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CGS 1060 Final Exam Study Guide
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- CGS1060C
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- Seminole State College
CGS 1060 Final Exam Study Guide
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CGS 1060 Final Exam Study Guide1. Which term is used to refer to all of the physical parts of a
computer system?: hardware
2. Software that allows you to do word processing, send e-
mails, or play games is commonly referred to as: application
programs
3. Which of the following is an example of an operating
system?: Microsoft
Windows
4. A mainframe computer is: an extremely fast, expensive
computer with a large data capacity that is typically used by huge
companies.
5. A computer that serves other computers by running
important software and storing important data is called a:
server
6. What piece of computer hardware is often referred to as
the "brains" of the computer?: CPU
7. Which of the following components would NOT be
considered a peripheral device?: motherboard
, 8. At the lowest level of processing, computers represent
data and instruc- tions using a series of binary digits, 1's and
0's. An individual binary digit is known as a: a bit
9. A kilobyte is: 1024 bytes
10. A string of 8 binary digits is known as a: byte
11. A removable USB flash drive with a capacity of 4096
megabytes has an equivalent storage capacity of: 4 GB
12. Which type of memory contains the instructions
necessary for the com- puter's basic input/output system
(BIOS) which is used to load essential data when the
computer is turned on?: ROM
13. Which type of memory stores any programs and data that
are currently in use by the CPU that will be lost when the
computer is switched off?: RAM
14. Which unit of measurement is equivalent to one billion
bytes?: gigabyte
(GB)
15. What unit of measure is used when describing the speed
of a computer's
CPU?: Hertz
16. To increase the performance of your computer and the
number of pro- grams it can effectively run at one time, you
may want to increase the size of the computer's: RAM
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