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Study Guide to
Accompany Computers and Data Processing
,Chapter 1
The Information Revolution
Multiple Choice
Introducing the Computer
1. The Revolution Is β period of change that has been caused by advances In computer
technology.
(a) Microprocessor
(b) Software
(c) Information *
(d) Computer
(e) Industrial
2. Computers help us to extend our power.
(a) brain *
(b) user-friendly
(c) microprocessor
(d) muscle
(e) hardware
3. Due to the vast amounts of data we process and use we have become a( n) -based
society.
(a) software
(b) silicon chip
(c) hardware
(d) data communications
(e) information *
4. Computerized are replacing many blue-collar workers on assembly lines.
(a) lasers
(b) robots *
(c) programmers
(d) expert systems
(e) scanning systems
5. are tiny computers etched onto thin slivers of silicon called silicon chips.
(a) Computer programs
(b) Lasers
(c) Computer graphics
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(d) Microprocessors *
(e) Operating systems
6. The instructions that computers follow are called computer
(a) outputs
(b) graphics
(c) hardware
(d) flowcharts
(e) programs *
7. The software that a computer uses is written by computer
(a) hardware
(b) outputs
(c) programmers *
(d) graphics
(e) expert systems
8. Many household appliances have computers.
(a) talking *
(b) laser
(c) fiber optic
(d) word processing
(e) intelligent
9. cost a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, can fit on a desktop, and have the
power of the "giant brains" of a few decades ago.
(a) Computerized scanning systems
(b) Fiber optics
(c) Computer programmers
(d) Personal computers *
(e) Lasers
10. Computerized systems are used to typeset books.
(a) laser-scanning
(b) photocomposition *
(c) graphics
(d)touch-sensing
(e) data communication
The Benefits
11. Computers are essentially tools.
(a) living
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(b) thinking
(c) problem-solving *
(d) reasoning
(e) communications
12. To benefit from a computer you must ask the right questions about a problem and be able to
that information correctly.
(a) facilitate
(b) reduce
(c) extend
(d) conserve
(e) manipulate *
13. Which of the following is not always considered a benefit computers can offer?
(a) reduce tedious work
(b) help the handicapped
(c) explore space
(d) increase leisure time
(e) replace human workers *
The Dangers
14. Which of the following would not generally considered a danger that computers could
bring?
(a) Invasion of privacy
(b) Massive unemployment
(c) Relegate people to pushing buttons
(d) Exploring space *
(e) Displacing workers
Looking to the Future
15. Systems that are easily understood by untrained people are said to be
(a) user-friendly *
(b) touch-sensitive
(c) personal computers
(d) expert systems
(e) information-based
16. Speech and systems can converse with their users in everydoy English.
(a) printing, holography
(b) communications, data flow
Study Guide to
Accompany Computers and Data Processing
,Chapter 1
The Information Revolution
Multiple Choice
Introducing the Computer
1. The Revolution Is β period of change that has been caused by advances In computer
technology.
(a) Microprocessor
(b) Software
(c) Information *
(d) Computer
(e) Industrial
2. Computers help us to extend our power.
(a) brain *
(b) user-friendly
(c) microprocessor
(d) muscle
(e) hardware
3. Due to the vast amounts of data we process and use we have become a( n) -based
society.
(a) software
(b) silicon chip
(c) hardware
(d) data communications
(e) information *
4. Computerized are replacing many blue-collar workers on assembly lines.
(a) lasers
(b) robots *
(c) programmers
(d) expert systems
(e) scanning systems
5. are tiny computers etched onto thin slivers of silicon called silicon chips.
(a) Computer programs
(b) Lasers
(c) Computer graphics
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(d) Microprocessors *
(e) Operating systems
6. The instructions that computers follow are called computer
(a) outputs
(b) graphics
(c) hardware
(d) flowcharts
(e) programs *
7. The software that a computer uses is written by computer
(a) hardware
(b) outputs
(c) programmers *
(d) graphics
(e) expert systems
8. Many household appliances have computers.
(a) talking *
(b) laser
(c) fiber optic
(d) word processing
(e) intelligent
9. cost a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, can fit on a desktop, and have the
power of the "giant brains" of a few decades ago.
(a) Computerized scanning systems
(b) Fiber optics
(c) Computer programmers
(d) Personal computers *
(e) Lasers
10. Computerized systems are used to typeset books.
(a) laser-scanning
(b) photocomposition *
(c) graphics
(d)touch-sensing
(e) data communication
The Benefits
11. Computers are essentially tools.
(a) living
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(b) thinking
(c) problem-solving *
(d) reasoning
(e) communications
12. To benefit from a computer you must ask the right questions about a problem and be able to
that information correctly.
(a) facilitate
(b) reduce
(c) extend
(d) conserve
(e) manipulate *
13. Which of the following is not always considered a benefit computers can offer?
(a) reduce tedious work
(b) help the handicapped
(c) explore space
(d) increase leisure time
(e) replace human workers *
The Dangers
14. Which of the following would not generally considered a danger that computers could
bring?
(a) Invasion of privacy
(b) Massive unemployment
(c) Relegate people to pushing buttons
(d) Exploring space *
(e) Displacing workers
Looking to the Future
15. Systems that are easily understood by untrained people are said to be
(a) user-friendly *
(b) touch-sensitive
(c) personal computers
(d) expert systems
(e) information-based
16. Speech and systems can converse with their users in everydoy English.
(a) printing, holography
(b) communications, data flow
