1. A collection of programs written to provide the infrastructure, basic services and hardware control to let other programs work properly is _________.
2. Word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, e-mail, Web browser and communication software are examples of ___________________.
3. One petaflop is the equivalent of one ______________ calculations per second.
4. The personal computer, or PC, is also called ___________.
5. Word-processors, the Internet, online banking, online classes, GPS systems, and ATM machines are examples of ________.
6. The four basic operations of a computer, called the information processing cycle, are ________.
7. The mouse, keyboard, scanner, and microphone are examples of _________________.
8. All the programs, system and application software and data that are intended to remain inside the computer system are located on the _____________.
9. External hard drives, USB flash drives and media cards are examples of ___________.
10. Peripheral devices are components that are connected ___________ to the system unit and motherboard.
- (1) System software
- (2) A program directory
- (3) A hard drive
- (4) Application software
- (5) Booting software
2. Word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, e-mail, Web browser and communication software are examples of ___________________.
- (1) System software
- (2) Application software
- (3) Computer software
- (4) Office software
- (5) Networking software
3. One petaflop is the equivalent of one ______________ calculations per second.
- (1) billion
- (2) trillion
- (3) million
- (4) quadrillion
- (5) None of these
4. The personal computer, or PC, is also called ___________.
- (1) A subnotebook.
- (2) A microcomputer.
- (3) A mainframe computer.
- (4) A server.
- (5) Supercomputer
5. Word-processors, the Internet, online banking, online classes, GPS systems, and ATM machines are examples of ________.
- (1) Computer applications and devices
- (2) Processing applications
- (3) Wireless devices
- (4) Computer peripherals
- (5) Online devices
6. The four basic operations of a computer, called the information processing cycle, are ________.
- (1) Input, peripherals, components, and storage
- (2) Systems unit, motherboard, input, and output
- (3) Input, processing, output, and storage
- (4) Data, information, processing, and storage
- (5) None of these
7. The mouse, keyboard, scanner, and microphone are examples of _________________.
- (1) Social networks
- (2) Input devices
- (3) Processing devices
- (4) Output devices
- (5) Storage device
8. All the programs, system and application software and data that are intended to remain inside the computer system are located on the _____________.
- (1) Central processing unit
- (2) Integrated secondary storage device
- (3) External storage device
- (4) Internal hard disk
- (5) None of these
9. External hard drives, USB flash drives and media cards are examples of ___________.
- (1) Legacy technology
- (2) Portable storage devices
- (3) Integrated peripherals
- (4) Integrated secondary storage devices
- (5) System software
10. Peripheral devices are components that are connected ___________ to the system unit and motherboard.
- (1) Through a modem
- (2) Through the operating system
- (3) Using USB cords
- (4) Physically or wirelessly
- (5) Switch