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, CHAPTER 1
PRACTICE TEST
1.
________ is a collection of unprocessed items.
a. Information
b. Data
c. Memory
d. Literacy
2. ________ conveys meaning and is useful to people.
a. Data
b. Literacy
c. Information
d. GUI
________ involves reducing the electricity consumed and environmental waste generated when using a
3. computer.
a. Green computing
b. GUI
c. Enviro-computing
d. Networking
4.
The series of input, process, output, and storage activities are referred to as ________ .
a. the technology cycle
b. enterprise computing
, c. the information processing cycle
d. garbage in/garbage out (GIGO)
Any electric, electronic, or mechanical component of a computer is known as ________ .
a. hardware
b. software
5.
c. the network
d. CPU
A(n) ________ device is any hardware component that allows you to enter data and instructions into a
computer.
a. software
6. b. input
c. network
d. GUI
7. The processor and ________ are the two main components of the motherboard.
a. CPU
b. printer
c. memory
d. modem
8.
The electronic component that interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate the computer is
the ________ .
a. processor
, b. hardware
c. memory
d. software
9. A(n) ________ device is any hardware that conveys information to one or more people.
a. input
b. output
c. GUI
d. storage
10 The ________ is a case that contains electronic components of the computer that are used to process data.
a. CPU
b. processor
c. system unit
d. device
.
________ consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by
11 those instructions.
a. Memory
b. CPU
c. The system unit
d. An input device
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A(n) ________ is a collection of computers and devices connected together via communications devices and
transmission media.