(Homework Answers) Tech in Focus

(Homework Answers)


Tech in Focus


MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers
the question.
1)


The __________ computer had switches on the front of it, which were
used to enter data using 0s and 1s.

1)

_______
A)

Ap
ple II
B)

Altair
C)

TRS
-
80
D)

Commodore PET
Answer:

B
Diff: 1


Section Ref:

The First Personal Computer: The Altair

2)

One of the reasons the Apple II computer was popular was that:

2)

_______
A)

it had a mouse input device.
B)

it was inexpensive.
C)

the operating system instructions were stored in ROM.
D
)

it had a hard drive.
Answer:

C
Diff: 3


Section Ref:

The Apple I and II

3)

Which personal computer was the first to use the hard covered 3.5"
floppy disk?

3)

_______
A)

IBM PC

B)

Apple Macintosh
C)

Osborne

D)

Commodore PET
Answer:

B
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

The Lisa and the Macintosh

4)

The __________, weighing 24.5 pounds, was the industry's first portable
computer.

4)

_______
A)

IBM PC

B)

Commodore PET
C)

TRS
-
80

D)

Osborne
Answer:

D
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Enter the Competition

5)

Many people believe Grace Hopper's greatest contribution to computing
was:

5)

_______
A)

the DOS operating system.
B)

the compiler.
C)

the design of the E
NIAC.
D)

an easy
-
to
-
use electronic spreadsheet program.
Answer:

B
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

The Harvard Mark I

6)

Which of the following is NOT a spreadsheet application?

6)

___
____
A)

LOTUS 1
-
2
-
3

B)

VisiCalc
C)

EasyCalc

D)

Excel
Answer:

C
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

The Software Application Explosion: VisiCalc and Beyond

7)

The advancement and introduction of which of the following allowed
users to interact with the computer more easily
?

7)

_______
A)

operating systems

B)

the Internet
C)

word processing software

D)

the graphical user interface
Answer:

D
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

The Graphical User Interface

8)

Which of the following com
puters was the first to use the binary
number system and have memory that repowered itself upon booting?

8)

_______
A)

Atanasoff
-
Berry Computer (ABC)
B)

ENIAC
C)

Z1
D)

Harvard Mark I
Answer:

A

Diff: 2


Section Ref:

The Z1 and Atanasoff
-
Berry Computer

9)

The graphical user

interface was developed by:

9)

_______
A)

Apple Corporation.

B)

Xerox.
C)

Microsoft.

D)

IBM.
Answer:

B
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

The Graphical User Interface

10)

The first commercial In
ternet Web browser was developed by
__________ in 1995.

10)

______
A)

Microsoft

B)

Intel

C)

Netscape

D)

Firefox
Answer:

C
Diff: 3


Section Ref:

The Internet Boom

Chapter #1


MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers
the question.
1)

Being __________ means being familiar enough with computers that
you understand their capabilities and limitations.

1)

_______
A)

computer savvy

B)

technology literate
C)

comp
uter competent

D)

computer literate
Answer:

D
Diff: 1


Section Ref:

Why Should You Become Computer Literate?

2)

All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks
EXCEPT

2)

_______
A)

identity theft.

B)

spam.
C)

hackers.

D)

viruses.
Answer:

B
Diff: 1


Section Ref:

Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer

3)

Unwanted electronic e
-
mail is called

3)

_______
A)

spyware.

B)

spam.

C)

software.

D)

adware.
Answer:

B
Diff: 1


Section Ref:

Becoming a Savvy Comput
er User and Consumer

4)

Which of the following is NOT necessarily part of being computer
literate?

4)

_______
A)

protecting your privacy
B)

avoiding hackers and viruses
C)

being able to build a computer
D)

using the Internet wisely
Answer:

C
Diff: 1


Section Ref:

Becomin
g a Savvy Computer User and Consumer

5)

__________ is the set of techniques used in information handling and
retrieval of information automatically.

5)

_______
A)

Information technology

B)

Computer forensics
C)

RFID

D)

Database mining
Answer:

A
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Being Prepared for Your Career

6)

The process of searching

huge amounts of data with the hope of finding
a pattern is called

6)

_______
A)

data warehousing.

B)

data searching.
C)

data retrieval.

D)

data

mining.
Answer:

D
Diff: 1


Section Ref:

Retail: Working in a Data Mine


7)

A __________ is a specially designed scannable sticker that resembles
an inkblot and contains all the important information about a UPS
package.

7)

_______
A)

MaxiCode

B)

PostCode
C)

packing label

D)

mailing label
Answer:

A
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Business: Data on the Go

8)

__________ is a type of wireless communication that transmits data
through radio waves
.

8)

_______
A)

POS technology

B)

USB technology
C)

Nanotechnology

D)

Bluetooth technology
Answer:

D
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Business: Data on the Go

9)

When a job is sent to other countries, as many programming jobs have
been, it is said to have been:

9)

_______
A)

importe
d.

B)

exported.
C)

offshored.

D)

resourced.
Answer:

C
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Video Game Development: A Long Way from Pac
-
Man

10)

A _________ is a small device that enables users to carry digital
information.

10)

______
A)

PSS

B)

GPS player
C)

PDA

D)

VeriChip
Answer:

C
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Educ
ation: Teaching and Learning

11)

Which of the following do today’s educators NOT need to be familiar
with to create constructive computerized lessons and to interact with
st
udents?

11)

______
A)

Web authoring software
B)

computers
C)

programs like Moodle or Blackboard
D)

the Internet
Answer:

A
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Education: Teaching and Learning

12)

Many online courses are designed to use management software like
__________ s
o that students can communicate outside of class, take
quizzes online, and find their class materials easily.

12)

______
A)

Adobe Photoshop

B)

Blackboard or Moodle
C)

CAD or Visio

D)

Microsoft Access
Answer:

B
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Education: Teaching and Learning

13)

To set up a(n) __________, you must have an appropriate computer and
digital devices connected to a home network.


13)

______
A)

e
-
business

B)

digital entertainment
center
C)

Web site

D)

digital home
Answer:

D
Diff
: 1


Section Ref:

Education: Teaching and Learning

14)

The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a
criminal’s computer is an example of a law enforcement specialty
called:

14)

______
A)

robotics.

B)

RFID simulation.
C)

HALO animation.

D)

computer forensics.
Answer:

D
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Law Enforcement: Put Down
that Mouse
-

You're Under Arrest!

15)

__________ is the application of computer systems and techniques to
gather potential legal evidence.

15)

______
A)

POS skills

B)

Computer forensics
C)

Data mining processes

D)

Information gathering
Answer:

B
Diff: 1


Section Ref:

Law Enforcement: Put Down that Mouse
-

You're Under Arrest!

16)

__________ are extremely
detailed re
-
creations of crimes or crime
scenes that are generated with computers based on forensic evidence,
depositions of witnesses, and the opinions of experts.

16)

______
A)

Data mining profiles
B)

VeriChips
C)

HALO images
D)

Compu
ter forensics animations
Answer:

D
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Legal System: Welcome to the Virtual Courtroom

17)

__________ tags, when placed on an animal, can be used to record and
track in a database all of the animal’s movements.

17)

______
A)

RFID

B)

GPS

C)

PPS

D)

POS
Answer:

A
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Agriculture: High
-
Tech Down

on the Farm

18)

__________ tags are small versions of the roadway electronic toll
system used in many states to automate paying tolls as motorists pass
through the toll sta
tion.

18)

______
A)

PSS

B)


PDA

C)

RFID

D)

UPS
Answer:

C
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Agriculture: High
-
Tech Down

on the Farm

19)

Surgeons use __________ to perform delicate operations by
manipulating devices through computers instead of manually.

19)


______
A)

computer forensics

B)

forecasting
C)

simulation

D)

robotics
Answer:

D
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Medicine: Fact or Fiction

20)

Technology no longer protected by copyright, available to everyone, is
considered to

be:

20)

______
A)

experimental.

B)

open.
C)

in the public domain.

D)

proprietary.
Answer:

C
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Medicine: Fact or Fiction

21)

Medical students can train on __________ and experience firsthand how
a human would react to a particular treatment.

21)

______
A)

robots

B)

patient simulators
C)

mannequins

D)

a 3D anatomical system
Answer:

B
Diff: 3


Section Ref:

Medicine: Fact or Fiction

22)

The __________ is a global effort in which bioengineers are creating
realistic computer simulations of all systems and features of the human
anatomy.

22)

______
A)

BrainGate Project

B)

Physiome Project
C)

RFID Project

D)

Y2K Project
Answer:

B
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Medicine: Fact or Fiction

23)

The goal of __________ is to provide solutions to physical

problems,
such as providing sight to the blind.

23)

______
A)

biomedical chip research

B)

3D animations
C)

computer forensics

D)

RFID technology
Answer:

A
Diff: 3


Section Ref:

Medicine: The Chip Within

24)

One type of chip already being implanted in humans as a means of
verifying a person’s identity is called a:

24)

______
A)

RFID chip.

