A 3" by 2" picture is scanned at 200 dpi, the total number of BYTES is:
- 3 x 200 x 2 x 200
- 3 x 2 x 200 / 8
- 3 x 200 x 2 x 200 / 8
- 200 x 200
A clock speed of 2 Ghz means the processor works at?
- 2 million cycles per second
- 2 billion cycles per second
- 2 billion words per second
- 2 billion cycles per minute
A control character is?
- An Operating System function
- A non-printable character
- A function of an interface
- Part of an embedded computer
A program for viewing web pages is called?
- Word processor
- Spreadsheet
- A broswer
- Protocol
A storage device that looks like a floppy disc drive, but stores hundreds times more is called?
- A Zip Drive
- A Hard Disk
- An Optical Drive
- A DAT Tape Drive
All the characters that a device can use is called its?
- Character Set
- Character Alphabet
- Characters Codes
- Keyboard Characters
An example of a Standard File Format for text files is:
- JPEG (.jpg)
- Text (.txt)
- Word (.doc)
- Bitmap (.bmp)
Anything you click on to take you to another page / site / section is called a?
- Hyperlink
- E-mail address
- Protocol
- Web address
Backups from file servers are usually stored on?
- Magnetic Tape
- A Floppy Disk
- A Hard Disk
- A DVD-R
From the list, which type of computer would be best for a travelling salesperson
typing up reports?
- Laptop
- Plamtop
- Desktop
- Embedded
From the list, which type of computer would have the most processing power?
- Mainframe
- Desktop
- Embedded
- Laptop
From the list, which type of computer would most likely have the least memory?
- Embedded
- Laptop
- Analogue
- Mainframe
From the list, which type of computer would use a stylus for input?
- Palmtop
- Laptop
- Desktop
- Embedded
How are postive whole numbers stored in a computer?
- Binary
- ASCII
- Pixels
- ANSI
How is text stored in a computer?
- ASCII
- Pixels
- Mantissa
- Bitmap
How many bits are in a byte?
- 1
- 8
- 64
- 256
How many bits of storage would a B & W picture 800 pixels by 600 pixels take up?
- 4 800 000 bits
- 480 000 bits
- 48 000 bits
- 14 000 bits
How many bytes are in a kilobyte?
- 8
- 256
- 1024
- 1 048 576
In black and white bitmaps each pixel is stored as?
- A bit
- A byte
- A megabyte
- An ASCII character
Non-printable ASCII codes are called?
- Control Codes
- Binary Codes
- Character Set
- Extended ASCII
ROM stands for?
- Read Only Memory
- Random Only Memory
- Random Onto Memory
- Read Only Module
Standard File Formats are needed so that?
- Different programs can open the same file
- We can e-mail each other
- Everyone uses the same code
- They understand ASCII
The "brain" of a computer is called?
- The processor
- RAM
- Processor
- ALU
The part of a floating point number that stores the number of places to move the
point is?
- Exponent
- Whole number part
- Power part
- Mantissa
The part of a floating point number that stores the significant figures is?
- Exponent
- Power part
- Mantissa
- Whole number part
The three main parts of the processor are:
- RAM, ROM and Cache
- ALU, Control Unit and Registers
- Cache, Control Unit and Registers
- Control Unit, Registers and RAM
The two parts of a flotaing point number are:
- mantissa and exponent
- mantissa and power
- point and number of places
- significant figures
Which of these can be objects in a database?
- Fields
- Fences
- Gardens
- Trees
Two examples of ASCII control codes are:
- Tab and new page
- New line and copy screen
- Add and subtract
- Turn on computer and turn on printer
What does ASCII stand for?
- American Standard Code for Information Illumination
- American Standard Code for Intelligent Information
- American Standard Characters for Information Interchange
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange