Computer Quiz 127

1. All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT
a. Hackers
b. Spam
c. Viruses
d. Identity theft

2. A (n) _________ system is a small, wireless handheld computer that scans items, tags and pulls up the current price ( and any special offer) as you shop.
a. PSS
b. POS
c. Inventory
d. Data mining

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?
a. Gathering data
b. Processing data into information
c. Analyzing the data or information
d. Storing the data or information

4. Computers use the ____________ language to process data.
a. Processing
b. Kilobyte
c. Binary
d. Representational

5. Computers process data into information by working exclusively with
a. Multimedia
b. Words
c. Characters
d. Numbers

6. The term bit is short for
a. Megabyte
b. Binary language
c. Binary digit
d. Binary number

7. A string of eight 0s and one 1s is called a
a. Megabyte
b. Byte
c. Kilobyte
d. Gigabyte

8. A _________ is approximately one billion bytes.
a. Kilobyte
b. Bit
c. Gigabyte
d. Megabyte

9. SMTP, FTP and DNS are application of the _________ layer.
a. Data link
b. Network
c. Transport
d. Application

10. In a database, information should be organized and accessed according to which of the following?
a. Physical position
b. Logical structure
c. Data dictionary
d. Physical structure

ANSWERS

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