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Chapter 1: Why Computers Matter to You: Becoming Computer Literate
1) Being ________ means being familiar enough with computers that you understand their
capabilities and limitations.
A) computer savvy
B) technology literate
C) computer literate
D) computer competent
Answer: C
Diff: 1
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2) All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:
A) hackers.
B) viruses.
C) spam.
D) identity theft.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer
3) Unwanted e-mail is called ________.
A) spam
B) spyware
C) adware
D) software
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer
4) Which of the following is NOT necessarily part of being computer literate?
A) avoiding hackers and viruses
B) protecting your privacy
C) being able to build a computer
D) using the Internet wisely
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer
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5) ________ is a field of study focused on information handling and retrieval of information
automatically.
A) Computer forensics
B) Database mining
C) RFID
D) Information technology
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Being Prepared for Your Career
6) The process of searching huge amounts of data with the hope of finding a pattern is called
________.
A) data mining
B) data searching
C) data warehousing
D) data retrieval
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Retail: Working in a Data Mine
7) A ________ is a specially designed scannable sticker that resembles an inkblot and contains
all the important information about a UPS package.
A) mailing label
B) packing label
C) MaxiCode
D) PostCode
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Business: Data on the Go
8) ________ is a type of wireless communication that transmits data through radio waves.
A) Nanotechnology
B) Bluetooth technology
C) POS technology
D) USB technology
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Business: Data on the Go
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9) When a job is sent to other countries, as many programming jobs have been, it is said to have
been ________.
A) offshored
B) resourced
C) exported
D) imported
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Video Game Design: A Long Way from Pac-Man
10) A ________ is a small device that enables users to carry digital information.
A) PSS
B) Smartphone
C) GPS player
D) VeriChip
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Education: Teaching and Learning
11) Which of the following do today's educators NOT need to be familiar with to create
constructive computerized lessons and to interact with students?
A) computers
B) the Internet
C) programs like Moodle or Blackboard
D) Web authoring software
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Education: Teaching and Learning
12) Many online courses are designed to use management software like ________ so that
students can communicate outside of class, take quizzes online, and find their class materials
easily.
A) Blackboard or Moodle
B) Microsoft Access
C) Adobe Photoshop
D) CAD or Visio
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Education: Teaching and Learning
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13) To set up a(n) ________, you must have an appropriate computer and digital devices
connected to a home network.
A) digital home
B) e-business
C) Web site
D) digital entertainment center
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
14) The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal's computer is an
example of a law enforcement specialty called ________.
A) robotics
B) RFID simulation
C) computer forensics
D) HALO animation
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Law Enforcement: Put Down That Mouse-You're Under Arrest!
15) ________ is the application of computer systems and techniques to gather potential legal
evidence.
A) Data mining processes
B) POS skills
C) Information gathering
D) Computer forensics
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Law Enforcement: Put Down That Mouse-You're Under Arrest!
16) ________ tags, when placed on an animal, can be used to record and track in a database all
of the animal's movements.
A) RFID
B) POS
C) PPS
D) GPS
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Agriculture: High-Tech Down on the Farm
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17) ________ tags are small versions of the roadway electronic toll system used in many states
to automate paying tolls as motorists pass through the toll station.
A) PDA
B) RFID
C) PSS
D) UPS
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Agriculture: High-Tech Down on the Farm
18) Surgeons use ________ to perform delicate operations by manipulating devices through
computers instead of manually.
A) forecasting
B) computer forensics
C) simulation
D) robotics
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
19) Technology no longer protected by copyright, available to everyone, is considered to be
________.
A) proprietary
B) open
C) experimental
D) in the public domain
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
20) Medical students can train on ________ and experience firsthand how a human would react
to a particular treatment.
A) mannequins
B) patient simulators
C) robots
D) a 3D anatomical system
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
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21) The ________ is a global effort in which bioengineers are creating realistic computer
simulations of all systems and features of the human anatomy.
