SAINT COM203 MODULE 1 QUIZ 1

Which term refers to a collection of inter-linked documents, graphics, and sounds that can be accessed over the Internet?

2G Network

Digital Television

Freeform Database

Visual Database

World Wide Web/Web

Question 2. Question :

The Internet was first developed for whom?

America Online (AOL)

cambridge University

Microsoft

The United States Military

Vice President Al Gore

Question 3. Question :

Which of the following is a generic term used to refer to symbols that represent facts, objects, and ideas, which a computer can manipulate?

Student Answer: CORRECT Data

Entities

Queries

Reports

Wisdom

Question 4. Question :

Which term refers a named collection of data copied unto a storage medium, such as a hard disk, CD, or flash drive?

BIOS

Cluster

File

Port

Sector

Question 5. Question :

A megabyte is the same as which of the following?

1,048,576 bits

2 to the power of 10 (= 1,024) Kilobytes

Exactly one million bytes

One half of a Gigabyte

Two Terabytes

Question 6. Question :

How many bytes are required to store a single letter in extended ASCII?

: 1

2

8

256

1,024

Question 7. Question :

Which of the following is the Extended ASCII code for an uppercase "A" in binary (base 2)?

0000 0000

0000 000A

0100 0001

A000 0000

1111 1111

Question 8. Question :

Which of type of language is typically used by programmers to create programs that control digital devices?

Command Language

Programming Language

Query Language

System Language

Teutonic Language

Question 9. Question :

Which type of computer program that translates source code of an entire program as a batch into object code which it places into a separate file?

Complier

Database

Interpreter

Operating System

Spreadsheet

Question 10. Question :

Which term refers to any method to confirm a person's identity based upon something they know, possess, or are?

Authentication Protocol

Authorization Protocol

Electoral College

User ID

Validation Procedure

Question 11. Question :

Under which act are Sarah Palin’s e-mails and the FBI’s file on Roswell made available?

Affordable Health Care Initiative

Freedom of Information Act

No Child Left Behind

Patriot Act

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Question 12. Question :

The first major role computers played in marketing was to do which of the following?

Creating graphics and typesetting print adds

Customizing mass market form letters

E-commerce web sites

Statistical analysis of surveys and sales data

Video and audio editing of broadcast adds