Fluency with Information Technology, 6e (Snyder)
Chapter 1 Defining Information Technology: Terms of Endearment
1.1 True/False Questions
1) Software is a collective term for programs; the instructions computers perform to
implement applications.
Answer: TRUE
2) ARM, which stands for Advanced RISC Machine, is a standard processor that is often
used as a component of consumer devices.
Answer: TRUE
3) The computer first digitized the census data in 1980.
Answer: FALSE
4) The camera of a smart phone would be classified as an input device.
Answer: TRUE
5) The early computer ENIAC weighted 30 tons.
Answer: TRUE
6) Transistors helped advance computing because they complicated the assembly process.
Answer: FALSE
7) Writing software is the job of programmers and software developers.
,Answer: TRUE
8) Something can't be considered a computer unless it has a keyboard attached to it.
Answer: FALSE
9) In software, the agent is anything that can follow instructions.
Answer: TRUE
10) In computing, data is represented numbers, whether stored in memory, on the hard
disk, or in the cloud, or anywhere else.
Answer: TRUE
11) Most of the information today is delivered by Libraries.
Answer: FALSE
12) Describing a technical problem using the right words helps facilitate a speedy and
helpful answer from tech support.
Answer: TRUE
13) Nearly every computational task has only a single way of being solved.
Answer: FALSE
14) Only a computer can use digital information
Answer: FALSE
15) An integrated circuit contains transistors (among other things).
Answer: TRUE
1.2 Multiple-Choice Questions
,1) A precise, systematic method for producing a specified result is a(n):
A) abacus
B) algorithm
C) computation
D) agent
Answer: B
2) Booting a computer means to:
A) restart the computer
B) run a program from the hard disk
C) start the computer
D) none of the above
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Booting the computer is the process where the computer gets itself
running.
3) In the story of the tortoise and the hare, the abstraction is:
A) slow and steady wins the race
B) the tortoise
C) the hare
D) speed is deceiving
Answer: A
Explanation: A) The meaning beyond the story is that steady progress will accomplish a
goal.
, 4) Understanding how the pedals on your bike transfer power to the wheels:
A) is a generalization
B) makes you operationally attuned
C) is an abstraction
D) is an algorithm
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Understanding how a system works makes you operationally attuned.
Chapter 1 Defining Information Technology: Terms of Endearment
1.1 True/False Questions
1) Software is a collective term for programs; the instructions computers perform to
implement applications.
Answer: TRUE
2) ARM, which stands for Advanced RISC Machine, is a standard processor that is often
used as a component of consumer devices.
Answer: TRUE
3) The computer first digitized the census data in 1980.
Answer: FALSE
4) The camera of a smart phone would be classified as an input device.
Answer: TRUE
5) The early computer ENIAC weighted 30 tons.
Answer: TRUE
6) Transistors helped advance computing because they complicated the assembly process.
Answer: FALSE
7) Writing software is the job of programmers and software developers.
,Answer: TRUE
8) Something can't be considered a computer unless it has a keyboard attached to it.
Answer: FALSE
9) In software, the agent is anything that can follow instructions.
Answer: TRUE
10) In computing, data is represented numbers, whether stored in memory, on the hard
disk, or in the cloud, or anywhere else.
Answer: TRUE
11) Most of the information today is delivered by Libraries.
Answer: FALSE
12) Describing a technical problem using the right words helps facilitate a speedy and
helpful answer from tech support.
Answer: TRUE
13) Nearly every computational task has only a single way of being solved.
Answer: FALSE
14) Only a computer can use digital information
Answer: FALSE
15) An integrated circuit contains transistors (among other things).
Answer: TRUE
1.2 Multiple-Choice Questions
,1) A precise, systematic method for producing a specified result is a(n):
A) abacus
B) algorithm
C) computation
D) agent
Answer: B
2) Booting a computer means to:
A) restart the computer
B) run a program from the hard disk
C) start the computer
D) none of the above
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Booting the computer is the process where the computer gets itself
running.
3) In the story of the tortoise and the hare, the abstraction is:
A) slow and steady wins the race
B) the tortoise
C) the hare
D) speed is deceiving
Answer: A
Explanation: A) The meaning beyond the story is that steady progress will accomplish a
goal.
, 4) Understanding how the pedals on your bike transfer power to the wheels:
A) is a generalization
B) makes you operationally attuned
C) is an abstraction
D) is an algorithm
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Understanding how a system works makes you operationally attuned.
