TE 272 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
The ____ software layer has utility programs used by system
management and application programs to perform common
functions. - CORRECT ANSWER-system services
A ____ is a group of similar or identical computers, connected
by a high-speed netwo...
The ____ software layer has utility programs used by system
management and application programs to perform common
functions. - CORRECT ANSWER-system services
A ____ is a group of similar or identical computers, connected
by a high-speed network, that cooperate to provide services or
run a single application. - CORRECT ANSWER-cluster
A ____ consists of hardware and software components that
enable users and computer systems to share information,
software, and hardware resources. - CORRECT ANSWER-
computer network
Data can be represented as pulses of light and stored
indirectly, such as ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-on the surface
of a DVD
Early mechanical computation devices were built to perform
____. - CORRECT ANSWER-repetitive mathematical
calculations
____ physics describes the behavior of matter at a subatomic
level. - CORRECT ANSWER-Quantum
, A ____ is a circuit board that contains most of a server. -
CORRECT ANSWER-blade
Any matter that stores data in multiple simultaneous quantum
states is called a ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-qubit
A ____ is a computer system designed to meet a single user's
information-processing needs. - CORRECT ANSWER-
microcomputer
A ____ is designed for one purpose—rapid mathematical
computation. - CORRECT ANSWER-supercomputer
The ____ data type has only two data values—true and false. -
CORRECT ANSWER-boolean
The term "____" describes the number of bits used to represent
a numeric value. - CORRECT ANSWER-compactness
In the decimal or binary notations, the symbol used to represent
a digit and the digit's position in a string determines its ____. -
CORRECT ANSWER-value
The assignment of numeric codes to characters follows a
specific order called a(n) ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-collating
sequence
A(n) ____ is an ordered list in which each element can be
referenced by an index to its position. - CORRECT ANSWER-
array
A ____ data format combines two adjacent fixed-length data
items to hold a single value. - CORRECT ANSWER-double-
precision
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