MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1) One main reason MySpace was created was to 1)

A) hear music videos. B) advertise.
C) create personal Web sites. D) post photographs.

2) Users post ________ on the Flickr Web site. 2)

A) songs B) photographs C) movies D) music videos

3) The World Wide Web has been around since the 3)

A) 1970s. B) 1990s. C) 1980s. D) 2000s.

4) Who is the founder of Facebook? 4)

A) Mark Zuckerberg B) Charles Babbage
C) Tom Anderson D) Chris DeWolf

5) This machine was used to crack Nazi military codes: 5)

A) Macintosh. B) Colossus. C) IBM PC. D) Univac I.

6) The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) 6)

A) predicted that Eisenhower would win the election.
B) could calculate 500 times faster than the existing electromechanical calculators.
C) was the first general-purpose commercial computer built in the United States.
D) was developed just before World War II.

7) Which technological advancement made it possible for computers to become as small as they are 7)
today?
A) transistor B) vacuum tube C) repeater D) silicon chip

8) Integrated circuits rapidly replaced transistors for all of the following reason(s) EXCEPT: 8)
A) speed. B) reliability. C) efficiency. D) size.

9) Vacuum tubes were eventually replaced by 9)

A) integrated circuits. B) chips.
C) calculating machines. D) laptops.

10) The first computers were designed to 10)

A) compose music. B) assist the U.S. government with defense.
C) perform repetitive calculations and tasks. D) use punch cards.

11) In the late 1940s and 1950s, which invention helped computers become more widely used by 11)
businesses as well as in science and engineering?
A) RAM B) CPUs C) transistors D) vacuum tubes

12) Which invention, developed in 1948, replaced vacuum tubes? 12)

A) transistors B) silicon wafers C) CPUs D) RAM

13) Due to a need for smaller and more powerful computers, the ________ was invented and replaced 13)
transistor-based computers by the mid-1960s.
A) RAM chip B) vacuum tube
C) integrated circuit D) keyboard

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14) The invention of the ________ has had the greatest impact on computers. 14)
A) CPU B) monitor C) RAM chip D) microprocessor

15) ________ developed the microprocessor. 15)

A) Apple B) Intel C) IBM D) Microsoft

16) Silicon Valley, where numerous microprocessor manufacturing companies are located, is in 16)
A) Washington. B) Oregon. C) California. D) Texas.

17) ________ Law predicted that the number of transistors that can be packed into a silicon chip of the 17)
same price would roughly double every two years.
A) Eckert's B) Aiken's C) Mauchly's D) Moore's

18) Computers that once occupied full rooms, but are now approximately the size of a refrigerator, are 18)
used by large organizations and known as
A) personal computers. B) mainframe computers.
C) terminals. D) supercomputers.

19) The simultaneous communication process between a mainframe and several users is known as 19)
A) serving. B) timesharing. C) processing. D) networking.

20) A keyboard and screen that has little, if any, local processing power is known as a 20)
A) terminal. B) mainframe computer.
C) supercomputer. D) timesharing device.

21) Which of the following is true regarding supercomputers? 21)

A) Supercomputers are the fastest, most powerful computers made.
B) Supercomputers are rarely used by researchers due to their lack of computing capacity.
C) Supercomputers are common in the majority of U.S. households.
D) Supercomputers are smaller in size and processing capability than mainframe computers.

22) What is a computer that provides software and other resources to computers over a network? 22)
A) workstation B) calculator C) supercomputer D) server

23) When a user has access to a high-end desktop computer with a large amount of processing power, 23)
he or she is using a
A) workstation. B) supercomputer.
C) server. D) terminal.

24) When multiple users who share data and hardware resources need access to one application, a 24)
________ is necessary.
A) workstation B) mainframe C) supercomputer D) server

25) Extra-light notebook computers are sometimes known as 25)

A) tablets. B) notebooks. C) workstations. D) laptops.

26) A computer small enough to fit into a shirt pocket or purse is a 26)
A) subnotebook. B) personal digital assistant
C) notebook. D) mainframe.

