Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Tech Guide 1
Hardware
1) Computer technologies become obsolete faster than other technologies in the organization.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: Analyze the major hardware issues that affect information workers in today’s
business environment.
Section Reference: TG 1.1 Introduction
Difficulty: Easy
2) One key issues with hardware is how to keep up with rapid price/performance increases
Answer: True
Learning Objective: Discuss the strategic issues that link hardware design to business strategy.
Section Reference: TG 1.2 Strategic Hardware Issues
Difficulty: Medium
Answer: False
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Medium
Answer: False
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Medium
5) A thin-client system is a desktop computer that doesn’t have locally installed software.
Answer: True
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Easy
6) Laptop, notebook, and netbook computers cost more than desktops because of their portability.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Easy
7) Each generation of computer hardware has exhibited increased processing power and decreased
costs.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Easy
8) Minicomputers are relatively small, inexpensive computers that perform the same functions as
mainframe computers, but to a limited extent.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Easy
Answer: False
Learning Objective: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.
Section Reference: TG 1.4 Input and Output Technologies
Difficulty: Easy
10) Source data automation uses various technologies to input data with minimal human intervention.
Answer: True
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
Learning Objective: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.
Section Reference: TG 1.4 Input and Output Technologies
Difficulty: Easy
11) Microcontrollers are computer chips that are embedded in products and technologies of various
types and sizes.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
12) Computers can run any type of program regardless of the amount and type of memory that the
computer has.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
Answer: True
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
14) Primary storage is the main memory of a computer, in which small amounts of data that will be used
immediately are stored.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
15) Random access memory is that part of primary storage that holds a software program (or a portion
of it) and small amounts of data when they are brought from secondary storage.
Answer: True
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
16) If your computer loses its power supply, you will not lose the contents of your random access
memory, because it is not volatile.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
17) Sequential access is a type of data access that is associated primarily with magnetic disks.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
18) Magnetic tape provides faster access to data than magnetic disks.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
19) An optical storage device is a form of secondary storage device on which data are recorded and read
by laser in a computer’s disk drive.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
20) Digital video disks (DVDs) have higher storage capacities than CD-ROMs.
Answer: True
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
21) The cost per megabyte of storage is greater for traditional hard disk storage than for PC memory
cards.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
Answer: True
Learning Objective: Analyze the major hardware issues that affect information workers in today's
business environment.
Section: TG 1.1 Introduction
Difficulty: Easy
23) A thin client offers the full functionality of a PC but is much lighter.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Easy
24) Multimedia technologies integrate text, sounds, still images, animation, and digitized motion video.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.
Section Reference: TG 1.4 Input and Output Technologies
Difficulty: Easy
Answer: False
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
Difficulty: Easy
26) Which of the following factors does not affect decisions about hardware?
a) Power
b) Appropriateness for the task
c) Size
d) Cost
e) Speed
Answer: c
27) To model the weather or simulate nuclear weapons testing, you would most likely use a(n):
a) Mainframe computer.
b) Workstation.
c) Supercomputer.
d) Personal computer.
e) Active badge.
Answer: c
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Easy
28) A _____ refers to the fastest computing engines available at any given time.
a) Supercomputer
b) Mainframe
c) Midrange computer
d) Microcomputer
e) Laptop computer
Answer: a
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
Difficulty: Easy
29) A ___________ is an example of a computer system that is designed to accommodate multiple users
simultaneously.
a) Microcomputer
b) Mainframe
c) Laptop
d) Palmtop
e) Wearable computer
Answer: b
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Easy
30) A _____ is used in large enterprises for extensive computing applications that are accessed by
thousands of concurrent users.
a) Supercomputer
b) Mainframe
c) Midrange computer
d) Microcomputer
e) Laptop computer
Answer: b
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Easy
Answer: b
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Medium
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
32) Which of the following is not a component of the central processing unit?
a) Registers
b) Control unit
c) Secondary storage
d) Arithmetic-logic unit
e) Keyboard
Answer: c
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Medium
33) Which of the following does not affect the speed of the machine instruction cycle?
a) Clock speed
b) Word length
c) Bus width
d) Line width
e) Physical design of the chip
Answer: d
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Medium
Answer: b
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Medium
35) The amount and type of memory that a computer possesses affects which of the following?
