Chapter 4 Test Question Preview (ID: 938)

a) Printed information

b) information that displays on a computer monitor

c) information recorded on a floppy disk

d) information recorded on a compact disc-rewritable

a) the process of writing a certain result to memory

b) the process of obtaining a program instruction or data item from memory

c) the process of translating an instruction into commands a computer can understand

d) the process of carrying out commands

a) the system of suing coding schemes to represent data on a personal computer

b) the system of grouping bits together into bytes

c) a numbering system that has just two unique number digits, 0 and 1

d) a numbering system based on 10

a) binary digit

b) byte digit

c) binary byte

d) backup digit

a) It serves as an input device.

b) It controls the movement of the pointer on the screen.

c) It is used to make selections from the screen.

d) All of the above

a) expansion slot

b) motherboard extender

c) dual inline memory module

d) adapter slot

a) the control unit

b) the executor unit

c) the arithmetic/logic unit

d) the system clock

a) ink-jet printer

b) multifunctional printer

c) dot-pitch printer

d) none of the above

a) a binary digit

b) a byte

c) a bit unit

d) an ASCII code

a) a cathode ray tube

b) a display device

c) soft copy

d) a pixel