CSC Exam 3 with Complete Solutions
List input and output devices. - ANSWER-Input: Keyboard Mouse Scanner Microphone
Output: Monitor Printer Speakers
What terms have you learned that refer to storage? - ANSWER-Secondary
Storage:System Case, System Unit, System Cabinet, Case, Box Primary Storage:
Memory, RAM, Primary Memory, Temporary storage
What are some terms you have learned that refer to software? - ANSWER-application
and system
What is software? - ANSWER-Instructions that tell a computer how
to perform a task
What is hardware? - ANSWER-The tangible components of a computer system
A program used to compose, receive and send e-mail is called a ? - ANSWER-E-Mail
Software
Mailer
E-Mail Program
Mail Client
In the email address, , yippee.com is the ___ of the ___? -
ANSWER-Domain name of the mail server
What is used to read from, write to and erase an optical disk? - ANSWER-Laser
What 4 things affect the clarity of a monitor?
Which should be low? - ANSWER-Dot Pitch
Color Depth
Resolution
Refresh Rate
--Dot Pitch should be low
The amount of space between the centers of adjacent pixels on a monitor is called the
_____. - ANSWER-Dot Pitch
The number of columns and rows of dots per inch is the ______. - ANSWER-Resolution
The number of bits used to represent the color of a single pixel is the _____. -
ANSWER-Color Depth
, The number of times per second that a monitor's pixels are recharged so that their glow
remains bright is called the _____. - ANSWER-Refresh Rate
When someone sends you an e-mail, that file is stored on a ? - ANSWER-Mail Server
What does 'upload' mean? - ANSWER-to transfer a file from a local computer to a
remote computer
What does 'download' mean? - ANSWER-to transfer a file from a remote computer to a
local computer
What is the definition of a client computer? - ANSWER-a computer that is making a
request for data from a server.
A computer that answers requests from client computers is called a ___. - ANSWER-
Server
What are the memory sizes in order from smallest to largest? - ANSWER-Bit (b) (a 0 or
a 1)
Byte (B) (8 bits)
Kilobyte (KB) (210 bytes-approx. 103)
Megabyte (MB) (220 bytes, approx. 106)
Gigabyte (GB) (230 bytes, approx. 109)
Terabyte (TB) (240 bytes, approx. 1012)
Petabyte (PB) (250 bytes, approx. 1015)
Exabyte (EB) (260 bytes, approx. 1018)
You want to save 5 images that are each approximately 250KB in size. Would 1 MB be
sufficient to store these images? - ANSWER-5 * 250KB = 1250KB
1 MB = 220 B = 210 * 210 B
= 210 * KB
= 1024 KB
No
You want to save 8 images that are each 500 KB in size. From the following, what
minimum storage size would be sufficient?
a) 1GB
b) 4000 GB
c) 4GB
d) 4000 MB
e) 4MB
f) 508 KB - ANSWER-8 * 500KB = 4000KB
1 MB = 210 * KB (approx. 1000 KB)
e) 4MB
List input and output devices. - ANSWER-Input: Keyboard Mouse Scanner Microphone
Output: Monitor Printer Speakers
What terms have you learned that refer to storage? - ANSWER-Secondary
Storage:System Case, System Unit, System Cabinet, Case, Box Primary Storage:
Memory, RAM, Primary Memory, Temporary storage
What are some terms you have learned that refer to software? - ANSWER-application
and system
What is software? - ANSWER-Instructions that tell a computer how
to perform a task
What is hardware? - ANSWER-The tangible components of a computer system
A program used to compose, receive and send e-mail is called a ? - ANSWER-E-Mail
Software
Mailer
E-Mail Program
Mail Client
In the email address, , yippee.com is the ___ of the ___? -
ANSWER-Domain name of the mail server
What is used to read from, write to and erase an optical disk? - ANSWER-Laser
What 4 things affect the clarity of a monitor?
Which should be low? - ANSWER-Dot Pitch
Color Depth
Resolution
Refresh Rate
--Dot Pitch should be low
The amount of space between the centers of adjacent pixels on a monitor is called the
_____. - ANSWER-Dot Pitch
The number of columns and rows of dots per inch is the ______. - ANSWER-Resolution
The number of bits used to represent the color of a single pixel is the _____. -
ANSWER-Color Depth
, The number of times per second that a monitor's pixels are recharged so that their glow
remains bright is called the _____. - ANSWER-Refresh Rate
When someone sends you an e-mail, that file is stored on a ? - ANSWER-Mail Server
What does 'upload' mean? - ANSWER-to transfer a file from a local computer to a
remote computer
What does 'download' mean? - ANSWER-to transfer a file from a remote computer to a
local computer
What is the definition of a client computer? - ANSWER-a computer that is making a
request for data from a server.
A computer that answers requests from client computers is called a ___. - ANSWER-
Server
What are the memory sizes in order from smallest to largest? - ANSWER-Bit (b) (a 0 or
a 1)
Byte (B) (8 bits)
Kilobyte (KB) (210 bytes-approx. 103)
Megabyte (MB) (220 bytes, approx. 106)
Gigabyte (GB) (230 bytes, approx. 109)
Terabyte (TB) (240 bytes, approx. 1012)
Petabyte (PB) (250 bytes, approx. 1015)
Exabyte (EB) (260 bytes, approx. 1018)
You want to save 5 images that are each approximately 250KB in size. Would 1 MB be
sufficient to store these images? - ANSWER-5 * 250KB = 1250KB
1 MB = 220 B = 210 * 210 B
= 210 * KB
= 1024 KB
No
You want to save 8 images that are each 500 KB in size. From the following, what
minimum storage size would be sufficient?
a) 1GB
b) 4000 GB
c) 4GB
d) 4000 MB
e) 4MB
f) 508 KB - ANSWER-8 * 500KB = 4000KB
1 MB = 210 * KB (approx. 1000 KB)
e) 4MB
