FBLA COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
PRACTICE SOLUTION TESTED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● A megabyte is how many bytes?
Answer: 1000
●● A gigabyte is how many bytes?
Answer: 1000000
●● A terabyte is how many bytes?
Answer: 1000000000
●● A petabyte is how many bytes?
Answer: 1000000000000
●● What is the smallest "full feature" PC today?
Answer: Smartphone/ PDA
●● How should you configure a removable storage device so that it can
be safely removed at a moment's notice?
Answer: Optimize for quick removal
,●● What is write caching?
Answer: The act of the computer writing data to a small memory bank
so that it can be written to the hard drive in a short amount of time
without hindering performance
●● What does the primary corona/ discharge lamp do?
Answer: Uniformly charges the drum to reset it between printouts.
●● What is the drum of a laser printer?
Answer: A photosensitive component that holds an electrostatic charge
that can be erased by a laser. It attracts the toner.
●● What is toner?
Answer: Fine plastic-like particles that are form the image on a laser
printer. It comes in cartridges.
●● What does the transfer corona/roller do?
Answer: Attract the toner from the drum to the paper.
●● What do the fusing rollers do?
Answer: Heats up and melts the toner unto the surface of the paper.
, ●● What is one thing that software companies use to prevent unlicensed
use?
Answer: Product Activation
●● What does FDDI stand for?
Answer: Fiber Distributed Data Interface
●● What is WEP?
Answer: Wired Equivalent Privacy, the original security algorithm for
Wi-Fi.
●● What is WPA?
Answer: Wi-Fi Protected Access, a newer security algorithm for Wi-Fi.
●● What is WPS?
Answer: Wi-Fi Protected Setup, a one-touch Wi-Fi security protocol
●● What is an SSID?
Answer: Service Set Identifier, the name of a Wi-Fi network
●● What is the most common form of identification and authentication?
Answer: User ID with a reusable password
PRACTICE SOLUTION TESTED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● A megabyte is how many bytes?
Answer: 1000
●● A gigabyte is how many bytes?
Answer: 1000000
●● A terabyte is how many bytes?
Answer: 1000000000
●● A petabyte is how many bytes?
Answer: 1000000000000
●● What is the smallest "full feature" PC today?
Answer: Smartphone/ PDA
●● How should you configure a removable storage device so that it can
be safely removed at a moment's notice?
Answer: Optimize for quick removal
,●● What is write caching?
Answer: The act of the computer writing data to a small memory bank
so that it can be written to the hard drive in a short amount of time
without hindering performance
●● What does the primary corona/ discharge lamp do?
Answer: Uniformly charges the drum to reset it between printouts.
●● What is the drum of a laser printer?
Answer: A photosensitive component that holds an electrostatic charge
that can be erased by a laser. It attracts the toner.
●● What is toner?
Answer: Fine plastic-like particles that are form the image on a laser
printer. It comes in cartridges.
●● What does the transfer corona/roller do?
Answer: Attract the toner from the drum to the paper.
●● What do the fusing rollers do?
Answer: Heats up and melts the toner unto the surface of the paper.
, ●● What is one thing that software companies use to prevent unlicensed
use?
Answer: Product Activation
●● What does FDDI stand for?
Answer: Fiber Distributed Data Interface
●● What is WEP?
Answer: Wired Equivalent Privacy, the original security algorithm for
Wi-Fi.
●● What is WPA?
Answer: Wi-Fi Protected Access, a newer security algorithm for Wi-Fi.
●● What is WPS?
Answer: Wi-Fi Protected Setup, a one-touch Wi-Fi security protocol
●● What is an SSID?
Answer: Service Set Identifier, the name of a Wi-Fi network
●● What is the most common form of identification and authentication?
Answer: User ID with a reusable password
