Computer Literacy
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Course Introduction
Computer Literacy is an introductory course designed to familiarize students with fundamental computer concepts and essential digital skills. The course covers basic hardware and software operations, including navigating operating systems, managing files and folders, and using productivity applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation software. Students will also explore internet usage, online safety, and the importance of digital citizenship. By the end of the course, learners will be equipped to efficiently use computers in academic, professional, and personal contexts, laying a solid foundation for more advanced technological studies.
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New Perspectives Computer Concepts Enhanced Comprehensive 2016 19th Edition by June Jamrich
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Chapter 1: Digital Content
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Q1) To conserve space, applications that require high-quality sound use low sampling rates.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a format that is used for digital audio?
A) MP3
B) DOC
C) WAV
D) Ogg
Answer: B
Q3) When 4:3 videos are displayed in a widescreen player, they are bordered by the black bars of a(n) _______.
Answer: letterbox
Q4) Transcoding digital videos does not cause a loss of quality.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q5) An undesirable jagged appearance of a graphics image is referred to as _______.
Answer: pixelation
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Chapter 2: Digital Devices
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Q1) The __________ chip family set the standard for processors used in today's desktop and laptop computers, as well as servers. Answer: 8086, x86.
Q2) An DIP is a square chip package, typically used for microprocessors, with pins arranged in concentric squares.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) Which of the following is an important consideration when evaluating storage options for digital devices?
A) Durability
B) Dependability
C) Capacity
D) All of the above Answer: D
Q4) The ability to switch between programs makes computers multipurpose devices. A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Networks
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Q1) UDP is faster than TCP but does not perform error checking.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) Which wireless standard is faster: 802.11n or 802.11ac?
Answer: 802.11ac
Q3) With wired connections, such as Ethernet, the rated speed and range are usually quite different to actual performance.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q4) Parcels of data that are sent over a network are called ________. Answer: packets
Q5) LANs use many of the same network technologies as the Internet.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q6) ________ is the term for transmission capacity of a communication channel. Answer: Bandwidth
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Chapter 4: The Web
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Q1) In an HTML document, most tags are inserted as pairs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) HTTP is considered to be a(n) ___________ protocol.
A) cookie
B) FTP
C) persistent
D) stateless
Q3) ______ is called a markup language because authors mark up documents by inserting special instructions.
Q4) In today's Web, most Web pages have bidirectional links.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ________-side scripts run on Web servers rather than on your local device.
Q6) Which of the following is data that would NOT be found in a cookie?
A) information it reads from your hard drive
B) access date
C) customer number
D) shopping cart number
Q7) Web pages are connected by __________ links.
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Chapter 5: Social Media
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Q1) Private messages can be forwarded by recipients, so they do not necessarily remain private.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Formal __________ standards make it possible to create generalized media search engines that can locate media from multiple locations.
Q3) Which popular social media service is good for sharing media and information?
A) Social networking
B) Geosocial networking
C) Content Community
D) Online Communication
Q4) Which one of the following is NOT a Wikipedia content standard?
A) NPOV
B) NOR
C) RSS
D) V
Q5) Sociologists use social network diagrams called _________ to depict connections between people.
Q6) The circles in a sociogram are referred to as sociogram ______.
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Chapter 6: Software
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Q1) Within a single program, multiprocessing allows multiple commands, or threads, to run simultaneously
A)True
B)False
Q2) The kernel stays in RAM the entire time your computer is on.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The iOS operating system is found on which device?
A) Android tablet
B) iPhone
C) Mac Laptop
D) None of the above
Q4) Once loaded into RAM, the __________ provides essential operating system services, such as memory management and file access.
Q5) Microsoft Windows is used exclusively on desktop systems.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The software application associated with a specific file type is called a __________ application.
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Chapter 7: Digital Security
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Q1) Trojans depend on ________ to spread.
A) self-replication
B) social engineering
C) rootkits
D) code injection
Q2) ________ refers to any computer program designed to surreptitiously enter a digital device.
Q3) The current method of encrypting communication between a client and a server depends on a security protocol called _______.
A) RAT
B) TLS
C) PUP
D) AES
Q4) What is the term used to describe unwanted software that installs along with the application software that you originally downloaded and installed?
A) RAT
B) PUP
C) Evil Twin
D) adware
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Chapter 8: The Ict Industry
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Q1) The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was the first computing device to use ________ instead of mechanical switches as processing circuitry.
Q2) _________ workers are not official employees of a company.
Q3) _____ was the first commercially successful computer.
A) Z3
B) ENIAC
C) UNIVAC
D) Colossus
Q4) High-level programming languages were available for use on ________-generation computers
Q5) A(n) ________ administrator analyzes a company's data to determine the most effective way to collect and store it.
Q6) ___________ is the obligation not to disclose willingly any information that should be kept private.
Q7) Which of the following options is a useful format for your resume?
A) Print
B) Email
C) HTML
D) all of the above
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Chapter 9: Information Systems
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Q1) Information systems designed for a specific industry or enterprise may use vertical market software.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A(n) _____ system can provide such benefits as improved overall performance by standardizing business processes based on?best practices or improved access to information from a single database to an enterprise.
Q3) Iterative SDLCs are often referred to as "______ methods" because they allow flexibility as development progresses.
Q4) System documentation contains step-by-step instructions for performing specific tasks.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Acts of war affect only computer systems located on battlefronts.
A)True
B)False
Q6) An online shopping cart uses _________ to store information about a customer's activities on an ecommerce site.
Q7) _________ determine organizational goals and plan how to achieve those goals.
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Chapter 10: Databases
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Q1) The goal of normalization is to minimize data redundancy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Access to databases is usually open to anyone within an organization or business.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A(n) ____________ is a template that adds the correct formatting as data is entered. If someone attempts to enter data in the wrong format, the database can be set up to reject that entry or correct it.
A) field format
B) primary key
C) database structure
D) parameter
Q4) The term __________ refers to huge collections of data that are difficult to process, analyze, and manage using conventional database tools.
Q5) Relational databases are organized according to a(n) _________, which is simply the blueprint for its structure.
Q6) The process of dividing a database into distributed subsets is called ________.
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Chapter 11: Programming
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Q1) In the context of a Prolog program, a(n) __________ is a general statement about the relationship between facts.
Q2) In a problem statement, a(n) ____________ is something you accept as correct in order to proceed with program planning.
Q3) Structured English is a subset of the English language with a limited selection of sentence structures that reflect processing activities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A method is activated by a(n) _________, which is included as a line of program code.
Q5) In a programming language, a(n) ______, or command, is a word with a predefined meaning
Q6) A(n) _________ is a graphical representation of the way a computer should progress from one instruction to the next when it performs a task.
A) paradigm
B) flowchart
C) pseudocode
D) VDE
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Chapter 11: Step-By-Step Programming With Python
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Q1) The if command requires which of the following as punctuation?
A) a colon
B) a period
C) a dash
D) none of the above
Q2) An object is anything that can be ______.
A) seen
B) touched
C) used
D) all of the above
Q3) Which of the following is a Python keyword?
A) elif
B) else
C) def
D) all of the above
Q4) Only about 10 keywords are frequently used in Python.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A ____ is a named memory location that holds data specified by a programmer or entered by an end user.
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