Final Quiz 1 MIS

Test I.
1. According to your text, which of the following is considered by millions of PC users as the main function of the desktop PC?
A) To access the Internet.
B) To gain productivity through the use of applications such as Microsoft Office.
C) To create local area networks.
D) All of the choices are correct.



2. Which one of the following statements would best fit the description of a midrange computer?
A) The smallest but most important category of computer systems for end users.
B) A computer that is larger and more powerful than most microcomputers but is smaller and less powerful than most large mainframe computer systems.
C) Large, powerful computer that is physically larger than a microcomputer but smaller than a mini-computer, and usually has one or more central processors with faster instruction processing speeds.
D) A low-level mainframe computer system specifically designed for high-speed numeric computation.



3. Which one of the following would perform the required mathematical and comparison operations of a central processing unit (CPU)?
A) Control unit.
B) Arithmetic-logic unit.
C) RAID unit.
D) Fuzzy logic unit.


4. Which answer describes benefits airlines have gained from self-service kiosks at airports?
A) Customers spend less time standing in line.
B) Kiosks can be used to check in for flights, print boarding passes, select or change seats, and check bags.
C) Kiosks are easy to use because they use touch screen input technology.
D) All of the choices are correct.



5. Which is true of peripherals?
A) Smaller is better when it comes to hard disk capacity.
B) CD and DVD drives are a necessity for software installation and multimedia applications.
C) Per page costs are higher for laser printers than for color inkjet printers.
D) None of the choices is correct.



6. What are voice-messaging computer used for?
A) Allow voice messages to be recorded on a computer for retrieval by PDAs.
B) Eliminate the need for a standard mouse interface allowing users to use voice commands.
C) User speech recognition to verbally guide users through the steps of a task.
D) None of the choices is correct.

7. Which one of the following characteristics best describes optical scanning devices?
A) Include hand-held wands used to read data on merchandise tags.
B) Are photoelectric devices that scan the data being read.
C) Convert reflected light patterns into electronic impulses, which are accepted as input into the computer system.
D) All of the choices are correct.


8. Which one of the following statements would best describe magnetic stripe technology?
A) It is a form of data entry that helps computers read credit cards.
B) It is a form of computing where debit and credit cards have an embedded microprocessor chip.
C) It is a form of technology which enables you to shoot, store, and download still photos or full-motion video with audio into your computer system.
D) It is a form of technology that is commonly used in banks in order to magnetically read checks and deposit slips.

9. Which one of the following printing devices uses an electrostatic process similar to a photocopying machine in order to produce a high quality printed form?
A) Inkjet printers.
B) Dot-matrix printers.
C) Laser printers.
D) Bubble jet printers.

10. A bit, the smallest element of data, can have value(s) of:
A) 0 or 1.
B) 0, 1, or 8.
C) 0 through 7.
D) 0 and 1.

Test II. Essay true or false. Support your answer.

1. Personal computers, network servers, network computers, and technical workstations are terms used to highlight major uses of particular types of computers.
A) True
B) False

2. Network servers have become more popular in recent years due in large part to the development of electronic commerce and other business uses of the Internet. Applications such as integrated enterprise-wide manufacturing, distribution, and financial applications are popular server applications.
A) True
B) False

3. When compared to traditional rack-mounted servers, blade servers are smaller, use more power, and require more cabling.
A) True
B) False

4. As a business end user, it is vital that you have a detailed technical knowledge of computers and that you need to understand the in-depth facts and concepts about computer systems in order to be an informed and productive user of computer system resources.
A) True
B) False

5. A computer is a system, an interrelated combination of components that performs the basic system functions of input, processing, output, storage, and control. The output devices of a computer system include video display units, scanners, printers and so on.
A) True
B) False

6. The central processing unit (CPU) is the most important hardware component of a computer system that can be subdivided into two major subunits: the arithmetic- logic unit and the control unit. The ALU performs arithmetic operations, while the control unit is used to perform logical operations.
A) True
B) False

7. A computer's primary storage unit is commonly called the arithmetic-logic unit, which holds data and program instructions between processing steps and supplies them to the control unit during processing.
A) True
B) False

8. Self-service check-in kiosks at airports have been very slow to catch on; because the kiosks have a difficult user interface, only a small percentage of airline customers have chosen to use the kiosks instead of actual reservationists at the counters.
A) True
B) False

9. OCR technology, which uses a light sensitive device, is used to read codes on merchandise tags, product labels, credit card receipts, and other documents.
A) True
B) False

10. One of the major trends in secondary storage has been toward massive capacities using magnetic and optical media.
A) True
B) False

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