ISTM 210 Exam 1 Question Bank and
Answers (2026/2027) | Complete Study
Prep Pack | A+
• Information Technology (IT) -✓✓The study, design, development,
implementation, support, and management of computer-based information
systems, particularly software and hardware
• Chief Information Officer (CIO) -✓✓Who is in charge of all computer assets for
an organization?
• Competency -✓✓The knowledge that enables a person to understand something
• Hardware -✓✓The physical parts of a computer
• Software -✓✓Systems that make hardware work
• The Cloud -✓✓Hard drive or software that exists on another computer connected
by a network
• rackspace.com -✓✓Cloud service provider in San Antonio
• Disadvantages of the Coud -✓✓Requires internet connection
Don't know where your information is actually being stored
• Gordon Moore -✓✓Who founded intel?
• Moore's Law -✓✓Computer power doubles every 18 months
• Mainframe Computers -✓✓Massive, room-sized computers that process and
store enormous amounts of bulk data and information
• Mainframe Computers -✓✓TAMU has 2 kinds of what hardware for payroll and
transactions?
, • Super Computers -✓✓What kind of hardware are TAMU student files on?
• IBM and Amdahl -✓✓Who are big mainframe makers?
• Big Blue -✓✓What is IBM's nickname?
• Midrange Computers -✓✓Less powerful and smaller in physical size than
mainframe computers, but do many of the same things, simply on a smaller scale
• Microcomputers -✓✓Smaller than mainframes and midrange computers
So common that they are most commonly referred to simply as "computers" and
sometimes just referred to as "boxes."
• Microcomputer -✓✓What type of a computer is a desktop?
• Operating System (OS) -✓✓Often called a platform
• Operating System (OS) -✓✓A collection of computer programs that work
together to manage hardware and software to ensure that they are working properly
• Data per Inch (DPI) -✓✓Determinant of a monitor's resolution
• Booting -✓✓Loading the platform into the computer's memory
• Cold Boot -✓✓Powering a computer for the first time
• Warm Boot -✓✓Restarting a computer
• Process -✓✓What is it called when a computer performs a task?
• System Software -✓✓What kind of software requires no human interaction?
• Memory Management -✓✓The operating system's coordination of a computer's
memory which includes cache, RAM, registers, and virtual memory
• Random Access Memory -✓✓RAM
Answers (2026/2027) | Complete Study
Prep Pack | A+
• Information Technology (IT) -✓✓The study, design, development,
implementation, support, and management of computer-based information
systems, particularly software and hardware
• Chief Information Officer (CIO) -✓✓Who is in charge of all computer assets for
an organization?
• Competency -✓✓The knowledge that enables a person to understand something
• Hardware -✓✓The physical parts of a computer
• Software -✓✓Systems that make hardware work
• The Cloud -✓✓Hard drive or software that exists on another computer connected
by a network
• rackspace.com -✓✓Cloud service provider in San Antonio
• Disadvantages of the Coud -✓✓Requires internet connection
Don't know where your information is actually being stored
• Gordon Moore -✓✓Who founded intel?
• Moore's Law -✓✓Computer power doubles every 18 months
• Mainframe Computers -✓✓Massive, room-sized computers that process and
store enormous amounts of bulk data and information
• Mainframe Computers -✓✓TAMU has 2 kinds of what hardware for payroll and
transactions?
, • Super Computers -✓✓What kind of hardware are TAMU student files on?
• IBM and Amdahl -✓✓Who are big mainframe makers?
• Big Blue -✓✓What is IBM's nickname?
• Midrange Computers -✓✓Less powerful and smaller in physical size than
mainframe computers, but do many of the same things, simply on a smaller scale
• Microcomputers -✓✓Smaller than mainframes and midrange computers
So common that they are most commonly referred to simply as "computers" and
sometimes just referred to as "boxes."
• Microcomputer -✓✓What type of a computer is a desktop?
• Operating System (OS) -✓✓Often called a platform
• Operating System (OS) -✓✓A collection of computer programs that work
together to manage hardware and software to ensure that they are working properly
• Data per Inch (DPI) -✓✓Determinant of a monitor's resolution
• Booting -✓✓Loading the platform into the computer's memory
• Cold Boot -✓✓Powering a computer for the first time
• Warm Boot -✓✓Restarting a computer
• Process -✓✓What is it called when a computer performs a task?
• System Software -✓✓What kind of software requires no human interaction?
• Memory Management -✓✓The operating system's coordination of a computer's
memory which includes cache, RAM, registers, and virtual memory
• Random Access Memory -✓✓RAM
