Computer Systems (G) 2

By Computing Department


1. To put a page from a book into your computer, the input device that you would use would be a...

    Keyboard

    Scanner

    Digital Video Camera

    Microphone

2. To put a snap you took while on holiday into your computer, the input device that you would use would be a...

    Digital Still Camera

    Webcam

    Keyboard

    Microphone

3. To put a video clip of your vist to Florida into your computer, the input device that you would use would be a...

    Digital Still Camera

    Scanner

    Digital Video Camera

    Microphone

4. To put a song that you are singing into your computer, the input device that you would use would be a...

    Digital Still Camera

    Scanner

    Digital Video Camera

    Microphone

5. To let your friend see you at the same time as you talk to her over the internet, the input device that you would use would be a...

    Keyboard

    Webcam

    Digital stll camera

    Scanner

6. When referring to printers what does ppm stand for?

    Points per minute

    Paragraphs per minute

    Pages per minute

    Phrases per minute

7. When referring to printers what does dpi stand for?

    Displays per inch

    Dots per 1 metre

    Dashes per inch

    Dots per inch

8. Which of the following printers has the highest resolution but slowest printing speed?

    1200 dpi at 2 ppm

    300 dpi at 2 ppm

    800 dpi at 8ppm

    1200 dpi at 16 ppm

9. Laser printers are usually cheaper than ink jet printers.

    True

    False

10. LCD stands for...

    Liquid Crystal Display

    Light Crystal Display

    Light Clear Display

    Liquid Clear Display

11. TFT stands for...

    Thick Film Transistor

    Thin Film Resistor

    Thin Film Transistor

    Thick Film Resistor

12. LCD and TFT screens are used in portable computers because they are...

    Heavy, and use mains electricity only.

    Bulky and heavy.

    Light, and can use battery electricity.

    Light, and use mains electricity only.

13. To hear multimedia sounds or music via your computer, you should have a good set of........

    Microphones

    Scanners

    Keyboards

    Loudspeakers

14. CD-ROM stands for complete disc read only memory

    True

    False

15. DVD-ROM stands for digital versatile disc read only memory.

    True

    False

16. In DVD-R or CD-R, the R stands for.....

    Reproducable

    Repairable

    Recordable

    Readable

17. In DVD-RW or CD-RW the RW stands for.....

    Rewriteable

    Reorderable

    Reproducible

    Reprehensible

18. RW discs can be written to once only...

    True

    False

19. CD-R or DVD-R discs, once they have been fully written to they can never be written to again.

    True

    False

20. Which of the following types of backing storage is the fastest, cheapest in Mb per pound, and has the largest capacity?

    CD-R

    Hard Disc

    DVD-RW

    Floppy Disc

21. A USB flash drive could have a capacity of...

    7 Mb

    512 Mb

    4.7 Gb

    160 Gb

22. Which of the following would be the dearest in terms of cost per Mb.

    Hard disc

    CD-R

    USB flash drive

    DVD-R