WGU D075 EXAM OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT LATEST
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CPU - answers What hardware component performs most of the calculations for a
computer?
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) - answers Language used to compose Web
pages.
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CPU - answers What hardware component performs most of the calculations for a
computer?
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) - answers Language used to compose Web
pages.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) - answers protocol used to defines how messages
are formatted and transmitted on the internet.
Mainframe computers - answers Massive, room-sized computers that process and
store enormous amounts of bulk data and information
Midrange Computers - answers less powerful and smaller in physical size than
mainframe computers, but do many of the same things, simply on a smaller scale
Microcomputer - answers The least Powerful computers in terms of processing and
come in for typical configurations: Desktop, laptop, tablet, and handheld.
system software - answers Software that runs in the background and requires very
little or no user intervention.
Application software - answers Software that is designed for the user to carry out a
specific task.
Hardware - answers the physical parts of a computer
Software - answers a collection of computer programs that accomplish a specific task.
Operating System (OS) - answers A collection of Computer programs that work
together to manage hardware and software to ensure that they are working properly.
Also Called a platform.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) - answers The visual system of a computer screen
designs that a user to interact with an electron it
Process - answers Any task a computer performs.
Cache - answers A hardware or software component that stores data so that future
requests for that data can be served faster.
, Random Access Memory (RAM) - answers A type of memory that allows data to be
accessed in any order without physical movement of the silicone media.
Registers - answers A location in a store of data used for a specific purpose and with
quick access time.
Virtual Memory - answers Memory that appears to exist as main storage although
most of it is supported by data held in secondary storage, transfer between the two
being made automatically as required.
Solid State Drive (SSD) - answers Device that uses integrated circuit assemblies as
memory to store data persistently, typically using flash memory.
Disk Storage - answers Non-volatile, secondary storage that is recorded to a physical
device like a hard drive or optical disk with a read/write apparatus.
Optical disk - answers A computer desk that uses optical storage techniques and
technology to read and write data.
File Allocation Table (FAT) - answers A table of contacts that directs the read/write
Arm of the hard drive to the location where data exist and access is the data upon the
users request.
word processor - answers An application software you use to create, compose, edit,
format, and print documents.
Database Management System (DBMS) - answers An application software that is
used to create a collection of related files that consist of records of data separated by
fields can be queried to produce populations of information.
presentation software - answers And application software used to present information
in a slideshow format.
software suite - answers A collection of business computer application programs of
associated Functionality that share come graphical user interace and have the
capability to smoothly exchange data across the programs.
object linking and embedding (OLE) - answers A Microsoft technology that allows the
user to share information and data from an entire area in one application and part of
another application.
It performs a specific task for the user. - answers What is the defining characteristic of
application software?
System and application - answers What are the two basic categories of software?
, Microcomputer - answers Which category of computer is a business laptop?
True - answers True or false and operating system is sometimes called a platform?
infrastructure - answers The underlying foundation or basic framework for (something)
an organization or project.
Information Technology (IT) - answers The study, design, development,
implementation, support, and management of computer-based information systems,
particularly software and hardware.
best practice - answers A management process, technique, or method that is most
effective at arriving at a desired outcome or better outcome than any other process,
technique, or method.
The most effective way of arriving at a desired outcome - answers What is the
definition of the term "best practice"?
Computing processing power doubles every 18 months - answers Which observation
about computing technology is expressed in Moore's law?
Cybersecurity - answers The convergence of technologies, sound practice, and
processes designed to protect networks and their devices, programs, and data from
attack or unauthorized access.
Computer network - answers Two or more computers connected together to
communicate and share resources.
Network Interface Card (NIC) - answers A card that is plugged into a slot on the
motherboard inside of the computer and allows a network cable to be plugged in so it
can't interface or communicate with other computers.
Ethernet Card - answers Provides the computer with a unique 48-bit Address called a
MAC (media access control) address. No 2 ethernet cards have the same address.
MAC (Media Access Control) address - answers Responsible for the transmission of
data packets to and from the network interface card, and to and from another remotely
shared channel.
protocol - answers A standard language that devices connected to a network used to
communicate and transfer data
Network Protocol - answers A set of rules a network must follow
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