Hard drives, magnetic tapes, and Zip disks are examples of magnetic or optical storage devices?
Magnetic Storage Devices
100
Disk __________ is one of the more time-consuming elements in a computer's performance.
Defragmentation
100
Which type of computers are today's most widely used personal computers?
Desktop and notebook
100
The Table Button is located on the ______tab.
Insert
100
Which button creates decorative text?
Word Art
200
Which type of mouse uses a laser to detect the mouse's movement?
Optical
200
What is the actual machine—wires, transistors, and circuits called?
Hardware
200
A general rule is that the useful life of a computer for the general public is _________ years.
Three to Five Years
200
Which of the following system components is the brains of the computer?
CPU
200
_____________ refers to the machine language which is all 1s and 0s.
Binary
300
Which of the following is used to produce a hard copy of the processing results?
A. CPU B. Monitor C. Printer D. Speaker
C. Printer
300
text, numbers, sound, images, or video is called what?
Data
300
Which office program is used to evaluate, calculate, manipulate, analyze, and present numeric data?
Excel
300
All Excel formulas begin with what symbol?
=
300
What does CRTL-C do?
Copy
400
The field of ______ is defined as the study, design, and use of robot systems for manufacturing.
Robotics
400
Input, output, and processing devices grouped together represent a(n) _________.
computer system
400
The_______is the blue banner that stretches across the top of the screen, just below the title bar.
Ribbon
400
The_____________coordinates all of the processor's activities:
Arithmetic/Logic Unit (ALU)
400
The Redo and Repeat command are never available at the same time.
T or F
FALSE
500
Data stored in RAM is _________.
A. Temporary B. Permanent C. Inaccessible D. Damaged
A. Temporary
500
Peripheral devices such as printers and monitors are considered to be __________.
hardware
500
If you accidentally delete or replace selected text, click the _______button.
Undo
500
Which dialog box do you use to save a file for the first time?
A. Save file B. Locate file C. Save D. Save as
C. Save
500
A part of the document that is formatted with a different page layout than the rest of the document is called a (n)
A. Auto-Orientation B. Table C. Section D. Manual Break