CGS Study Guide Exam 2 Chapter 7 Which kind of monitor sandwiches a layer of gas between two glass plates Plasma Some input devices include a kind of output that provides the user with a physical response from the device What kind of output is this Tactile What is the definition of software A series of related instructions that tells a computer or mobile device the tasks to perform and how to perform them Which of the following is an identification code that consists of a set of vertical lines and spaces of different widths Bar code Which of the following use a row of charged wires to draw an electrostatic pattern on specially coated paper and then fuse toner to the pattern Plotters Which of the following kinds of keyboard has a design that reduces the chance of wrist and hand injuries Ergonomic Over time which of the following is true of thermal printers They are inexpensive but the print quality is low and the images tend to fade Which of the following describes the difference in light intensity between the brightest white and the darkest black that can be displayed on an LCD monitor Contrast ratio Which of the following printer is a color printer that produces photo lab quality pictures Photo Retail and grocery stores use which kind of bar code UPC Universal Product Code Which of the following is a technology that reads hand drawn marks such as small circles or rectangles OMR Which of the following requires any company with 15 or more employees to make reasonable attempts to accommodate the needs of physically challenged workers ADA Which of the following kinds of scanners works in a manner similar to a copy machine except it creates a file of the document in memory instead of a paper copy Flatbed Which kind of printer forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper without actually striking the paper Nonimpact An important measure of LCD monitors is the time in milliseconds ms that it takes to turn a pixel on or off What is this called Response time Which of the following is data that has been processed into a useful form Output Which of the following is the most advanced form of digital television HDTV Which of the following is a pressure sensitive input device that allows a user to control a pointer on the screen Pointing stick Which of the following kinds of printers offers an alternative for blind users Braille What is the term for a motion you make on a touch screen with the tip of one or more fingers or your hand Gesture Displays are geared for a specific resolution What is this resolution called Native Many scanners include a certain kind of software which can read and convert text documents into electronic files What is that kind of software OCR Using ink jet printer technology but on a much larger scale which of the following creates photo realistic quality color prints Large format printer Instead of reading or scanning data from a source document which of the following kinds of devices obtain data directly at the location where the transaction or event takes place Data collection Which of the following devices read text printed with magnetized ink MICR Chapter 8 Some computers improve hard disk access time by using which of the following which consists of memory chips that store frequently accessed items Disk cache Which of the following is the mechanism that reads and writes items in the drive as it barely touches the disk s recording surface Read write head Which of the following kinds of cards stores data on an integrated circuit embedded in the card Smart Which of the following kinds of backup is another name for a full backup Archival Storage devices access items in which of the following units of time Milliseconds The inflexible circular platters on which kind of disks use magnetic particles to store data instructions and information Hard What kind of storage is an Internet service that provides storage to computer or mobile users Cloud Which of the following is true of SSDs compared to traditional hard disks SSDs have faster transfer rates Which of the following is a type of optical disc that users can read from but not write to or erase DVD ROM What kind of disc is a type of storage media that consists of a flat round portable disc made of metal plastic and lacquer that is written to and read by a laser Optical What is the term for the case that contains the same adapters found on a motherboard with which to connect the internal hard drive Enclosure Which of the following is a high capacity optical disc on which users can read but not write or erase DVD ROM Which of the following is a multisession optical disc on which users can write but not erase their own items such as text graphics and audio CD R Which of the following is a device that reads from and writes on memory cards Reader writer Which of the following devices is the computer hardware that records and or retrieves items to and from a flash drive or external hard drive for example Storage Which of the following kinds of devices are servers connected to a network with the sole purpose of providing storage NAS Which of the following provides a myriad of financial reporting requirements and guidelines for public companies Sarbanes Oxley Act Which of the following terms is the number of bytes characters a storage medium can hold Capacity Which of the following can be used to store a prepaid amount of money such as for student purchases on campus Smart cards Which of the following kinds of RFID tags contains a battery that runs the chip s circuitry and broadcasts a signal to the RFID reader Active Which of the following kinds of access refers to reading or writing data consecutively Sequential Which of the following is made of aluminum glass or ceramic and is coated with an alloy material that allows items to be recorded magnetically on its surface Platter Which of the following consists of a special purpose chip and electronic circuits that govern the transfer of data instructions and information from a drive to and from the system bus and other components in the computer Controller Which of the following overcomes the major disadvantage of CD R disks which is being able to write on them only once CD RW The process of copying audio and or video data from a purchased disc and saving it on digital media is called Ripping Chapter 9 Which of the following kinds of operating systems allow only one user to run one program or app at a time Single user single tasking Which of the following is a private
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