Computer Fundamentals Quiz 138 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. All computers need to store the programs that are needed to startup the computer. These instructions are held in:

Correct Answer: B) ROM.

2. A computer's Operating System

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

3. A stored segment or block of information that is available to a computer program.

Correct Answer: A) File.

4. Three (3) types of multiple user computers are super computer, server and .....

Correct Answer: A) Mainframe.

5. The most popular search engine in the United States

Correct Answer: C) Google.

6. Classify 'temperature readings' as which type of data?

Correct Answer: B) Quantitative.

7. Which component of the system unit contains the CPU, RAM, ROM, and other connectors?

Correct Answer: C) Motherboard.

8. Which input device allow only voice data?

Correct Answer: B) Microphone.

9. What is a spanned volume?

Correct Answer: C) A volume on multiple drives.

10. Which of the following is the application of cloud computing?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

11. RAM-What happens when the electricity Is turned off?

Correct Answer: C) The data from the memory is not saved.

12. Numbers

Correct Answer: A) Value.

13. RAM is like a computer's ....., while a hard drive is like a computer's .....

Correct Answer: B) Short-term memory/long-term memory.

14. A hard drive is:

Correct Answer: A) A storage device.

15. What component is this?

Correct Answer: D) CPU.

16. Excel is part of

Correct Answer: B) Microsoft Office.

17. What kind of file does the "BAK" extension refer to?

Correct Answer: B) Backup file.

18. What is fixed memory?

Correct Answer: D) None of above.

19. CD-ROM stands for .....

Correct Answer: D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory.

20. World's first programmer

Correct Answer: B) Lady Ada Lovelace.