technology.

Difficulty: Hard

Section Reference 1: TG 1.4

Learning Objective 1: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.

Bloomcode: Evaluation

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

71) The ALU is a microprocessor.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

72) The ALU receives data in tertiary form.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

73) The ALU receives data in binary form (0s and 1s).

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

74) The ALU receives data in binary form (1s and 2s).

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

75) Moore’s law states that microprocessor complexity would triple approximately every 18 months.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

76) An eight-bit string is known as a byte.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

77) An eight-byte string is known as a bit.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

78) RAM is temporary and usually volatile.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Analysis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

79) ROM is volatile.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Analysis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

80) Magnetic tapes are no longer used by organizations.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Application

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

81) SSDs do not have moving parts.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

82) SSDs are seamless replacements for hard drives.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Analysis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

83) Optical storage devices are faster and more fragile than hard drives.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

84) Optical storage devices are faster but less fragile than hard drives.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

85) Flash memory devices are nonvolatile electronic storage devices with no moving parts.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

Question Type: Text Entry

86) ___ refers to the physical equipment used for the input, processing, output, and storage activities of a computer system.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

87) ___ manipulate(s) the data and control(s) the tasks performed by the other components.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

88) Primary storage ___ store(s) data and program instructions during processing.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

89) ___ store(s) data and program instructions for future use.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

90) Input technologies accept(s) data and instructions and convert(s) them to a form that the ___ can understand.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

91) Output technologies present(s) data and information in a form ___ can understand.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

92) ___ provide(s) for the flow of data from external computer networks to the CPU and from the CPU to computer networks.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

93) ___ are the fastest computers available at any given time.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

94) A ___ client is a computer that does not offer the full functionality of a PC.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

95) A thin client is a computer that does not offer the full functionality of a ___.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

96) A ___ client is a computer that has the ability to perform many functions without a network connection.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

97) ___ devices input data with minimal human intervention.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.4

Learning Objective 1: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

98) ___ reality is a term that refers to information technologies that use software to provide a realistic, three-dimensional, computer-generated environment that replicates sight, touch, hearing, and in some cases, smell.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.4

Learning Objective 1: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

99) ___ is a microprocessor.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

100) An eight bit string is known as a ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

101) ___ stores information for very brief periods of time.

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Knowledge

Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology

Question Type: Essay

102) List the factors relevant for making hardware decisions. List the overall trends in hardware. Are hardware decisions easy or hard (why)? Suppose you are starting your own business and plan on hiring two or three people to help you; how would you decide what hardware to purchase?

Difficulty: Hard

Section Reference 1: TG 1.1

Learning Objective 1: Identify the major hardware components of a computer system.

Bloomcode: Synthesis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Communication

Standard 2 : AACSB || Analytic

Standard 3 : AACSB || Technology

Solution: ∙Appropriateness for the task, speed, cost
∙Smaller, faster, cheaper, and more powerful over time
∙Hard – rapid innovation so devices quickly become obsolete; delaying purchase means smaller, faster, cheaper, and more powerful but lose the advantage of that technology in the present
∙Own business – students could talk about starting with cheaper, easily replaceable hardware like tablets (or they could discuss cloud computing); a future move may be laptops or desktops; eventually, a company could consider a server to start a network, email, a web-site, etc. – so leave the more expensive technologies until later when they become cheaper and just get the essentials now

103) Can hardware provide a strategic advantage? Why or why not?

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.2

Learning Objective 1: Discuss strategic issues that link hardware design to business strategy.

Bloomcode: Analysis

Standard 1 : AACSB || Communication

Standard 2 : AACSB || Analytic

Standard 3 : AACSB || Technology

Solution: Students can answer either way on this although the book does more heavily lean toward yes.

No = everyone has access to the same technology, so it can’t be a strategic advantage.

Yes = exploiting technology issues students can/should consider = productivity, measuring improvements, infrastructure improvements and what type (cloud computing, purchasing, renting, etc.), BYOD, portability.

104) Why would an organization want to invest in a supercomputer? What kinds of organizations invest in supercomputers? List the top five supercomputers from this year and describe how they are being used.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.3

Learning Objective 1: Describe the various types of computers in the computer hierarchy.

Bloomcode: Application

Standard 1 : AACSB || Communication

Standard 2 : AACSB || Analytic

Standard 3 : AACSB || Technology

Solution: Execute computationally demanding tasks involving very large data sets (dealing with Big Data).
Organizations — military, scientific, large banks — calculate risks and returns of various investment strategies, healthcare to analyze patient data and determine optimal treatments
Top supercomputers - https://www.top500.org/lists/2017/06/, https://www.recode.net/2017/6/20/15812270/china-fastest-supercomputer-us-exascale-department-energy-intel-nvidia-ibm, http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/tech/supercomputer-japan/index.html, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1zu0oEdXcY, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McbdpPX_6rI

105) What is virtual reality? Why would an organization want to use virtual reality? Describe three industries that use virtual reality.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.4

Learning Objective 1: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.

Bloomcode: Application

Standard 1 : AACSB || Communication

Standard 2 : AACSB || Analytic

Standard 3 : AACSB || Technology

Solution: A term that refers to information technologies that use software to provide a realistic, three-dimensional, computer-generated environment that replicates sight, touch, hearing, and in some cases, smell.

Why? If something is too dangerous, expensive, or impractical to do in the real world, get people to feel like they are in a situation when they physically aren’t.

Industries:

106) List and describe the parts of the CPU. Describe how the CPU works.

Difficulty: Medium

Section Reference 1: TG 1.5

Learning Objective 1: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.

Bloomcode: Comprehension

Standard 1 : AACSB || Communication

Standard 2 : AACSB || Technology

Solution: Parts: control unit = sequentially accesses program instructions, decodes them, and controls the flow of data to and from the ALU, registers, caches, primary storage, secondary storage, and various output devices

ALU = performs mathematical calculations and makes logical comparisons

Registers = high-speed storage areas that store very small amounts of data and instructions for short periods