Test Bank for Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow, Comprehensive, 16th Edition, Deborah Morley, Charles S. Parker

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Test Bank for Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow, Comprehensive, 16th Edition, Deborah Morley, Charles S. ParkerTable of Contents1. Introduction to the World of Technology.2. The System Unit, Processing, and Memory3. Storage.4. Input and Output.5. System Software: Operating Systems and Utility Programs.6. Application Software: Desktop and Mobile Apps.7. Networks and Communication Devices.8. The Internet.9. Security and Privacy.10. Information Systems and System Development.11. Program Development and Programming Languages.12. Databases and Database Management Systems.13. Intellectual Property Rights, Ethics, Health, Access, and the Environment.References and Resources Guide.Glossary.

1. With a DVD, the storage medium and the storage device are permanently sealed together to form one piece of hardware called a fixed-media storage system.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   93

2. Storage devices can be internal (located inside the system unit), external (plugged into an external port on the system unit), or remote (located on another computer).

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   93

3. Storage media are volatile.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   94

4. Users do not have to be concerned with how files are physically stored on a storage medium.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   95

5. With rewritable optical media, the laser permanently alters the disc surface.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   96

6. Traditionally, the magnetic particles on a hard disk have been aligned vertically, perpendicular to the hard disk’s surface.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   99

7. “Tracking up data” refers to creating a second copy of important files.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   100

8. SSDs are not subject to mechanical failures like magnetic hard drives, and are more resistant to shock and vibration.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   100

9. SSDs are becoming the norm for netbooks, mobile devices, and other very portable devices.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   100

10. Since retrieving data from memory is much faster than from a magnetic hard disk, disk caching can speed up performance..

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

POINTS:   1

REFERENCES:   103

 

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