Computer Systems 6

A 3" by 2" picture is scanned at 200 dpi, the total number of BYTES is:
1. 3 x 200 x 2 x 200
2. 3 x 2 x 200 / 8
3. 3 x 200 x 2 x 200 / 8
4. 200 x 200
A clock speed of 2 Ghz means the processor works at?
1. 2 million cycles per second
2. 2 billion cycles per second
3. 2 billion words per second
4. 2 billion cycles per minute
A control character is?
1. An Operating System function
2. A non-printable character
3. A function of an interface
4. Part of an embedded computer
A program for viewing web pages is called?
1. Word processor
2. Spreadsheet
3. A broswer
4. Protocol
A storage device that looks like a floppy disc drive, but stores hundreds times more is called?
1. A Zip Drive
2. A Hard Disk
3. An Optical Drive
4. A DAT Tape Drive
All the characters that a device can use is called its?
1. Character Set
2. Character Alphabet
3. Characters Codes
4. Keyboard Characters
An example of a Standard File Format for text files is:
1. JPEG (.jpg)
2. Text (.txt)
3. Word (.doc)
4. Bitmap (.bmp)
Anything you click on to take you to another page / site / section is called a?
1. Hyperlink
2. E-mail address
3. Protocol
4. Web address
Backups from file servers are usually stored on?
1. Magnetic Tape
2. A Floppy Disk
3. A Hard Disk
4. A DVD-R
From the list, which type of computer would be best for a travelling salesperson

typing up reports?
1. Laptop
2. Plamtop
3. Desktop
4. Embedded
From the list, which type of computer would have the most processing power?
1. Mainframe
2. Desktop
3. Embedded
4. Laptop
From the list, which type of computer would most likely have the least memory?
1. Embedded
2. Laptop
3. Analogue
4. Mainframe
From the list, which type of computer would use a stylus for input?
1. Palmtop
2. Laptop
3. Desktop
4. Embedded
How are postive whole numbers stored in a computer?
1. Binary
2. ASCII
3. Pixels
4. ANSI
How is text stored in a computer?
1. ASCII
2. Pixels
3. Mantissa
4. Bitmap
How many bits are in a byte?
1. 1
2. 8
3. 64
4. 256
How many bits of storage would a B & W picture 800 pixels by 600 pixels take up?
1. 4 800 000 bits
2. 480 000 bits
3. 48 000 bits
4. 14 000 bits
How many bytes are in a kilobyte?
1. 8
2. 256
3. 1024
4. 1 048 576
In black and white bitmaps each pixel is stored as?
1. A bit
2. A byte
3. A megabyte
4. An ASCII character
Non-printable ASCII codes are called?
1. Control Codes
2. Binary Codes
3. Character Set
4. Extended ASCII
ROM stands for?
1. Read Only Memory
2. Random Only Memory
3. Random Onto Memory
4. Read Only Module
Standard File Formats are needed so that?
1. Different programs can open the same file
2. We can e-mail each other
3. Everyone uses the same code
4. They understand ASCII
The "brain" of a computer is called?
1. The processor
2. RAM
3. Processor
4. ALU
The part of a floating point number that stores the number of places to move the

point is?
1. Exponent
2. Whole number part
3. Power part
4. Mantissa
The part of a floating point number that stores the significant figures is?
1. Exponent
2. Power part
3. Mantissa
4. Whole number part
The three main parts of the processor are:
1. RAM, ROM and Cache
2. ALU, Control Unit and Registers
3. Cache, Control Unit and Registers
4. Control Unit, Registers and RAM
The two parts of a flotaing point number are:
1. mantissa and exponent
2. mantissa and power
3. point and number of places
4. significant figures
Which of these can be objects in a database?
1. Fields
2. Fences
3. Gardens
4. Trees
Two examples of ASCII control codes are:
1. Tab and new page
2. New line and copy screen
3. Add and subtract
4. Turn on computer and turn on printer
What does ASCII stand for?
1. American Standard Code for Information Illumination
2. American Standard Code for Intelligent Information
3. American Standard Characters for Information Interchange
4. American Standard Code for Information Interchange

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