Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What are devices called that translate data into a
form the computer can process?
a. | input hardware | c. | printer | b. | output hardware | d. | storage
hardware |
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Devices that translate information processed by the
computer into a form that humans can understand are called ________.
a. | input hardware | c. | storage hardware | b. | output hardware | d. | keyboards |
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Data entered into a computer for processing is
called ________.
a. | hard copy | c. | input | b. | output hardware | d. | output |
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Data entered into a computer using a keyboard is
called ________.
a. | output | c. | printing | b. | register | d. | input |
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Results of processing are referred to as
________.
a. | output | c. | input data | b. | input | d. | commands |
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Which of the following is NOT an input
device?
a. | light pen | c. | scanner | b. | webcam | d. | monitor |
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Which of the following is NOT an output
device?
a. | monitor | c. | microphone | b. | printer | d. | speaker |
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Which of the following terminals is not capable of
processing data?
a. | dumb terminal | c. | Internet terminal | b. | intelligent terminal | d. | network
computer |
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Which of the following pointing devices are used
most often on microcomputers?
a. | touchpad | c. | joy stick | b. | mouse | d. | none of the
above |
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What is the pointing device normally found on the
keyboard of laptop computers that looks like a pencil eraser called?
a. | trackball | c. | touch screen | b. | touchpad | d. | pointing stick |
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Which pointing device looks like an upside-down
computer mouse?
a. | digitizer | c. | trackball | b. | light pen | d. | pointing stick |
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12.
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Which pointing device uses a mouse-like copying
apparatus called a puck to convert drawings to digital data?
a. | digitizer | c. | pointing stick | b. | light pen | d. | trackball |
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A small, flat surface used mostly on laptop
computers over which users slide their finger to move the cursor is called a
________.
a. | trackball | c. | touchpad | b. | pointing stick | d. | mouse |
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Which device uses light-sensing equipment to
convert images of text, drawings, and photos into digital form?
a. | light pen | c. | digitizer | b. | scanner | d. | pointing stick |
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What are vertical zebra-striped marks placed on
manufactured items called?
a. | zip codes | c. | bar codes | b. | scanner codes | d. | price codes |
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Which kind of device reads the numbers printed at
the bottom of checks?
a. | Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) | c. | Optical Character-Recognition (OCR) | b. | Magnetic Ink Character-Recognition (MICR) | d. | Universal Product
Code (UPC) |
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Which kind of device reads "bubble" marks
and converts them into computer-usable form?
a. | Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) | c. | Optical Character-Recognition (OCR) | b. | Magnetic Ink Character-Recognition (MICR) | d. | Universal Product
Code (UPC) |
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Which device converts images and sends them to the
same kind of device over a telephone line?
a. | printer | c. | mouse | b. | scanner | d. | fax |
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Which device uses a light-sensitive processor chip
to capture photographic images in digital form on a diskette or on flash memory?
a. | webcam | c. | scanner | b. | digital camera | d. | video card |
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Which of the following converts a person's
speech into digital signals to store them in the computer?
a. | speech recognition system | c. | mouse | b. | sound card | d. | sensor |
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Which of the following devices can be used to
transfer a document or graphic image to a digitalized format?
a. | pointing device | c. | audio-input device | b. | scanning device | d. | voice-recognition
system |
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Which of the following devices would a user need to
utilize icons in window-based software?
a. | pointing device | c. | audio-input device | b. | scanning device | d. | voice-recognition
system |
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Which of the following devices records analog sound
and translates it for digital storage and processing?
a. | speech-recognition system | c. | audio-input
device | b. | scanning device | d. | pointing device |
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Which of the following will a scientist wishing to
collect data directly from the environment use?
a. | biometric systems | c. | radio-frequency identification
devices | b. | line-of-sight systems | d. | sensors |
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Tolls are automatically charged to drivers'
accounts when they pass tollbooths because of which of the following
technologies?
