Ella ISTM

What part of the computer coordinates memory?

Operating System

What part of a computer is responsible for reading and writing data?

Operating System

Handheld computers are often referred to as PDAs.

TRUE

Linking the customer and transaction tables is called what?

One-to-many relationship

Which software can provide a table of contents?

Word Processor

What application software allows users to view the Internet?

Browser

What is a collection of related files called tables that consist of records (rows) of data separated by fields (columns) that can be queried to produce populations of information?

Database

What performs particular tasks users need like creating a budget for accounting or supply chain or creating a resume?

Application Software

PDF means Portable Document File.

FALSE

Network software allows is for social media scanning.

FALSE

Corel WordPerfect was originally developed back in 1989 at Brigham Young University.

TRUE

Word processors began as electronic typewriters.

TRUE

What is the main body of a computer called?

System Unit

Many chips encased in one chip working together is what?

RISC

Which type of memory is secondary storage?

Hard Drive

What coding scheme do most microcomputers use?

ASCII

The programming on ROM chips is sometimes called what?

Firmware

Image and text scanners use a technology called what?

OCR

What tag can transmit through radio waves

RFID

What is a specialized circuit board that can be plugged into a motherboard's expansion slot to add further functionality to a computer, like networking and connectivity?

Expansion Card

What kind of memory has no moving parts and can be accessed in any order, and is extremely fast?

RAM

What converts 100-120 volts or 220-240 volts of alternating current (AC) to a lower voltage direct current (DC) that can be used by the internal components of the system unit?

PSU

What is plugged directly into a slot on the motherboard and serves as the brains for the microcomputer?

Microprocessor

What comes in a variety of sizes and configurations that are typically determined by the size and shape of the motherboard?

Chassis

It has become common practice to refer to a microcomputer as a what?

Box

Where are power supplies, cooling fans, disk drives, primary memory, secondary memory, and expansion cards plugged in to?

Motherboard

What is the main body of a computer that contains a motherboard?

System Unit

What is the main component of a system unit?

motherboard

A flat panel monitor is much less bulky than a CRT and less expensive. 

FALSE

Machine language is a platform-neutral language that can work on virtually any computer.

FALSE

An expansion card is a specialized circuit board that can be plugged into a motherboard.

TRUE

A PSU typically converts direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC).

FALSE

There are 1,024 Zettabytes in a Yottabyte. 

TRUE

Bus lines are the binary signals (Thz) that transfer information between chips (RISC) inside of a computer.

FALSE

RISC chips are designed for efficiency and were the first 32 bit processors.

FALSE