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 This activity contains 20 questions.

Question 1.
Which of the following is NOT true about ASCII code?

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Question 2.
Which of the following is equivalent to a petabyte?

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Question 3.
How does a megabit differ from a megabyte?

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Question 4.
What would the result be if a computer only had RAM and did not have secondary storage devices?

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Question 5.
Which of the following is NOT a recommendation to help minimize the environmental impact of the computer industry?

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Question 6.
Which of the following is needed in order to install an internal DVD drive?

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Question 7.
What translates an instruction into a form that can be read by the CPU?

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Question 8.
Computers can avoid bottlenecks by putting the next likely instruction or data into what area?

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Question 9.
How is the speed of the processor measured?

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Question 10.
How is the access time for memory measured?

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Question 11.
Which part of the CPU contains registers and executes instructions?

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Question 12.
Which of the following chips combines the processor with a wireless network interface?

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Question 13.
What type of processor has multiple CPUs per chip?

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Question 14.
The more modern language coding scheme that supports 65,000 unique characters including Chinese, Greek, and Japanese is known as Unicode.

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Question 15.
The circuit board that contains the CPU is called the microprocessor.

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Question 16.
Peripherals include Word, Excel, and Access.

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Question 17.
Hardware is said to be forward compatible if software that could be used on older models can be used on newer models.


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Question 18.
A screen saver saves energy.

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Question 19.
A gigabyte (GB) is approximately 1,000 megabytes (MB).

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Question 20.
Match each computer term with the correct definition.

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A matching question presents 6 answer choices and 6 items. The answer choices are lettered A through F. The items are numbered 20.1 through 20.6. Screen readers will read the answer choices first. Then each item will be presented along with a select menu for choosing an answer choice. Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column.
A small memory space by the CPU to eliminate bottlenecks in processing
B circuit board for RAM chips
C 32- or 64-bit space included with the ALU
D contains start-up instructions
E volatile memory
F stores the computer date, time, and calendar
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