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27) A negative aspect of laptop computers is 27)
A) the low price, thus low quality.
B) the unlikelihood that the same high quality software on desktop PCs can be loaded onto a
portable.
C) their nonportability because they all weigh at least 10 pounds.
D) the relatively high price and upgrade difficulties.

28) PDA stands for 28)

A) planned digital associate. B) personal digital assistant.
C) personalized digital assistance. D) practical digitized associate.

29) Special-purpose computers use silicon chips that have the program etched into them. This hybrid 29)
of hardware and software is called
A) firmware. B) embedded.
C) programming. D) specialized software.

30) Programs such as Internet Explorer that serve as navigable windows into the Web are called 30)
A) browsers. B) search engines. C) hypertext. D) networks.

31) What utility do you use to transfer files and exchange messages? 31)
A) Hypertext B) Web browsers C) Email D) WWW

32) Apple launched a new product called a(an) ________, which is designed to bridge the shrinking 32)
gap between the smart phone and the notebook/netbook PC.
A) iPad B) Blackberry C) Android D) Galaxy S

33) How are the World Wide Web (WWW) and the Internet different? 33)
A) The Internet is primarily used by businesses; the WWW can be used by home users.
B) The WWW is faster than the more archaic Internet.
C) They aren't different; they are two different names for the same thing.
D) The WWW is a vast tract of the Internet and makes the Internet accessible to just about
anyone.

34) Computers have changed the way humans go about their day-to-day lives. Events and ideas 34)
radically change the way people work, live, and think. This dramatic change is known as a(n)
A) industrial revolution within a country. B) counterculture.
C) paradigm shift. D) shift in traditions.

35) The agricultural age lasted until about two centuries ago, when advances in machine technology 35)
triggered what has come to be known as the
A) digital age. B) industrial age.
C) information age. D) technology age.

36) The time period in which there was a shift from an industrial economy to an economy based on 36)
the value of information is known as the
A) agricultural age. B) industrial revolution.
C) information age. D) paradigm shift.

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37) The software tools that enable a user to interact with a computer for specific purposes are known 37)
as
A) hardware. B) shareware.
C) applications. D) networked software.

38) ________ applications are stored on the Web so they can be accessed and used by multiple 38)
computers with Internet access.
A) Network B) Database C) Web D) Spreadsheet

39) Tasks that have traditionally been performed by people but are now duplicated in an application 39)
are part of the software that is known as
A) networking. B) networking knowledgeable software.
C) artificial intelligence. D) artificial knowledge software.

40) When a student posts a clip from a recent movie on her Web site, the ethical issue of the actions is 40)
known as
A) protecting intellectual property.
B) All of these answers are ethical issues related to this action.
C) protecting privacy.
D) using private university property for personal gain.

41) The future could bring the emergence of ________, computer chips embedded within human 41)
bodies.
A) digital-assistance human-existence technology
B) biodigital technology
C) bio-electronic imaging
D) human-scanning technology

42) Which of the following Web sites was the first social networking site that allowed users to create 42)
their own personal Web pages to share words and pictures with others?
A) Friendster B) Facebook C) Twitter D) MySpace

43) Which of these items is included in the guidelines of the ACM Code that might help you to decide 43)
how to "do the right thing" when faced with ethical dilemmas at school, at work, or at home?
A) When in doubt, don't do it. B) Remember the golden rule.
C) It's okay if it's legal. D) Someone else will be responsible.

44) Prior to the development of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s, which of the following 44)
features was already available for Internet users?
A) email B) pictures C) sounds D) animation

45) Which of the following is a game console that also connects to the Internet? 45)
A) Xbox 360 B) Second Life C) Digg D) Vimeo

46) Which of the following application types include features such as email, instant messaging, and 46)
Web browsing?
A) desktop publishing B) network
C) multimedia D) database

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47) Word processing applications are used for producing which of the following? 47)
A) slides B) letters C) email D) spreadsheets

48) When was MySpace founded? 48)

A) 2002 B) 2001 C) 2003 D) 2004

49) MySpace lost its "cool" to 49)

A) Twitter. B) Friendster. C) Facebook. D) Email.

