Basic Computer Literacy - Quiz 3

Please identify your school or instructional classification:

    St. Beatrice School     Sacred Heart School     Queen of the Universe School

    Registered Home School     Registered Adult Education

Please identify yourself (Use proper capitalization. Do not use All capital letters):

    First Name:     Last Name:

Enter your current grade level (Enter a number value or "Adult"):

    Grade Level:

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    Today's Date:

Enter your beginning time from your computer clock: (format = hh:mm) AM/PM

    Beginning Time:

Quiz Questions

Be sure to enter an answer for each question. If you aren't sure of an answer, a guess is better than no answer at all.

1.    Which of the following removable, magnetic media can be used in the computer that you are presently using?

        A.        100 MB ZipDisk

        B.        5 1/4" Low Density floppy disk

        C.        250 MB ZipDisk

        D.        3 1/2" High Density floppy disk

        E.        None of the above

2.    Data is "burned" to a Compact Disk (CD) by means of a laser.

        A.        True

        B.        False

3.    CD-ROM disks have a maximum data capacity of 100 MB of data.

        A.        True

        B.        False

4.    CD-ROM disks can be used in the very same way as floppy disks, permitting changes directly on the disk.

        A.        True

        B.        False

5.    Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) controllers can support two fixed disk (hard) drives in a master/slave relationship.

        A.        True

        B.        False

6.    Data Transfer Speed is measured in                         .

        A.        seconds (sec.)

        B.        bits

        C.        Megabytes per second (MBps)

        D.        Kilobytes (kb)

        E.        Megahertz (MHz)

7.    The Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (EIDE) controller allows the connection of up to five (5) high performance mass-storage devices (e.g. hard drives, CD-ROM drives, Zip Drives, floppy drives, etc.).

        A.        True

        B.        False

8.    The Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI), is a complete expansion bus, and allows up to seven (7) intelligent devices to be connected to the Central Processing Unit (CPU) in a "daisy-chain" configuration.

        A.        True

        B.        False

9.    Today's technology has improved dramatically, so that there are now many forms of Random Access Memory (RAM), beyond just Dynamic RAM (DRAM) and Static RAM (SRAM), that dominated the technology just a few years ago.

        A.        True

        B.        False

10.    Read Only Memory (ROM) or ROM BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is the most common type of ROM.   

        A.        True

        B.        False

11.    ROM Memory is programmed into the computer system at the factory during assembly, and is virtually impossible to change.

        A.        True

        B.        False

12.    The monochrome video display monitor supports 64 colors.

        A.        True

        B.        False

13.    A Super Video Graphics Adapter (SVGA) monitor supports millions of colors.

        A.        True

        B.        False

Select  the proper  type of printer associated with their use or characteristics from each drop-down menu:

14.    Dot-Matrix & Daisy Wheel printers, primarily used for printing multi-part carbon or carbonless forms:

                Select One Impact Printers Sprayed Ink Electrophotographic Plotters

15.    Color ink-jet or bubble-jet printers:

                Select One Impact Printers Sprayed Ink Electrophotographic Plotters

16.    Laser printers that use lasers, high voltage and black carbon "toner," that is "burned" onto paper:

                Select One Impact Printers Sprayed Ink Electrophotographic Plotters

17.    Printers used to produce blueprints or technical drawings, or for lie-detectors or medical monitoring systems like heart monitors:

                Select One Impact Printers Sprayed Ink Electrophotographic Plotters

18.    After which member of the "Three Stooges", was the dance "The Curly Shuffle" named? (Click here for a hint.)

        A.        Moe

        B.        Larry

        C.        Shemp

        D.        Curly

        E.        Joe

        F.        Curly Joe

19.    Which of the following members of the "Three Stooges" comedy team were real-life brothers? (* = hint) [If that doesn't help, click here for another hint.]

        Moe *        Larry        Shemp *        Curly *        Joe        Curly Joe

20.    Which "Looney Tunes" character has a large red mustache and rides a horse? (Click here for a hint.) [If that doesn't help, click here for another hint.]

        A.        Bugs Bunny

        B.        Yosemite Sam

        C.        Sylvester the Cat

        D.        Roadrunner

        E.        Daffy Duck

Check Your Answers!

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