AST Surgical Technologist Practice Exam
Questions and Answers
Equals to or holds one character - ✅✅byte
Facilitates Internet Connections - ✅✅modem
Opening in front or back of computer tower; can also be found on sides of some
monitors for insertion of a USB drive-thumb or flash drive - ✅✅USB port
"Brains" of the computer that coordinates the operations of the computer -
✅✅CPU (central processing unit)
1000 bytes - ✅✅kilobyte (kb)
Uses key words or succinct phrases in parenthesis - ✅✅Search engine for
research
1000 gigabytes (1 trillion characters) - ✅✅terabyte (tb)
Message can be sent to multiple people, but no one sees who else got the
message - ✅✅BCC
Creation of a document - ✅✅Word processing
, 1000 kilobytes - ✅✅megabyte (MB)
Mathematical design that allows arm movement in a perpendicular axes along x,
y, and z axes (up-down, right-left, and front-back - ✅✅Cartesian geometry
Ability to differentiate between two objects - ✅✅Resolution
Stereo similar to human - ✅✅Binaural hearing
Number of dimensions that a manipulator can move (usually three) -
✅✅Degrees of freedom
The angles of a joint that allow movement clockwise or counterclockwise around
a joint/axis - ✅✅Degrees of rotation
Robotic arm - ✅✅Manipulator
Remotely controlled robot - ✅✅Telechir
Joint - ✅✅Articulation
Monitored robot with pressure or tactile sensors and vision or hearing capabilities
- ✅✅Second generation
Autonomous or insect robot - ✅✅Third generation
Questions and Answers
Equals to or holds one character - ✅✅byte
Facilitates Internet Connections - ✅✅modem
Opening in front or back of computer tower; can also be found on sides of some
monitors for insertion of a USB drive-thumb or flash drive - ✅✅USB port
"Brains" of the computer that coordinates the operations of the computer -
✅✅CPU (central processing unit)
1000 bytes - ✅✅kilobyte (kb)
Uses key words or succinct phrases in parenthesis - ✅✅Search engine for
research
1000 gigabytes (1 trillion characters) - ✅✅terabyte (tb)
Message can be sent to multiple people, but no one sees who else got the
message - ✅✅BCC
Creation of a document - ✅✅Word processing
, 1000 kilobytes - ✅✅megabyte (MB)
Mathematical design that allows arm movement in a perpendicular axes along x,
y, and z axes (up-down, right-left, and front-back - ✅✅Cartesian geometry
Ability to differentiate between two objects - ✅✅Resolution
Stereo similar to human - ✅✅Binaural hearing
Number of dimensions that a manipulator can move (usually three) -
✅✅Degrees of freedom
The angles of a joint that allow movement clockwise or counterclockwise around
a joint/axis - ✅✅Degrees of rotation
Robotic arm - ✅✅Manipulator
Remotely controlled robot - ✅✅Telechir
Joint - ✅✅Articulation
Monitored robot with pressure or tactile sensors and vision or hearing capabilities
- ✅✅Second generation
Autonomous or insect robot - ✅✅Third generation