50) MySpace differed from other popular social networking sites because 50)
A) it enabled and encouraged members to create personal Web sites to share words and
pictures with other members.
B) it was originally designed for Harvard students.
C) it was free.
D) it supplied high speed Internet to the member.

51) In 2005, MySpace was purchased by 51)

A) Bill Gates. B) Microsoft. C) ABC. D) News Corp.

52) Facebook and MySpace users may encounter the following issues: 52)
A) harassment. B) online stalking.
C) bullying incidents. D) all of the above.

53) The online community, Flickr, was originally founded 53)

A) to create a massive multiplayer Web game.
B) to compete with MySpace.
C) by a doctor in San Francisco.
D) in 1999.

54) Flikr was purchased by 54)

A) Facebook. B) Caterina Fake. C) Yahoo. D) MySpace.

55) Sites such as Flicker, MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube are collectively referred to as 55)
A) Web 2.0. B) Web 1.0.
C) online learning communities. D) archives.

56) Computers grew out of a need to 56)

A) communicate. B) improve quality of life.
C) socialize. D) quantify.

57) The following calculating tool had an immediate and profound effect on the human race: 57)
A) handicraft B) lathe C) mandrel D) abacus

58) In the early nineteenth century, Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace conceived an idea for a 58)
mechanical computer that they referred to as a(n)
A) ABC. B) calculator.
C) Analytical Engine. D) Z1.

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59) In the early nineteenth century, a "computer" was 59)
A) paper used to perform calculations. B) unreliable.
C) a person who performed calculations. D) not considered useful.

60) The first programmable, general-purpose digital computer was called the 60)
A) Analytical Engine. B) Z1.
C) Babbage. D) Zuse.

61) The first general-purpose commercial computer built in the United States was called the 61)
A) UNIVAC 1. B) Small-Scale Experimental Machine.
C) ENIAC. D) Z1.

62) The inventor of the first programmable, general-purpose digital computer invented the computer 62)
because
A) he was not good at calculations.
B) he had dropped out of school and was looking for something to do with his spare time.
C) he was too lazy to calculate.
D) he needed some quick cash to start a business.

63) The special-purpose computer that allowed British military intelligence to eavesdrop on even the 63)
most secret German messages was named
A) the Turing. B) Z1. C) Colossus. D) the BMI.

64) A computer invented in 1939 that was capable of solving systems of linear equations was called 64)
the
A) Atanasoff. B) Berry. C) IBM. D) ABC.

65) The Mark I computer proved its worth by 65)

A) counting the population in 1944.
B) computing ballistics tables for the U.S. Navy.
C) helping IBM financially.
D) solving systems of linear equations.

66) The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) broke down on average every 66)
A) 7 minutes. B) half hour. C) hour. D) other day.

67) The ENIAC could calculate 500 times faster than the existing electromechanical calculators, which 67)
was about as fast as
A) a modern pocket calculator. B) the Tonan Maru.
C) the Gloster Meteor. D) a current day Nascar winner.

68) The UNIVAC I was purchased by ________ and delivered to the U.S. Census Bureau in 1951. 68)
A) Remington Rand B) the Germans
C) Underwood D) IBM

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69) Transistors were invented in 1948 as a substitute for the vacuum tube. They appeared in 69)
computers
A) only in Canada. B) once computers were networked.
C) 8 years later. D) the next year.

70) Which of the following is NOT a reason that integrated circuits replaced transistors? 70)
A) speed B) size C) availability D) cost

71) The convergence of computer and network technology was responsible for the shift from the 71)
industrial economy to a(n)
A) information economy. B) digital economy.
C) economic surge. D) loss of economy.

72) In 1943, the founding father of IBM predicted that the world would not need more than 72)
A) 3 computers per business. B) 500 computers.
C) 5 computers. D) 300,000 computers.

73) An example of biodigital technology would be 73)

A) the use of a microscope for diagnosing a plant disease.
B) a chip embedded in a robot.
C) a computer chip embedded in a person's body.
D) a car with digital electronics.