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
Answer: e
36) The amount and type of memory that a computer possesses affects all the following except:
Answer: e
37) Arrange the hierarchy of terms to describe memory capacity in the correct sequence, from smallest
to largest:
Answer: c
38) Primary storage stores which of the following for very brief periods of time?
Answer: d
Answer: c
a) Register.
b) Random access memory.
c) Cache memory.
d) Read-only memory.
e) All of these
Answer: e
41) _____________is(are) the part of primary storage that holds a software program (or a portion of it)
and small amounts of data when they are brought from secondary storage.
a) Read-only memory
b) Random access memory
c) Cache memory
d) Registers
e) Flash memory
Answer: b
a) Volatile, temporary
b) Nonvolatile, permanent
c) Nonvolatile, temporary
d) Volatile, permanent
e) Volatile, inexpensive
Answer: a
Answer: d
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Medium
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
Answer: e
45) The type of primary storage, located closest to the CPU, where the computer can temporarily store
blocks of data used most often is called:
a) Read-only memory.
b) Registers.
c) Random access memory.
d) Cache memory.
e) Flash memory.
Answer: d
46) The type of primary storage where certain critical instructions are safeguarded because the storage
is nonvolatile and the instructions can be read only by the computer and not changed by the user is
called:
a) Read-only memory.
b) Random access memory.
c) Cache memory
d) Registers
e) Flash memory
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
a) It is nonvolatile.
b) It is more cost effective than primary storage.
c) It is slower than primary storage.
d) It can utilize a variety of media.
e) All of these
Answer: e
a) It is nonvolatile.
b) It is more cost effective than primary storage.
c) It is slower than primary storage
d) It cannot utilize any media except chips
e) None of these
Answer: d
49) The characteristics of magnetic tape include all of the following except:
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
50) If you wished to store a large amount of archival data for a long period of time, you would choose
which of the following?
a) Magnetic disk
b) Magnetic tape
c) Read-only chips
d) Cache chips
e) Thumb drives
Answer: b
51) To access a specific piece of information, _____ are usually faster than _____.
Answer: b
52) _____ are electronic storage devices that contain no moving parts.
a) Hard drives
b) Flash memory devices
c) Streaming tape devices
d) DVDs
e) CDs
Answer: b
Section Reference: TG 1.6 Distinguish between primary and secondary storage along the dimensions of
speed, cost and capacity.
Difficulty: Easy
53) Jun is getting ready to open a store in her home town to sell unique lamp bases and shades. What
kind of computer does she need at this point?
a) Mainframe computer
b) Server
c) Supercomputer
d) Personal computer
e) iPad
Answer: d
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Easy
54) Jun has been in business selling unique lamp bases and shades for two years in her first location. She
is getting ready to open a second location two towns over. What kind of computer does she need at this
point?
a) Mainframe computer
b) Server
c) Supercomputer
d) Personal computer
e) iPad
Answer: b
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Medium
55) Jun really likes your Apple iPad and wants to get one for her lamp business. What kind of computer
would the iPad replace?
a) Mainframe computer
b) Workstation
c) Server
d) Personal computer
e) Smartphone
Answer: d
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Medium
56)_______________ manipulates the data and controls the tasks performed by other components.
a) CPU
b) Primary storage
c) Output technologies
d) Secondary storage
Answer: a
Learning Objective: Analyze the major hardware issues that affect information workers in today's
business environment.
Section: TG 1.1 Introduction
Difficulty: Easy
a) CPU
b) Primary storage
c) Output technologies
d) Secondary storage
Answer: d
Learning Objective: Analyze the major hardware issues that affect information workers in today's
business environment.
