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Practice Quiz #1 1. The Internet is ________. a. An internal communication system for business b. Communication system for the U.S military c. The same as the web d. A large networks of networks 2. Faculty at universities often use course management software such as ________ so that students can communicate outside of class and have easy access to class materials. a. Blackboard b. ICloud c. LinkedIn d. Whiteboard 3. AND, OR, and NOT are examples of ________ operators. a. Boolean b. Jacobian c. Relational d. Keyword 4. Computers use ________ language consisting of 0s and 1s. a. Symbol b. Binary c. Byte d. System 5. In the URL http://www.microsoft.com/surface, the portion labeled "http" is the ________. a. Protocol b. Domain Name c. Path d. Top-level domain 6. Which of the following are personal video journal entries posted on the web? a. Podcasts b. Newgroups c. Vlogs d. Blogs 7. Released in 1975, the ________ computer was the first personal computer. a. Altair b. TRS-80 c. Apple II d. Commodore PET 8. Autonomy is defined as ________. a. Working for something larger b. Feeling Confident and excited about learning new skills c. Working without continual direction and control

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d. Repressing motivated behaviour ________ tools gather information from sources such as e-mails, text messages, and tweets and make the information instantly and publicly available for use in emergencies. a. Social Networking b. Crowdsourcing c. Crisis Mapping d. Affective Computing Unwanted or junk e-mail is called ________. a. Spam b. Spyware c. Adware d. Malware The ________ was the first portable computer. a. Osborne b. IBM PC c. Apple Macintosh d. Intel Which of the following is NOT a social networking site? a. Facebook b. Youtube c. LinkedIn d. iTunes Inkjet printers and laser printers are examples of ________ printers. a. Nonimpact b. Impact c. Dot-matrix d. thermal The number of pixels displayed on the screen is known as ________. a. Contrast ratio b. Aspect Ratio c. Brightness resolution d. Screen resolution Released in 1993, ________ was the first Internet web browser. a. Internet Explorer b. Mosaic c. Safari d. Chrome A(n) ________ is a navigation aid that shows the path you have taken to get to a web page or where the page is located within the website. a. Index b. Navigation bar c. Breadcrumb trail

d. Cookie trail 17. Which of the following is the smallest unit of measure? a. Megabyte b. Gigabyte c. Petabyte d. Terabyte 18. Which company approached Bill Gates to write an operating program for its computer? a. Microsoft b. Xerox c. IBM d. UNIVAC 19. ________ is the abbreviation for the place in the computer where the programs and data the computer is currently using are temporarily stored. a. ROM b. CPU c. RAM d. USB 20. QR stands for ______. a. Quick retention b. Quick response c. Quality Response d. Quality Retention SHORT ANWSER SECTION  FILL IN THE BLANKS 21. The width-to-height proportion of the monitor is known as _______. a. The aspect ratio 22. ________-based e-mail is managed by a browser and enables access to e-mail from anywhere that has Internet access. a. Web 23. Computers that use ________ are referred to as third-generation computers. a. Integrated circuits 24. DOS stands for ________. a. Disk Operating System 25. Using register terminals to determine consumer buying patterns is an example of ________. a. Data Mining 26. ________ is a personal identification chip that is about the size of a grain of rice and implanted under the skin. a. VeriMed 27. ________ is a wireless transmission standard that lets you connect mobile computing devices to peripheral devices. a. Bluetooth

28. A(n) ________ is a device that combines the functions of a printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine into one unit. a. All-in-one printer 29. The ________ keyboard layout gets its name from the first six letters in the top left row of alphabetic keys on the keyboard and is the standard English-language keyboard layout. a. QWERTY 30. ________ is a representation of a fact, a figure, or an idea and can be a number, a word, a picture, or even a recording of sound. a. data...