A) Y2K Project
B) Physiome Project
C) BrainGate Project
D) RFID Project
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
22) The goal of ________ is to provide solutions to physical problems, such as providing sight to
the blind.
A) 3D animations
B) computer forensics
C) biomedical chip research
D) RFID technology
Answer: C
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Medicine: The Chip Within
23) One type of chip already being implanted in humans as a means of verifying a person's
identity is called a(n) ________.
A) DogTag
B) ImplantChip
C) VeriChip
D) RFID chip
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: The Chip Within
24) One potential application of ________ is to provide sight to the blind.
A) RFID tags
B) patient simulators
C) biomedical chip implants
D) VeriChips
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: The Chip Within
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25) By studying the data produced by ________, scientists hope to improve the prediction of
weather phenomena.
A) GPS
B) simulations
C) VeriChips
D) PSSs
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Science: Simulating Reality
26) ________ is the science revolving around building devices on an extremely small scale.
A) Nanotechnology
B) Microtechnology
C) Computer forensics
D) Artificial intelligence
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
27) ________ is the study of molecules and structures whose sizes range from 1 to 100
nanometers.
A) Artificial intelligence
B) Microelectrodes
C) Computer forensics
D) Nanoscience
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
28) The prefix nano stands for ________.
A) one-hundredth
B) one-millionth
C) one-billionth
D) one-trillionth
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
29) A nanometer is ________.
A) one-tenth of a meter
B) one-millionth of a meter
C) one-billionth of a meter
D) the size of a human hair
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
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30) ________ computing relates to emotion or deliberately tries to influence emotion.
A) Affective
B) Personal
C) Psychological
D) Emotional
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Psychology: You Should Smile . . . Now
31) While engineers work to create computers that can understand us emotionally, ________ are
also evolving toward a more human appearance.
A) affecting computing techniques
B) RFIDs
C) computer systems
D) ESP systems
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Psychology: You Should Smile . . . Now
32) The emotional-social prosthesis (ESP) device, developed by a group at the MIT Media Lab,
is targeted at helping people who have ________.
A) paralysis
B) diabetes
C) autism
D) brain damage
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Psychology: You Should Smile . . . Now
33) Children who do not have access to ________ and ________ won't be prepared for future
employment.
A) databases, data mining
B) information, data
C) television, video games
D) the Internet, computers
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Ethics in IT: Knowledge Is Power-Bridging the Digital Divide
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34) The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without
this access is known as the ________.
A) Web divide
B) Internet divide
C) digital divide
D) broadband divide
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Ethics in IT: Knowledge Is Power-Bridging the Digital Divide
35) The Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher program supports refurbishers by allowing ________
to be installed for free on refurbished systems.
A) certain Microsoft operating systems and Office software
B) certain gaming software packages
C) antivirus software
D) specific operating system utilities
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Ethics in IT: Knowledge Is Power-Bridging the Digital Divide
36) ________ is the nerve center of any digital home, allowing you to interface with the different
digital devices connected to the network.
A) The Internet
B) A modem
C) A computer
D) A server
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
37) A ________ allows you to transfer media from your computer to other media devices (such
as a plasma TV).
A) digital TV
B) network adapter
C) digital media adapter
D) radio tuner
Answer: C
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
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38) A ________ is a special device that is installed in your computer and allows it to
communicate with other devices on the network.
A) media center extender
B) network adapter
C) modem
D) digital media adapter
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
39) The Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher program supports refurbishers by allowing certain
Microsoft operating systems and applications to be installed for free on refurbished computers.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Ethics in IT: Knowledge Is Power-Bridging the Digital Divide
40) You cannot be called computer literate unless you have knowledge of higher level computer
skills, such as computer programming.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Why Should You Become Computer Literate?
