Computer Awareness Quiz – 53

1. ____________ is a set of computer programs used on a computer to help perform tasks.
a) An instruction
b) Software
c) Memory
d) A processor

2. System software is the set of programs that enables your computers hardware devices and ____________ software to work together.
a) management
b) processing
c) utility
d) application

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d) application

3. The PC (personal computer) and the Apple Macintosh are examples of two different:
a) platforms.
b) applications.
c) programs.
d) storage devices.

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a) platforms.

4. Apple Macintoshes (Macs) and PCs use different ____________ to process data and different operating systems.
a) languages
b) methods
c) CPUs
d) storage devices

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c) CPUs

5. Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connected to a:

a) network.
b) mainframe.
c) supercomputer.
d) client.

6. Smaller and less expensive PC-based servers are replacing ____________ in many businesses.
a) supercomputers
b) clients
c) laptops
d) mainframes

7. ____________ are specially designed computers that perform complex calculations extremely rapidly.
a) Servers
b) Supercomputers
c) Laptops
d) Mainframes

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b) Supercomputers

8. DSL is an example of a(n) ____________ connection.
a) network
b) wireless
c) slow
d) broadband

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d) broadband

9. The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the:
a) digital divide.
b) Internet divide.
c) Web divide.
d) broadband divide.

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a) digital divide.

10. ____________ is the science revolving around the use of nano structures to build devices on an extremely small scale.
a) Nanotechnology
b) Micro-technology
c) Computer forensics
d) Artificial intelligence

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a) Nanotechnology