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Transmission Control Protocol/__________ Protocol provides the standard used for end-to-end connectivity specifying how data should be formatted,addressed,transmitted,routed and received at the destination.

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What is system software?


A) Controls how the various input and output devices work together along with the application software
B) Controls the application software and manages how the hardware devices work together
C) Provides additional functionality to the operating system
D) Used for specific information processing needs, including payroll, customer relationship management, project management, training and many others

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Electromechanical magnetic _________ is a secondary storage medium that uses magnetic techniques to store and retrieve data on disks or tapes coated with magnetically sensitive materials.

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____________ is the primary network technology connecting devices in close proximity using cable on a LAN.

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Disk optimisation software helps save information if a computer crashes.

A) True
B) False

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What is a telecommunications system?


A) Enables the transmission of data over public or private computer networks
B) A communications, data exchange and resource-sharing system created by linking two or more computers and establishing standards, or protocols, so that they can work together
C) Any network without a central file server and in which all computers in the network have access to the public files located on all other workstations
D) A computer that is designed to request information from a server

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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____________ device is the equipment used to see,hear or otherwise accept the results of information processing requests.

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Compare LANs,WANs and MANs.

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A local area network (LAN) is a computer...

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What is the arithmetic logic unit?


A) The actual hardware that interprets and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware devices work together
B) Interprets software instructions and literally tells the other hardware devices what to do, based on the software instructions
C) A type of CPU that can recognise as many as 100 or more instructions, enough to carry out most computations directly
D) Performs all arithmetic operations (for example, addition and subtraction) and all logic operations (such as sorting and comparing numbers)

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Utility software provides additional functionality to the operating system.

A) True
B) False

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What is a large computer network usually spanning a city or campus?


A) Client/server network
B) Corporate network
C) Metropolitan area network
D) Peer-to-peer network

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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What is an input device?


A) The actual hardware that interprets and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware devices work together
B) The computer's main memory, which consists of the random access memory (RAM) , cache memory and the read-only memory (ROM) that is directly accessible to the central processing unit (CPU)
C) Equipment designed to store large volumes of data for long-term storage
D) Equipment used to capture information and commands

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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What is a complex instruction set computer chip?


A) The actual hardware that interprets and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware devices work together
B) Interprets software instructions and literally tells the other hardware devices what to do, based on the software instructions
C) A type of CPU that can recognise as many as 100 or more instructions, enough to carry out most computations directly
D) Performs all arithmetic operations (for example, addition and subtraction) and all logic operations (such as sorting and comparing numbers)
This is the definition of CISC.

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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What detects the presence or absence of a mark in a predetermined place (popular for multiple-choice exams) ?


A) Magnetic ink character reader
B) Optical-character recognition
C) Optical-mark recognition
D) Point-of-sale

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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What is the wireless technology that transmits signals over short distances among mobile phones,computers and other devices?


A) Redhat
B) Bluetooth
C) Bluebeard
D) Finite network area Feedback

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Identify the different media types found in networks.

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Transmission media provide the means for...

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