41) Becoming computer literate includes being able to understand and form knowledgeable
opinions on the challenges facing a digital society.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Understanding the Challenges Facing a Digital Society
42) Data mining is the process of searching huge amounts of data with the hope of finding a
pattern.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Retail: Working in a Data Mine
43) Information technology careers are on the rise.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Being Prepared for Your Career
44) Data mining is the set of techniques used in information handling and retrieval.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Being Prepared for Your Career
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45) Hardware refers to the programs that give commands to the computer.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer
46) When a job is sent to other countries, as many programming jobs have been, it is said to have
been exported.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Video Game Design: A Long Way from Pac-Man
47) Trend-spotting programs developed for business have been used to predict criminal activity.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Law Enforcement: Put Down That Mouse-You're Under Arrest!
48) Computer forensics is the application of computer systems in gathering potential legal
evidence.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Law Enforcement: Put Down That Mouse-You're Under Arrest!
49) Today, because of advances in computer technology, it is not theoretically necessary for a
doctor to be in the same room as his or her patient.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
50) Copyrighted technology is said to be in the public domain.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
51) Biomedical chip implants are being used to provide sight to the blind.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: The Chip Within
52) Ranchers use VeriChips to track their cattle.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Agriculture: High-Tech Down on the Farm
53) Nanostructures represent the smallest human-made structures that can be built.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
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54) Affective computing is a science that attempts to produce machines that understand and can
respond to human emotion.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Psychology: You Should Smile . . . Now
55) Employers have the right to monitor network traffic on employee systems used at work.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Understanding the Challenges Facing a Digital Society
56) Although the automotive industry has become more computerized in the last ten years, there
is still not a great need for automotive technicians to be computer literate.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Automotive Technology: Sensors and CPUs
57) Being computer literate enables you to form educated opinions in today's digital society and
to take a stand based on accurate information rather than media hype and misinformation.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Understanding the Challenges Facing a Digital Society
58) The discrepancy between the "haves" and "have nots" with regard to computer technology is
commonly referred to as the digital society.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Ethics in IT: Knowledge Is Power-Bridging the Digital Divide
59) A TV tuner allows your computer to receive television channels from a cable connection and
display them on your computer monitor.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
60) Being ________ means being familiar enough with computers to understand their
capabilities and limitations and knowing how to use them.
Answer: computer literate
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Why Should You Become Computer Literate?
61) The term ________ refers to the programs that give commands to the computer.
Answer: software
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer
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62) ________ is the act of stealing someone's identity.
Answer: Identity theft
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer
63) ________ is the field of study focused on information handling and retrieval.
Answer: Information technology
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Being Prepared for Your Career
64) A process known as ________ tracks trends and allows retailers to respond to consumer
buying patterns.
Answer: data mining
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Retail: Working in a Data Mine
65) ________ is the process of searching huge amounts of data with the hope of finding a
pattern.
Answer: Data mining
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Retail: Working in a Data Mine
66) UPS workers use scanners with ________ technology to transmit data to a terminal.
Answer: Bluetooth
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Business: Data on the Go
67) Using software such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Macromedia Flash allows
artists to create ________ art.
Answer: digital
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Ink, Paints & a Notebook?
68) Because computer games are best developed for a local market by people native to that
market, game development will most likely not be ________, or sent to other countries.
Answer: offshored
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Video Game Design: A Long Way from Pac-Man
69) ________ is the application of computer systems and techniques in the gathering of legal
evidence.
Answer: Computer forensics
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Law Enforcement: Put Down That Mouse-You're Under Arrest!
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70) A(n) ________ is a special device that is installed in your computer that allows it to
communicate with other devices on the network.
Answer: network adapter
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
71) A(n) ________ allows your computer to receive television channels from a cable connection
and display them on your computer monitor.
Answer: TV tuner
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
72) Farmers can use ________ to track the location of their cattle.
Answer: RFID tags
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Agriculture: High-Tech Down on the Farm
73) Surgeons can use computer-guided ________ to perform delicate surgery.
Answer: robots
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
74) ________ are life-sized mannequins that have a pulse and a heartbeat and respond to
procedures just like humans do.
Answer: Patient simulators
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
75) Technology no longer protected by copyright, so it is available to everyone, is considered to
be in the ________.
Answer: public domain
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
76) One type of chip being implanted in humans as a means of verifying a person's identity is
called the ________.