Section: TG 1.1 Introduction
Difficulty: Easy
58) ________________ provide for the flow of data from external computer networks to the CPU and
vice versa.
a) Communication technologies
b) Input technologies
c) Output technologies
d) Secondary storage devices
Answer: a
Learning Objective: Analyze the major hardware issues that affect information workers in today's
business environment.
Section: TG 1.1 Introduction
Difficulty: Easy
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
Answer: d
Learning Objective: Discuss the strategic issues that link hardware design to business strategy.
Section: TG 1.2 Discuss the strategic issues that link hardware design to business strategy
Difficulty: Medium
60) Which of the following is the correct order of the computer hierarchy, from smallest to largest?
Answer: b
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Easy
a) mainframe computers
b) microcomputers
c) midrange computers
d) supercomputers
Answer: b
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Easy
a) mainframe computers
b) microcomputers
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
c) midrange computers
d) supercomputers
Answer: d
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section: Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Medium
a) mainframe computers
b) microcomputers
c) midrange computers
d) supercomputers
Answer: a
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section: Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Easy
a) Joystick
b) Keyboard
c) Printer
d) RFID scanner
Answer: c
Learning Objective: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.
Section Reference: TG 1.4 Input and Output Technologies
Difficulty: Easy
a) Monitor
b) Mouse
c) Printer
d) Plotter
Answer: b
Learning Objective: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
a) Keyboard
b) Mouse
c) UPC scanner
d) Voice recognition
Answer: c
Learning Objective: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.
Section Reference: TG 1.4 Input and Output Technologies
Difficulty: Easy
67) Registers are high-speed storage areas that store __________ amounts of data and instructions for
___________ periods of time.
Answer: d
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
68) Which of the following arranges the hierarchy of memory capacity from largest to smallest?
Answer: a
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
a) ALU
b) Primary storage
c) A register
d) Secondary storage
Answer: b
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Medium
a) primary, nonvolatile
b) primary, volatile
c) secondary, nonvolatile
d) secondary, volatile
Answer: b
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
a) A hard drive
b) Cache memory
c) RAM
d) ROM
Answer: a
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
a) hard drive
b) magnetic tape
c) magnetic disk
d) optical storage device
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
Answer: b
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Medium
73) _________ uses the unused digital portion of a regular copper telephone line.
a) Dial-up access
b) Cable
c) DSL
d) Wireless
Answer: c
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Analyze the major hardware issues that affect information workers in today’s
business environment.
Section Reference: TG 1.1 Introduction
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Analyze the major hardware issues that affect information workers in today’s
business environment.
Section Reference: TG 1.1 Introduction
Difficulty: Medium
77) Compare and contrast supercomputers, mainframes, midrange computers, and microcomputers.
Learning Objective: Describe the hierarchy of computers according to power and their respective roles.
Section Reference: TG 1.3 Computer Hierarchy
Difficulty: Medium
79) _______________ refers to the physical equipment for the input, processing, output, and storage
activities of a computer system.
Answer: Hardware
Learning Objective: Analyze the major hardware issues that affect information workers in today’s
business environment.
Section Reference: TG 1.1 Introduction
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Differentiate the various types of input and output technologies and their uses.
Section Reference: TG 1.4 Input and Output Technologies
Difficulty: Easy
81) Moore’s Law states that microprocessor complexity would ________ every 2 years.
Answer: double
Learning Objective: Describe the design and functioning of the central processing unit.
Section Reference: TG 1.5 The Central Processing Unit
Difficulty: Easy
Information System, Third Canadian Edition Rainer
Legal Notice
Copyright © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. or related companies. All rights
reserved.
The data contained in these files are protected by copyright. This manual is furnished under
licence and may be used only in accordance with the terms of such licence.
The material provided herein may not be downloaded, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,
modified, made available on a network, used to create derivative works, or transmitted in any
form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise
without the prior written permission of John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.