SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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●● The equipment that processes data in order to create information is
called the.
Answer: Hardware
●● In most cases the word software is interchangeable with the word.
Answer: Program
●● What are the two major softwareTypes.
Answer: System software and application software
●● Which of the following is a collection of programs rather than a
single program.
Answer: System software
●● Background software that helps the computer manage resources is
called.
Answer: System software
,●● Identify the program that coordinates Computer Resources, provides
an interface between users and the computer, and runs applications.
Answer: Operating system
●● Antivirus programs protect your computer system from viruses or
malicious programs. This is an example of which type of software.
Answer: Utilities
●● System software includes all of the following except.
Answer: Browser
●● Which of the following computers is also referred to as a server and
is used to support end users for things such as retrieving data from a
database or providing access to application software.
Answer: Mid-range
●● Desktop, laptop, and tablet computers, and mobile devices are
classified as.
Answer: Personal computers
●● The most widely used handheld computers are.
Answer: Smartphones
,●● A microcomputer that is smaller, lighter, and less powerful than a
notebook, and which has a touch-sensitive screen, is called a.
Answer: Tablet
●● This computer component holds the program and data that is
currently being processed.
Answer: Ram
●● Which of the following will not retain data after computer is turned
off.
Answer: Ram
●● Identify the four basic categories of Hardware in a microcomputer
system.
Answer: System unit, input / output, secondary storage, and
communication
●● This Hardware houses most of the electronic components that make
up a computer system.
Answer: System unit
●● Which of the following are two important components of the system
unit.
Answer: Microprocessor and memory
, ●● Which one of the following is not considered a form of secondary.
Answer: Ram
●● _____ are the most important part of any information system.
Answer: People
●● Launched in 1969 as a US funded project that developed and
National computer that work, then turn it was initially called.
Answer: Arpanet
●● The web was introduced in 1991 at.
Answer: Center for European nuclear research (CERN)
●● The internet is a(n) _________ made up of wires, cables, satellites,
and rules for exchanging information between computers connected to
the network.
Answer: Physical Network
●● The version of the web evolved to support more Dynamic content
creation and social interaction.
Answer: Web 2.0