CIS 130 MIDTERM

Smartphones use which of these storage technologies?

For browsers to connect to resources on the internet, the location of the resources must be specified through addresses called

An external hard disk

A keyboard key that turns a feature on or off is called a ________ key.

A system unit consist of the keyboard and the monitor

System software includes all of the following except

The internet is the largest ___________ in the world.

A microcomputer that is smaller, lighter, and less powerful than a notebook, and which has a touch sensitive screen, is called a

Attachments to e-mail messages can be a document or an image

Online banking is an example of what type of e-commerce?

Identify the four basic categories of hardware in a personal computer system.

The most common way to access the internet is through

The electronic equivalent of a file cabinet is a

These organize commonly used commands into a set of tabs.

This type of image is made up of geometric shapes or objects

Many apps are written for a particular type of mobile device and will not run on other types

Presentation graphics software is an excellent tool to communicate a message and to persuade people.

Starting or restarting a computer is called tasking the system

Smartphones generally include a network operating system

Most operating systems support the ability to switch between different applications. This is called

Which of the following is a function of the control unit

This screens can be touched with more than one finger

The windows troubleshooting utility that identifies and eliminates nonessential files is called

The system board is also known as

RAM is considered temporary, or volatile storage

The arrangement of the keys on a QWERTY keyboard reflects the layout by

Another name for a midrange computer is server

The series of dots that form the image on a monitor are called

This type of mouse emits and senses light to detect movement

A service that uses existing phone lines to provide high speed internet connections is called

Every computer on the internet has unique numeric address called

Corporations often use this to prevent copyright violations

A __________ acts as a security buffer between a corporation's private network and all external networks

Computer criminals that create and spread viruses are punished under this law

Which of the following is not a measure to protect computer security?

A browser is an example of system software

Programs used to secretly record an individual's activities on the internet are called

Desktop, laptop, and tablet computers and mobile devices are classified as

Insurance companies are most likely to use personal computers to process information about policy holders

People that collect and sell personal data are called

Printers connected to the internet that provide printing services to others on the internet ar called

A CD-RW disc

The processing speed of a microprocessor is represented by its

Cloud printers provide printing services to users without access to the internet

Four common types of files are document files, worksheet files, database files, and presentation files.

Microwave communication uses high frequency

All communications between a company's internal networks and the outside world pass through this server

The web was introduced in

Cloud computing has the potential to free end-users from owning, maintaining and storing software and data

Optical discs use this to represent data