Core Studies 5: Experimental Section
Quiz on Computer Terms


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The size of a diskette is measured in units of K -- for example, 360K or 720K. What does K stand for?

kilometers
kilograms
kilobytes
kilowatts

Tiny computers etched onto thin slivers of silicon (called silicon chips) are called:

computer programs
microprocessors
minicomputers
personal computers

The device that can transform digital data into analog data is called a

transformer
network
carrier
modem

The baud rate of a transmission line refers to

the speed at which data is carried
the cost of data transmission
the number of machines connected to the network
the parity of the line

Which of the following is the name of a code used to represent characters?

CPU
ALU
ISBN
ASCII

The major parts of the hardware of a computer system are the processor (or CPU), the I/O devices and the:

word processor
operating system
memory
compiler

The part of the CPU that performs all mathematical calculations is the

arithmetic and logic unit
calculator
control unit
instruction set

Punched cards, terminals, magnetic tape, hard disks, floppy disks are all used for

networking
compiling
input
main memory

To allow a computer to communicate with another computer, we use

a disk drive
a network
a processor
timesharing

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