Information Systems Today, 4e (Valacich/Schneider)
Technology Briefing Advanced Topics and Trends in Managing the Information
Systems Infrastructure
1) CPU stands for:
A) computer processing unit.
B) control program unit.
C) central processing unit.
D) character parsing unit.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 504
2) ________ devices transform inputs into outputs.
A) Output
B) Input
C) Processing
D) Internet
Answer: B
Page Ref: 499
3) Entering batch data can be done with all of the following devices EXCEPT:
A) scanners.
B) keyboard.
C) bar code.
D) character reader.
,Answer: B
Page Ref: 500
4) Text recognition software:
A) reads text as audible speech.
B) converts handwritten text into characters (as if typed on a keyboard).
C) converts speech into text.
D) analyzes handwriting and identifies forgeries.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 500
5) ________ are a special type of credit card with a magnetic strip, a microprocessing
chip, and memory circuits.
A) Smart cards
B) Scanners
C) Intellisense cards
D) Disc-cards
Answer: A
Page Ref: 501
,6) A process called ________ makes it possible for your computer to digitize spoken
words and display them on the computer monitor.
A) text recognition
B) speech recognition
C) Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
D) Small Talk
Answer: B
Page Ref: 501
7) ________ uses a camera to send a sequence of moving images in a compressed form
over the Internet.
A) Streaming audio
B) Streaming video
C) Streaming input
D) Streaming output
Answer: B
Page Ref: 502
8) Fixed length binary code is called:
A) ASCII.
B) ANSI.
C) Normal text.
D) 0s and 1s.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 502
, 9) The computer's ________ contains all of the components that do the actual processing
work of the computer.
A) foundation
B) main memory
C) control unit
D) motherboard
Answer: D
Page Ref: 502
10) The ________ is the computer's brain. It performs, coordinates, and manages all the
calculations and instructions of the computer.
A) register
B) central processing unit
C) control unit
D) RAM memory
Answer: B
Page Ref: 504
Technology Briefing Advanced Topics and Trends in Managing the Information
Systems Infrastructure
1) CPU stands for:
A) computer processing unit.
B) control program unit.
C) central processing unit.
D) character parsing unit.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 504
2) ________ devices transform inputs into outputs.
A) Output
B) Input
C) Processing
D) Internet
Answer: B
Page Ref: 499
3) Entering batch data can be done with all of the following devices EXCEPT:
A) scanners.
B) keyboard.
C) bar code.
D) character reader.
,Answer: B
Page Ref: 500
4) Text recognition software:
A) reads text as audible speech.
B) converts handwritten text into characters (as if typed on a keyboard).
C) converts speech into text.
D) analyzes handwriting and identifies forgeries.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 500
5) ________ are a special type of credit card with a magnetic strip, a microprocessing
chip, and memory circuits.
A) Smart cards
B) Scanners
C) Intellisense cards
D) Disc-cards
Answer: A
Page Ref: 501
,6) A process called ________ makes it possible for your computer to digitize spoken
words and display them on the computer monitor.
A) text recognition
B) speech recognition
C) Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
D) Small Talk
Answer: B
Page Ref: 501
7) ________ uses a camera to send a sequence of moving images in a compressed form
over the Internet.
A) Streaming audio
B) Streaming video
C) Streaming input
D) Streaming output
Answer: B
Page Ref: 502
8) Fixed length binary code is called:
A) ASCII.
B) ANSI.
C) Normal text.
D) 0s and 1s.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 502
, 9) The computer's ________ contains all of the components that do the actual processing
work of the computer.
A) foundation
B) main memory
C) control unit
D) motherboard
Answer: D
Page Ref: 502
10) The ________ is the computer's brain. It performs, coordinates, and manages all the
calculations and instructions of the computer.
A) register
B) central processing unit
C) control unit
D) RAM memory
Answer: B
Page Ref: 504