74) The most widely known code of conduct specifically for computer professionals is the 74)
A) Computer Users Code of Ethics.
B) Association of Digital Code of Ethics.
C) Association for Computing Machinery Code of Ethics.
D) ICCA Code of Ethics.

75) Many laws and rules of organizations are reflections of 75)

A) moral principles.
B) computer professionals.
C) requirements of specific people within organizations.
D) beliefs of individuals within the organization.

76) Sometimes our legal system does not define what is right and wrong. The law is especially lenient 76)
in technology related areas, because
A) technology changes too fast.
B) there is a lack of evidence.
C) of limited technology knowledge by the legal system.
D) the proof can be deleted.

77) The visionary research at XEROX more than three decades ago defined many of the essential 77)
qualities of today's PCs. Who was the person responsible for this research?
A) Edison B) Wright C) Moore D) Kay

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78) All of the following are phases of any technology or media business EXCEPT: 78)
A) social networking. B) software.
C) service. D) hardware.

79) The four phases of predicting the future serve as a framework for thinking about 79)
A) a foolproof crystal ball.
B) tomorrow's technology.
C) improvements needed in completing tasks.
D) tomorrow's economy.

80) The emergence of low-cost computers and the Internet make it possible for more people to access 80)
information. This may cause
A) abuse of information for political and economic power.
B) total loss of computer usage for daily tasks.
C) businesses to fail.
D) too much Internet traffic.

81) Dehumanization of work is often caused by which of the following: 81)

A) advances in automation.
B) the difficulty of protecting one's intellectual property in the digital age.
C) high-tech surveillance devices.
D) the hazards of high-tech crime.

82) The accessibility of graphics and image processing tools have brought about an increased need for 82)
A) visual communication skills. B) less expensive computers.
C) artistic skills. D) keyboarding skills.

83) Many of the jobs that have existed for hundreds of years are no longer needed due to 83)
A) poor ethical and moral decisions. B) voice recognition software.
C) computer crime. D) automation.

84) Opportunities for entertainment and information exploration have been made available because 84)
A) Intel donated money towards the exploration of multimedia.
B) Baby Boomers demanded it.
C) PCs today have an array of of audio, video, and multimedia capabilities.
D) the government requires it on all PCs manufactured after 1999.

85) Handheld computers are also known as 85)

A) laptop computers. B) subnotebooks.
C) thin clients. D) personal digital assistants.

86) The difficulty of defining and protecting intellectual property in an all-digital age refers to all of 86)
the following EXCEPT:
A) personal photographs. B) books.
C) musical recordings. D) software programs.

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 87) Typically, ________ are constructed out of thousands of microprocessors. 87)
A) personal computers B) mainframes
C) supercomputers D) laptops

88) ________ makes it possible for users with diverse computing needs to share expensive computing 88)
equipment.
A) Network Sharing B) Virtual Sharing
C) Timesharing D) Shareware

TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.

89) Internet usage in this country will dramatically decline in the future. 89)

90) Over 90 percent of the world's microprocessors are found in embedded computers or systems. 90)

91) Computers can threaten our privacy, security, and way of life. 91)

92) A personal digital assistant (PDA) also has cell phone capabilities. 92)

93) The explosive growth of the Internet is largely fueled by the rapid expansion of gaming on the 93)
Web.

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

94) ________ applications are commonly used by people who work with numbers. 94)

95) ________ applications combine audio, video, graphics, text, and interactivity all into one 95)
application.

96) ________ intelligence is the branch of computer science that explores the use of computers 96)
in tasks that require intelligence, imagination, and insight.

97) The gap between information technology "haves" and "have nots" is called the ________ 97)
divide.

98) A ________ is the fastest, most powerful computer. 98)

99) A ________ is a refrigerator-sized computer used by large organizations. 99)

100) A change in thinking that results in a new way of seeing the world is called a ________. 100)

101) ________ Law is the prediction by a chairman of Intel in the 1960s that the number of 101)
transistors that can be packed into a silicon chip of the same price would double
approximately every 18 months.

102) A single silicon chip, which contains all of a computer's computational components, is 102)
called a(n) ________.

