Computer Basics Review

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is true about 1 bit?
C. Represents one binary digit
2. Which of the following terms means approximately 106 bytes?
B. Megabyte
3. Which answer lists the correct number of bits associated with each term?
C. 64 bits per quadruple word
4. Which of the following answers are true about random-access memory (RAM) as it is
normally used inside a personal computer? (Choose two answers.)
A. Used for short-term memory
E. Is installed onto the motherboard
5. This chapter describes the concepts behind how a CPU reads the contents from
RAM. Which of the following is true about the process of read data, as described in
the chapter?
A. The CPU tells the RAM which address holds the data that the CPU wants to
read.
6. A user has opened a word processor, typed the numbers 123456789, and stored the
document as a file called report1. Which of the following determines, in part, what bits
the computer stores in the file to represent the text typed into the report?
C. Character set

7. A user has opened a calculator application, typed the numbers 123456789, and then

done some math problem using this number. Which of the following determines, in
part, what bits the computer stores in RAM to represent the number 123456789?
D. The binary equivalent of binary 123456789
8. Which of the following is not a feature of a file system that might be used with a
hard disk drive?
A. An actuator arm
9. A student writes a report using a word processor, saving the report in a file called
my_report. The student stores the file on his laptop hard disk drive. Later, he posts
the file on a file-sharing site for a classmate to review the report. Then, he copies an
updated version of the file to a flash drive to submit it to his instructor. Which of the
following are some of the important features supplied by files as defined by a
computer OS? (Choose three answers.)
A. Keeps data in order
B. Provides a convenient way to name a set of data for easier operations like
copying and moving
C. Names give users an easy way to reference the data
10. You write some files to a flash drive and then share the drive with a classmate.
That classmate opens an application that lists the contents (folders and files) of
what is on the flash drive. The classmate sees all the files you had placed onto the
flash drive. How does your classmates computer know what is on the flash drive?
A. By reading the file systems directory information, which is stored on the
storage device
11. Which of the following answers best describes how a hard disk drive physically
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writes a binary 0 or 1?
B. Using a magnetic charge
12. Which of the following answers are true about an internal hard disk drive (HDD) as it
is normally used inside a personal computer? (Choose two answers.)
B. Used for long-term memory
D. Connects to the CPU over a bus using a cable
13. Which of the following are components of an internal hard disk drive (HDD)?
(Choose two answers.)
A. Actuator arm
C. Platters
14. Which of the following technologies are considered to be solid state? (Choose two
answers.)
A. RAM
D. USB flash drive
15. A user has opened a word processor, typed the numbers 123456789, and looked at
the number on the screen in the word processor window. The user sits and starts to
daydream about how computers work, particularly about what happened from the
time before she typed 123456789 until the number showed up on the screen. Which
of the following answers lists the first item that the computer will need to consider?
A. Keyboard map

16. A user presses the a key on a computer keyboard. Which of the following answers
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best describes how a keyboard knows that the key was pressed?
D. By closing an electrical circuit connected to the key when the key is pressed
17. In a mechanical computer mouse, the mouse, computer, and display work together
to move the mouse pointer across the screen. When the mouse signals the
computer about how the user has moved the mouse, which of the following answers
best describes what the mouse tells the CPU?
B. Two dimensions: movement as two numbers: one in the direction of the X axis
of an X,Y graph and the other on the Y axis.
18. Which of the following answers describes a feature in common between computer
mice and computer keyboards?
C. Input of commands that control the computer
19. For a particular computer display, the screen resolution is set to 1280 1024. Which
of the following is true about the term screen resolution, these two numbers, and
what they describe? (Choose two answers.)
C. The screen is using more than 1 million pixels.
D. 1024 is the number of items top to bottom in a grid on the screen.
20. Which of the following might be a useful part of a pixel map? (Choose two answers.)
A. Information that identifies each individual pixel on the computer display
B. A binary code for each pixel, defining its color

LIST THE WORDS INSIDE ACRONYMS

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RAM Random Access Memory

OS Operating System
CPU Central Processing Unit
KB Kilobyte
MB Megabyte
GB Gigabyte
TB Terabyte
USB Universal Serial Bus
HDD Hard Disk Drive
ODD Optical Disk Drive
I/O Input and Output
DPI Dots Per Inch