a. | biometric systems | c. | radio-frequency identification
devices | b. | line-of-sight systems | d. | sensors |
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Security devices that identify a person through
fingerprint, voice integration or retinal-identification are an example of which of the following
technologies?
a. | biometric systems | c. | radio-frequency identification
devices | b. | line-of-sight systems | d. | sensors |
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Which of the following is NOT a pointing
device?
a. | scanner | c. | touchpad | b. | light pen | d. | trackball |
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Which of the following does NOT convert images into
digital form?
a. | digital cammera | c. | digitizer | b. | bar code reader | d. | scanner |
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Which of the following does not use a
speech-recognition system?
a. | Recording inventory counts
verbally | c. | Recording a message on a phone answering
machine | b. | Communicating stock trades | d. | Vocalizing
information for patients' charts |
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Which of the following is NOT a use of a
sensor?
a. | Reading credit card information | c. | Reading earth movements along earthquake fault
lines | b. | Adjusting traffic lights after reading speed and volume
of traffic | d. | Sensing winter weather to determine when to use snow
plows |
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Which of the following is NOT a use of a
radio-frequency identification device?
a. | Tracking packages through the postal
system | c. | Detecting ice build up on airplane
wings | b. | Keeping track of railroad
cars | d. | Monitoring store inventory |
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Data and information that is shown on a display
screen is called ________.
a. | softcopy | c. | electronic copy | b. | hardcopy | d. | edit copy |
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The amount of space between centers of adjacent
pixels is called ________.
a. | resolution | c. | dot pitch | b. | clarity rate | d. | refresh rate |
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What is the image sharpness of a display screen
called?
a. | resolution | c. | dot pitch | b. | clarity rate | d. | refresh rate |
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The number of times per second that pixels are
recharged is called ________.
a. | resolution | c. | dot pitch | b. | clarity rate | d. | refresh rate |
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What is the amount of information that is stored in
a dot and expressed in bits called?
a. | resolution | c. | dot pitch | b. | clarity rate | d. | color depth |
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What is a vacuum tube used as a display screen in a
computer or video display terminal called?
a. | active-matrix display | c. | flat-panel display | b. | liquid crystal display | d. | cathode-ray
tube |
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In which display is each pixel on the flat-panel
screen controlled by its own transistor?
a. | active-matrix display | c. | passive-matrix display | b. | liquid crystal
display | d. | cathode-ray
tube |
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A display device made up of two plates of glass
separated by a layer of a substance in which light is manipulated is a ________.
a. | projector | c. | cathode-ray tube | b. | flat-panel display | d. | vacuum tube |
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Which printer uses a print head of small pins,
which strike an inked ribbon against paper to form characters or images?
a. | ink-jet | c. | dot-matrix | b. | laser | d. | non-impact |
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Which of the following is NOT a type of non-impact
printer?
a. | ink-jet printer | c. | dot-matrix printer | b. | laser printer | d. | thermal
printer |
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What is a non-impact printer that creates
characters and images with dots by using a drum and toner called?
a. | ink-jet | c. | dot-matrix | b. | laser | d. | bubble-jet |
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What is a device that produces digitized sounds
such as beeps, chirps, and music called?
a. | audio output device | c. | audible output device | b. | voice output
device | d. | sound output device |
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What is a device that converts digital data into
speech-like sounds called?
a. | audio output device | c. | audible output device | b. | voice output
device | d. | sound output device |
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Which of the following does NOT affect screen
clarity?
a. | screen size | c. | resolution | b. | dot pitch | d. | refresh rate |
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46.
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The concept of creating safer and more efficient
equipment is called ________.
a. | prudent avoidance | c. | product design | b. | ergonomics | d. | workplace
design |
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Utilizing a computer screen with poor resolution or
glare problems could cause which of the following injuries?
a. | carpal tunnel syndrome | c. | computer vision syndrome | b. | repetitive stress
injuries | d. | back and neck pain |
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48.
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Which of the following is NOT an example of
ergonomic design innovations?
a. | hinged keyboards | c. | title screens | b. | mouse
pad | d. | wrist
pad |
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