ICS 100 – Example/Practice Quiz – Chapter 1 & 2

1
ICS 100 Example/Practice Quiz Chapter 1 2

• Spring 2007
• 1/24/07

2
All of the following are examples of real
security and privacy risks EXCEPT

• spam.
• Viruses.
• hackers.
• identity theft.

3
________ is the science that attempts to produce
machines that display the same type of
intelligence that humans do

• Nanotechnology
• Artificial intelligence (AI)
• Simulation
• Nanoscience

4
________ is data that has been organized or
presented in a meaningful fashion.

• Software
• A program
• A process
• Information

5
After a picture has been taken with a digital
camera and processed appropriately, the actual
print of the picture is considered

• data.
• the process.
• input.
• output.

6
________ is any part of the computer that you can
physically touch

• A peripheral
• A device
• An application
• Hardware

7
The most common keyboard uses the ________ layout

• Alpha
• Numeric
• Dvorak
• QWERTY

8
The ________ is the largest and most important
chip in the computer.

• RAM chip
• memory chip
• motherboard
• central processing unit (CPU)

9
The hard disk drive is considered ________
storage.

• legacy
• temporary
• nonvolatile
• read-only

10
Data can be a number, a word, a picture, or a
sound.

• TRUE
• FALSE

11
The four main functions of a computer are input
the data, process the data, output the data or
information, and communicate the data or
information.

• TRUE
• FALSE
• Input ? process ? output ? store data

12
The Windows key is on both PC and Macintosh
keyboards.

• TRUE
• FALSE
• Windows key not on a Mac ?

13
Modern operating systems recommend that users
shut down the system by pushing the main power
button.

• TRUE
• FALSE
• Shut Down Through OS using the Mouse
• Start ? Turn Off Computer in Windows