ITE 272 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
The ____ software layer has utility programs used by system management and application programs to
perform common functions. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅system services
A ____ is a group of similar or identical computers, connected by a high-speed network, that cooperate
to provide services or run a single application. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅cluster
A ____ consists of hardware and software components that enable users and computer systems to
share information, software, and hardware resources. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅computer network
Data can be represented as pulses of light and stored indirectly, such as ____. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅on the surface of a DVD
Early mechanical computation devices were built to perform ____. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅repetitive mathematical calculations
____ physics describes the behavior of matter at a subatomic level. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Quantum
A ____ is a circuit board that contains most of a server. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅blade
Any matter that stores data in multiple simultaneous quantum states is called a ____. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅qubit
A ____ is a computer system designed to meet a single user's information-processing needs. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅microcomputer
A ____ is designed for one purpose—rapid mathematical computation. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅supercomputer
, The ____ data type has only two data values—true and false. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅boolean
The term "____" describes the number of bits used to represent a numeric value. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅compactness
In the decimal or binary notations, the symbol used to represent a digit and the digit's position in a
string determines its ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅value
The assignment of numeric codes to characters follows a specific order called a(n) ____. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅collating sequence
A(n) ____ is an ordered list in which each element can be referenced by an index to its position. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅array
A ____ data format combines two adjacent fixed-length data items to hold a single value. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅double-precision
In ____ notation, nonnegative integer values are represented as ordinary binary values. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅twos complement
____ is a character-coding method developed by IBM in the 1960s and used in all IBM mainframes well
into the 2000s. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅EBCDIC
A sequence of records on secondary storage is called a ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅file
The multiplier that describes the difference between one position and the next is the ____ of the
numbering system. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅base
The ____ can extract a single bit from a bit string. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅logic SHIFT
ANSWERS
The ____ software layer has utility programs used by system management and application programs to
perform common functions. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅system services
A ____ is a group of similar or identical computers, connected by a high-speed network, that cooperate
to provide services or run a single application. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅cluster
A ____ consists of hardware and software components that enable users and computer systems to
share information, software, and hardware resources. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅computer network
Data can be represented as pulses of light and stored indirectly, such as ____. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅on the surface of a DVD
Early mechanical computation devices were built to perform ____. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅repetitive mathematical calculations
____ physics describes the behavior of matter at a subatomic level. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Quantum
A ____ is a circuit board that contains most of a server. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅blade
Any matter that stores data in multiple simultaneous quantum states is called a ____. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅qubit
A ____ is a computer system designed to meet a single user's information-processing needs. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅microcomputer
A ____ is designed for one purpose—rapid mathematical computation. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅supercomputer
, The ____ data type has only two data values—true and false. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅boolean
The term "____" describes the number of bits used to represent a numeric value. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅compactness
In the decimal or binary notations, the symbol used to represent a digit and the digit's position in a
string determines its ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅value
The assignment of numeric codes to characters follows a specific order called a(n) ____. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅collating sequence
A(n) ____ is an ordered list in which each element can be referenced by an index to its position. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅array
A ____ data format combines two adjacent fixed-length data items to hold a single value. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅double-precision
In ____ notation, nonnegative integer values are represented as ordinary binary values. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅twos complement
____ is a character-coding method developed by IBM in the 1960s and used in all IBM mainframes well
into the 2000s. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅EBCDIC
A sequence of records on secondary storage is called a ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅file
The multiplier that describes the difference between one position and the next is the ____ of the
numbering system. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅base
The ____ can extract a single bit from a bit string. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅logic SHIFT
