Information Systems CLEP Exam

A popular plug-in application that enables readers to view, navigate, and print files in Portable Document Format is __________. - Answer-Acrobat Reader A ____ is a thin desktop monitor that detaches from the computer to function as a portable wireless touch screen, which can access the computer remotely. - Answer- smart display A _____ has pins on opposite sides of the circuit board that connect together to form one set of contacts. - Answer-SIMM (single inline memory module) An 8-bit video card (also called 8-bit color) uses 8 bits to store information about each pixel and thus can display _____ different colors. - Answer-256 A GPS receiver is a handheld, mountable, or embedded device that can contain all of the following except a(n) _____. - Answer-floppy disk When a computer sends data over the Internet, the data is divided into small pieces called _____. - Answer-packets With ISDN, the same telephone line that could carry only one computer signal now can carry three or more signals at once through the same line, using a technique called _____. - Answer-multiplexing For small business and home networks, a ____ allows multiple computers to share a single high-speed Internet connection such as a cable modem or DSL modem. - Answer-router _____ enables users to listen to music as it downloads to their computers. - Answer- Streaming audio A _____ equals approximately 1 billion bytes. - Answer-gigabyte (GB) _____ is used primarily on mainframe computers and high-end servers. - Answer- Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) Manufacturers often use _____ to represent the sharpness of an image on a display screen. - Answer-pixels per inch (PPI) A _____ is a high-speed network that connects networks in an area such as a city or town and handles the bulk of communications activity across that region. - Answer- metropolitan area network (MAN) Client/server network architecture usually ___________. - Answer-provides several computers with data and resources from a single computer A major shortcoming of a ring network is that __________. - Answer-it can not span as large a distance as a bus network can Wireless transmission media used in communications include all of the following except _____. - Answer-fiber-optic cable _____ is the process of a computer receiving information, such as a Web page, from a server on the Internet. - Answer-Downloading A(n) _____ is a compiled program that runs on the client. - Answer-applet The _____ standard defines how a Web server communicates with outside sources. - Answer-CGI (common gateway interface) In a computer processor, the control unit __________. - Answer-directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer Spyware in a computer __________. - Answer-secretly collects information about the user, often related to the person's Web-browsing habits Bell Labs licensed _____ for a low fee to numerous colleges and universities, where the operating system obtained a wide following. - Answer-UNIX Compressed files are also called __________ files. - Answer-zipped In object-oriented (OO) design, the concept of packaging data and procedures into a single object is called _____. - Answer-encapsulation A(n) _____ version is a test version of a system is not ready for release but is stable enough to be tested by end users. - Answer-beta _____ is a set of technologies from Microsoft that allows almost any type of program to run on the Internet or an internal business network. - Answer-NET A program has its own documentation, called _____. - Answer-comments The machine language version that results from compiling a 3GL is called the _____. - Answer-object code or object program A(n) _____ is an action to which an object-oriented program responds. - Answer- event Some users input music and other sound effects using external _____ devices such as an electronic piano keyboard. - Answer-MIDI A _____ is a window on the screen that displays notes and drawings simultaneously on the screens of all participants in a video conference. - Answer-whiteboard