ICS 100 – Example/Practice Quiz – Chapter 1 & 2

Spring 2007

1/24/07

1. All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:

A. spam.

B. Viruses.

C. hackers.

D. identity theft.

2. ________ is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do

A. Nanotechnology

B. Artificial intelligence (AI)

C. Simulation

D. Nanoscience

3. ________ is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion.

A. Software

B. A program

C. A process

D. Information

4. After a picture has been taken with a digital camera and processed appropriately, the actual print of the picture is considered:

A. data.

B. the process.

C. input.

D. output.

5. ________ is any part of the computer that you can physically touch

A. A peripheral

B. A device

C. An application

D. Hardware

6. The most common keyboard uses the ________ layout

A. Alpha

B. Numeric

C. Dvorak

D. QWERTY

7. The ________ is the largest and most important chip in the computer.

A. RAM chip

B. memory chip

C. motherboard

D. central processing unit (CPU)

8. The hard disk drive is considered ________ storage.

A. legacy

B. temporary

C. nonvolatile

D. read-only

9. Data can be a number, a word, a picture, or a sound.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

10. The four main functions of a computer are: input the data, process the data, output the data or information, and communicate the data or information.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE Input process output store data

11.The Windows key is on both PC and Macintosh keyboards.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE Windows key not on a Mac

12. Modern operating systems recommend that users shut down the system by pushing the main power button.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE Shut Down Through OS using the Mouse “Start Turn Off Computer” in Windows