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103) A type of computer called a ________, also known as a thin client, is a combination 103)
keyboard and monitor with little, if any, local power.

104) A networked computer that contains software and data for other computers is a(n) 104)
________.

105) PC stands for ________ computer. 105)

106) A light-weight, flat-screen, battery-powered computer that can be carried in a briefcase is 106)
known by many terms including portable computer, laptop computer, notebook
computer, and ________.

107) Email stands for ________ mail. 107)

108) An experimental network backed by the U.S. government eventually evolved into the 108)
________.

109) A Web ________ is a program that allows access to the WWW. 109)

110) A computer system that links two or more computers is known as a ________. 110)

111) The ________ Revolution ushered in the industrial age. 111)

112) In the ________ age, most people earn their living working with words, numbers, and 112)
ideas.

113) ________ programs are software tools that transform general-purpose computers into 113)
special-purpose tools.

114) The Apple ________ is one example of a smart phone, which combines features of PDAs, 114)
Internet access devices, phones, digital cameras, and media players.

115) A high-end desktop computer with massive computing power, which is used for 115)
computationally intensive interactive applications such as large-scale scientific data
analysis, is called a(n)________.

116) A microprocessor used as a component of a larger system is called a(n) ________ system. 116)

117) The most common misstatement of Moore's Law is that computer power doubles every 18 117)
________.

118) Computer scientist Alan Kay has said, "The best way to predict the future is to ________ 118)
it."

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MATCHING. Choose the item in column 2 that best matches each item in column 1.

Match the term on the left to its corresponding definition on the right.
119) Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, A) the graphical portion of the Internet
119)
YouTube are examples of
B) the way that millions of Web pages are
120) Internet tied together
120)

121) Xbox 360 C) link computers together

121)

122) World Wide Web D) modern video game console

122)

123) electronic mail E) global connection of networks

123)

124) networks F) transfer files and exchange messages

124)

125) Web browser G) Web 2.0

125)

126) hypertext link H) program to surf the Web

126)

Match the term on the left to its corresponding definition on the right.
127) netbook A) a computer that provides software, data,
127)
and other resources to other computers
128) server over a network
128)

129) workstation B) just a monitor and keyboard

129)

130) microchip C) high-end PC

130)

131) laptop D) extra-light ultra-mobile notebook

computer 131)

132) terminal
E) a personal computer 132)
designed with portability in mind
133) PDA
133)
F) handheld computer

G) a single silicon chip containing all of a

computer's computational components

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Answer Key
Testname: UNTITLED40

1) C
2) B
3) B
4) A
5) B
6) B
7) D
8) D
9) A
10) C
11) C
12) A
13) C
14) D
15) B
16) C
17) D
18) B
19) B
20) A
21) A
22) D
23) A
24) D
25) A
26) B
27) D
28) B
29) A
30) A
31) C
32) A
33) D
34) C
35) B
36) C
37) C
38) C
39) C
40) A
41) B
42) D
43) B
44) A
45) A
46) B
47) B
48) C
49) C
50) A
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Answer Key
Testname: UNTITLED40

51) D
52) D
53) A
54) C
55) A
56) D
57) D
58) C
59) C
60) B
61) A
62) C
63) C
64) D
65) B
66) A
67) A
68) A
69) C
70) C
71) A
72) C
73) C
74) C
75) A
76) A
77) D
78) A
79) B
80) A
81) A
82) A
83) D
84) C
85) D
86) A
87) C
88) C
89) FALSE
90) TRUE
91) TRUE
92) TRUE
93) FALSE
94) Spreadsheet
95) Multimedia
96) Artificial
97) digital
98) supercomputer
99) mainframe
100) paradigm shift
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Answer Key
Testname: UNTITLED40

101) Moore's
102) microprocessor
103) terminal
104) server
105) personal
106) netbook
107) electronic
108) Internet
109) browser
110) network
111) Industrial
112) information
113) Application
114) iPhone
115) workstation
116) embedded
117) months
118) invent
119) G
120) E
121) D
122) A
123) F
124) C
125) H
126) B
127) D
128) A
129) C
130) G
131) E
132) B
133) F

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