1. Which of the following is an input device that, when moved by the user on a flat surface, causes a pointer on the screen to move accordingly?
- 1) wand reader
- 2) mouse
- 3) keyboard
- 4) bar-code reader
- 5) scanner
2. A bar code reader is an example of a(n)
- 1) processing device
- 2) storage device
- 3) input device
- 4) output device
- 5) printer
3. If you regularly send letters to people, what type of program would you use to create the letters?
- 1) Hardware
- 2) System software
- 3) Utility software
- 4) Application software
- 5) None of these
4. A computer gets ________ with the help of mouse or keyboard.
- 1) insert
- 2) instructions
- 3) guidance
- 4) input
- 5) None of these
5. Dot-matrix is a type of________
- 1) tape
- 2) printer
- 3) disk
- 4) bus
- 5) None of these
6. Which of the following represents one billion characters?
- 1) Byte
- 2) Gigabyte
- 3) Kilobyte
- 4) Megabyte
- 5) Terabyte .
7. Which of the following menu types is also called a drop-down menu?
- 1) Fly-down
- 2) Pop-down
- 3) Pop-up
- 4) Pull-up
- 5) Pull-down
8. What is an onscreen picture that represents objects, such as a program or file?
- 1) Spool
- 2) NOS
- 3) Page
- 4) Pointer
- 5) Icon
Which of the following is not necessary to be considered computer-literate?
- 1) The ability to write the instructions that direct a computer
- 2) An awareness of the computer’s importance, versatility, and pervasiveness in society
- 3) Knowledge of what computers are and how they work
- 4) The ability to interact with computers using simple applications
- 5) None of these
10. An area of the microprocessor chip used to temporarily store instructions and data that the processor is likely to use frequently is termed a(n)_______________
- 1) ALU
- 2) Bus
- 3) Cache
- 4) CPU
- 5) Flash
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