Allows musical instruments to communicate with a compute

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CIS 1033 Unit Two

• Review Questions

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An ergonomic keyboard helps to prevent

• A. wrist injuries
• B. input errors
• C. cord clutter
• D. system errors

3
Which of the following pointing devices is
located on the keyboard?

• A. Mouse
• B. Trackball
• C. Pointing stick
• D. Electronic pen

4
An example of a POS terminal is

• A kiosk
• A checkout line at HEB
• MICR
• Optical scanner

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Optical character recognition or OCR

• Allows musical instruments to communicate with a
  computer
• Prints magnetic ink on the bottom of checks
• Converts scanned documents into word processing
  documents
• Writes characters to CD/DVD

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The dots that compose the image of a digital
photograph are called

• A. dot matrix.
• B. resolution points.
• C. pixels.
• D. digital points

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All of the following components, except a
________ , are required for every data
communications system.

• A. sending device.
• B. receiving device.
• C. communications link.
• D. modem.

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Which type of computer screen is the most
difficult to view from an angle?

• A. Cathode ray tube
• B. Active matrix
• C. Passive matrix
• D. Gas plasma

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Which type of flat-panel computer screen provides
the highest-quality image?

• A. Cathode ray tube
• B. Active matrix
• C. Passive matrix
• D. Gas plasma

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Which of the following is a nonimpact printer?

• A. Line printer
• B. Ink-jet printer
• C. Dot-matrix printer
• D. Active matrix printer

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Which type of printer would be best for printing
on carbon forms?

• Laser jet
• Ink Jet
• Non-impact printer
• Dot matrix

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Which of the following is a standard for
connecting electronic musical instruments and
computers?

• A. COM
• B. MICR
• C. MIDI
• D. CIM

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Disk mirroring is a technology that

• increases the storage capacity of a disk.
• improves speed by allowing simultaneous
  reads/writes
• improves reliability by building in fault
  tolerance.
• D. prevents head crashes by placing a protective
  stripe over the platter

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All of the following are true about batch
processing except

• Generally runs after hours
• Are rarely interactive
• Run in the background
• Are faster than online jobs

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A collection of similarly positioned tracks on
multiple platters of a disk pack is called a

• A. cluster.
• B. sector.
• C. cylinder.
• D. track.

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What is the correct sequence of
smallest-to-largest unit of storage space?

• A. cluster ? sector ? cylinder ? track
• B. sector ? cluster ? cylinder ? track
• C. sector ? cylinder ? track ? cluster
• D. sector ? cluster ? track ? cylinder

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Which of the following is a way of minimizing the
need to perform physical reads on a disk?

• A. Disk caching
• B. Data striping
• C. Zone recording
• D. Disk mirroring

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Which of the following is an advantage of DVD
over CD technology?

• A. Storage capacity
• B. Access speed
• C. Reliability
• D. CD-R

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The file organization that is appropriate for
magnetic tape storage media is

• A. sequential.
• B. random.
• C. indexed.
• D. keyed.

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The file organization that is appropriate for a
web based database such as Amazon

• A. sequential.
• B. random.
• C. indexed.
• D. keyed.

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Which sentence best describes the actions of the
access arms and read/write heads on a standard
disk drive?

• A. Access arms move independently of each other,
  and all read/write heads read at the same time.
• Access arms move independently of each other, and
  one read/write head reads at a time.
• Access arms move together as a unit, and all
  read/write heads read at the same time.
• D. Access arms move together as a unit, and one
  read/write head reads at a time.

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Direct access files are commonly used in ________
systems, which operate in real time and provide
quick responses to user requests.

• A. batch
• B. direct
• C. master
• D. online

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The earliest data communications systems utilized

• A. the Internet.
• B. centralized data processing.
• C. the TCP/IP protocol.
• D. distributed data processing.

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A communications signal in the form of a
continuous wave is

• A. digital.
• B. modulation.
• C. analog.
• D. amplitude.

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The device that converts signals from analog to
digital and vice versa is called a

• A. carrier wave.
• B. analog generator.
• C. digimon.
• D. modem.

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A modems rating of 56K refers to its

• A. memory size.
• B. transmission speed.
• C. frequency modulation.
• D. amplitude requirements.

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With digital subscriber line

• a dedicated digital line is installed to
  facilitate speedy transmission.
• transmission speed is affected by the number of
  cable modem users.
• use of the telephone is curtailed while the user
  is online.
• D. the computer is always connected to a live
  communications line.

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Conversation over a walkie-talkie radio is an
example of

• A. full-duplex transmission.
• B. half-duplex transmission.
• C. simplex transmission.
• D. asynchronous transmission.

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Which communications medium has the highest
bandwidth?

• A. Coaxial
• B. Fiber optic
• C. Twisted pair
• D. Copper

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The ________ topology consists of a central hub
that controls all messaging in a network.

• A. ring
• B. star
• C. bus
• D. Ethernet

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The ________ topology consists of a circle of
computers that pass data in one direction.

• A. ring
• B. star
• C. bus
• D. Ethernet

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The type of networking application that
automatically exchanges invoices and purchase
orders between two companies computer systems is
called

• A. EDI.
• B. EFT.
• C. XML.
• D. ISDN.

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A common, inexpensive technology used for LANs

• Token Ring
• Ethernet
• Star
• Ring

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Napster and Kazaa are examples of what kind of
network

• Token Ring
• Ethernet
• Peer to Peer
• LAN

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All of the following are associated with WANs
except

• Front end processor
• Multiplexer
• ISDN
• Terminal emulation