Answer the following Questions. Feel free to use your textbook, notes or even the Internet. Do NOT ask your neighbor or get answers from another person (this means no mind reading).
You can take it more than once, but your first score is what will be counted.
- Although we are more familiar with a base 10 number system (with 10 possible digits..0123456789), how many digits are stored in digital media (or computers for that matter)?
Just 2 (01)
up to 8 (012345678)
exactly 12 (0..9abe)
None of the above
- Terminology can be tricky. We now know that the terms: rims and wheels are not the same thing.(rims to the car are just the piece that makes direct contact with the tire)
So what is the correct term for the main area of the screen with background picture, shortcuts and the Recycle bin?
wallpaper
taskbar
desktop
system tray
- Continuing on terms, what is the area where the start button is located?
Program Manager
Taskbar
DeskTop
Sausage Cotton
- An example of an input device: (think about what an input device does)
Printer
Mouse
Monitor
Speakers
- What is the following picture?
Hobbit
Hard disk
CDROM
Floppy
- Why do we have screen savers?
To run maintenance tasks while it is running
Prevent an image from being burned permanently into the CRT
The term is not 'screen saver' it is called 'moving wallpaper'
The real question, is why do we exist at all? Screen Savers are nothing more than games.
- The core thinking (processing) in a PC is done by what?
CPU
GPU
Hard Drive
Socrates