B)

ImplantChip.
C)

VeriChip.

D)

DogTag.
Answer:

C
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Medicine: The Chip Within

25)

One potential application of __________ is to provide sight to the blind.

25)

______
A)

RFID tags

B)

VeriChips
C)

biomedical
chip implants

D)

patient simulators
Answer:

C
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Medicine: The Chip Within

26)

By studying the data produced by __________, scientists hope to
improve the prediction of weather phenomena.

26)

______
A)

PSSs

B)

VeriChips
C)

simulations

D)

GPS
Answer:

C
Diff: 1


Section Ref:

Science: Simulating Reality

27)

Adidas is developing a soccer ball containing __________ that sends a
radio signal to the referee’s watch when it crosses the goal line.

27)

______
A)

an integrated circuit chip

B)

a VeriChip
C)

a server

D)

an RFID tag
Answer:

A
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

S
ports Science: Compute Your Way to a Better Game

28)

__________ is the science revolving around building devices on an
extremely small scale.

28)

______
A)

Computer forensics

B)

Nanotechnology
C)

Microtechnology

D)

Artificial intelligence
Answer:

B
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come

29)

____________ is th
e study of molecules and structures whose sizes
range from 1 to 100 nanometers.

29)

______
A)

Computer forensics

B)

Nanoscience
C)

Artificial intelligence

D)

Microelectrodes
Answer:

B
Diff: 1


Section Ref:

Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come

30)

The prefix
nano

stands for:

30)

______
A)

one
-
hundre
dth.

B)

one
-
billionth.
C)

one
-
trillionth.

D)

on
e
-
millionth.
Answer:

B
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come

31)

A nanometer is:

31)

______
A)

the size of a human ha
ir.

B)

one
-
billionth of a meter.
C)

one
-
millionth of a meter.

D)

one
-
tenth of a meter.
Answer:

B
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come

32)

__________ computing relates to emotion or deliberately tries to
influence emotion.

32)

______
A)

Personal

B)

Psychological
C)

Affective

D)

Emotional
Answer:

C
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Psychology: You Should Smile...Now

33)

While engineers work to create computers that can understand us
emotionally
, __________ are also evolving toward a more human
appearance.

33)

______
A)

RFIDs
B)

ESP systems
C)

computer systems
D)

affecting computing techniques
Answer:

C
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Psychology: You Should Smile...Now

34)

The emotional social prosthesis (ESP) device, deve
loped by a group at
the MIT Media Lab, is targeted at helping people who have:

34)

______
A)

autism.

B)

paralysis.
C)

brain damage.

D)

diabetes.
Answer:

A
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Psychology: You Should Smile...Now

35)

Children who do not have access to __________ and __________ won’t
be prepared for future employment.

35)

______
A)

databases, data mining

B)

the Internet, computers
C)

television, video games

D)

information, data
Answer:

B
Diff: 2


Section Ref:

Ethics: Knowledge Is Power
-

Bridging the Digital Divide

36)

The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet
and those without
this access is known as the:

36)

______
A)

digital divide.

B)

Internet divide.
C)

broadband divide.

D)

Web divide.
Answer:


A
Diff: 1


Section Ref:

Ethics: Knowledge Is Power
-

Bridging the Digital Divide

37)

The Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher program supports refurbishers by
allowing ________ to be installed for free on refurbished systems.

37)

______
A)

specific operating system utilities
B)

certain gaming software packages
C)

certain Microsoft operating sy
stems and Office software
D)

antivirus software
Answer:

C
Diff: 3


Section Ref:

Ethics: Knowledge Is Power
-

Bridging the Digital Divide

38)

__________ is the nerve center of any digital home, allowing you to
interface with the different digital devices connected to the network.

39)

______
A)

A computer

B)

A modem
C)

The Internet

D)

A server
Answer:

A
Diff: 1


Section Ref:

Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Liv
ing Room

39)

A __________ allows you to transfer media from your computer to
other media devices (such as a plasma TV).

40)

______
A)

digital TV

B)

network adapter
C)

radio tuner

D)

digital media adapter
Answer:

D
Diff: 3


Section Ref:

Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room

40)

A __________ is a special device that is installed in your

computer and
allows it to communicate with other devices on the network.

41)

______
A)

modem

B)

network adapter
C)

media center extender

D)

digital media adapter
Answer:

B
Diff: 1


Section Ref:

Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room