Answer: VeriChip
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: The Chip Within
77) Scientists use ________, or models, to study tornadoes and to re-create the ruins of Pompeii.
Answer: simulations
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Science: Simulating Reality
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78) In the future, ________, which are extremely small conductors, could be used to create
extremely small pathways in computer chips.
Answer: nanowires
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
79) ________ is the science revolving around the use of nanostructures to build devices on an
extremely small scale.
Answer: Nanotechnology
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
80) Researchers are investigating the use of ________ to deliver precise doses of drugs on a
molecule-by-molecule basis within the human bloodstream.
Answer: nanostructures
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
81) ________ is the study of molecules and structures ranging in size from 1 to 100 nanometers.
Answer: Nanoscience
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
82) ________ computing relates to emotion or deliberately tries to influence emotion.
Answer: Affective
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Psychology: You Should Smile . . . Now
83) The discrepancy between the "haves" and the "have nots" with regard to computer
technology is commonly referred to as the ________.
Answer: digital divide
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Ethics in IT: Knowledge Is Power-Bridging the Digital Divide
84) ________ versions of identity chips are used in hospitals to monitor the locations of newborn
babies.
Answer: Nonimplant
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: The Chip Within
85) An application from NASA, called ________, makes available some 10 trillion bytes of
imagery of the Earth.
Answer: World Wind
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Bits and Bytes: NASA Wants You . . . to Learn
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86) In an automobile, ________ measure everything from air pressure to temperature to throttle
position.
Answer: sensors
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Automotive Technology: Sensors and CPUs
87) Nanotechnology research has helped create carbon ________, which can deliver patient
medicine and information.
Answer: nanotubes
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
88) ________ is a wearable system that isolates movements and facial expressions of people to
help determine their mood and intention.
Answer:
ESP
The emotional-social prosthesis
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Psychology: You Should Smile . . . Now
89) ________ computing is a science that attempts to produce machines that understand and can
respond to human emotion.
Answer: Affective
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Psychology: You Should Smile . . . Now
90) Match the following fields to the related computer technology.
I. medicine
A. Internet research and virtual tours
II. business
B. digital recreation of ruins
III. law enforcement
C. bioengineering and patient simulators
IV. education
D. computer forensics
V. archaeology
E. data mining
Answer: C, E, D, A, B
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Multiple Locations in the Chapter
91) Match the following terms to their meanings.
I. Smartphone
A. biomedical implant placed under the skin used for identification
II. µ-chip
B. identification tag used to track animals
III. RFID
C. device that enables user to carry digital information
IV. VeriChip
D. identity chip small enough to be ingested without a person's knowledge
Answer: C, D, B, A
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Multiple Locations in the Chapter
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92) Match the following terms to their meanings.
I. computer forensics
A. computing relating to emotion
II. computer literacy
B. using computer systems to gather legal evidence
III. information technology
C. understanding the capabilities and limitations of computers
IV. affective computing
D. the handling and retrieval of information
Answer: B, C, D, A
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Multiple Locations in the Chapter
93) Match the following terms to their meanings.
I. digital home
A. device that includes plasma and liquid display
II. digital TV
B. discrepancy between computer technologies haves and
have nots
III. digital divide
C. changes a computer into a digital recorder
IV. digital video recorder software D. computer and digital devices connected to a home
network
Answer: D, A, B, C
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Multiple Locations in the Chapter
94) Match the following terms to their meanings.
I. Bluetooth technology
A. one-billionth of a meter
II. nanoscience
B. extremely small conductor
III. nanometer
C. study of molecules ranging in size from 1 to 100 nanometers
IV. nanowire
D. a type of wireless communication
Answer: D, C, A, B
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Multiple Locations in the Chapter
95) Match the following fields to the related computer technology.
I. shipping
A. uses Bluetooth technology
II. video gaming
B. uses computer forensics animations
III. education
C. uses management software such as Moodle
IV. legal system
D. uses software animation tools
Answer: A, D, C, B
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Multiple Locations in the Chapter
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