Group: _____ NAPO: ____________ Name: _________________________________
THIS IS A TEST. YOU MUST WORK ALONE AND SILENTLY. CHEATING IS NOT ALLOWED AT IAT.
History of Computing THE ANSWER TO EACH QUESTION IS SHOWN BELOW IN RED!
Circle the letter and answer of each question and/or statement.
1. Today’s PCs are approximately how much faster than the first PCs?
a. Five times as fast.
b. Ten times as fast.
c. Two hundred times as fast.
d. A thousand times as fast.
2. Computers built by hand in the 1960s are more reliable than today’s computers.
a. True
b. False
3. Because of the tiny size of modern computers, they are very hard to make, virtually impossible to repair, and as a
result, very expensive.
a. True
b. False
4. 1 Gigabyte (GB) is equal to approximately 1,000
a. Bytes
b. Kilobytes (KB)
c. Megabytes (MB)
d. Terabytes (TB)
5. Which of the following statements is true?
a. Cables and other flexible parts of a computer are called software.
b. Floppy disks and CDs are software.
c. The screen or monitor and keyboard are hardware.
d. Mainframe is another word for hardware.
6. A microcomputer is often called a PC. The abbreviation for “PC” stands for:
a. Portable Computer.
b. Personal Computer.
c. Personal Calculator.
d. Professional Capacity.
7. What type of mainframe computer is used today that operates at a very high speed and is used to predict the
weather and control the movement of satellites? This computer can cost several million US Dollars.
a. Minicomputer
b. Microcomputer
c. Super computer
d. Dell computer
8. Personal Computers are fast, efficient, and cheap. What type of personal computer does Mr. B. use in the
computer lab?
a. Mainframe
b. Laptop
c. Desktop
d. Minicomputer
9. Personal Computers are fast, efficient, and cheap. What type of personal computer do the students use in the
computer labs?
a. Mainframe
b. Laptop
c. Desktop
d. Minicomputer
10. There are two types of memory used in Personal Computers. Which type of memory is temporary and will be lost
if the computer loses power before a user’s work is saved?
a. Read Only Memory (ROM)
b. Random Access Memory (RAM)
c. Cache Memory
d. Flash Memory
Concentrate. Work Alone. Keep Your Eyes on Your Own Paper.
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Group: _____ NAPO: ____________ Name: _________________________________
Hardware & Software
Check the appropriate box in order to identify each item.
No.
Item
Input Device
Output Device
Storage Device
1
Keyboard
X
2
Data Show Projector
X
3
Microphone
X
4
Speakers
X
5
Hard Disk
X
Check the appropriate box in order to identify each item. Some items may require that two boxes are checked.
No.
Item
Hardware
Software
Peripheral
6
Keyboard
X
X
7
Excel
X
8
Mouse
X
X
9
CPU
X
10
Hard Disk
X
Internet and Server
Circle the letter and answer of each question and/or statement.
1. What is the link that you use to go to Mr. B’s Home Page for Computing 101?
a. https://mail.iat.ac.ae/
b. https://iatcit.iat.ac.ae/citrix/
c. http://iat.com
d. http://www.sbraswell.com/
e. http://hotmail.com
f. http://msn.com
2. What program do you use to access the Internet?
a. Netscape Navigator
b. Maxthon
c. Firefox
d. Internet Explorer
3. When you are at IAT, which site do you go to in order to access Excel?
a. https://mail.iat.ac.ae/
b. https://iatcit.iat.ac.ae/citrix/
c. http://iat.com
d. http://www.sbraswell.com/
e. http://hotmail.com
f. http://msn.com
4. When you logon to Citrix, you must know your user name. What is your username? ST10502NAPO
5. What do the letters CPU stand for?
a. Computer Personal User
b. Computer Processing Unit
c. Central Processing Unit
d. Central Personal User
6. Sometimes, Mr. B. tells you to go to the Soft Copy Files page on his website to complete an assignment.
Sometimes, the page is available on a friend’s computer, but it isn’t visible on your screen. What should you do in
order to get the most recent version of the desired page?
a. Press the Ctrl, Alt, and Delete keys.
b. Press F8 (Function Key 8) or click the home icon until the page shows the most recent information
c. Press F5 (Function Key 5) or click the refresh icon until the page Refreshes with the most recent
information.
d. Shutdown the Computer.
7. Which of the following is not an Internet search engine?
a. www.sbraswell.com
b. www.google.com
c. www.ask.com
d. www.yahoo.com
8. Which country is Mr. Braswell from? USA OR AMERICA OR US
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Group: _____ NAPO: ____________ Name: _________________________________
9.
You researched information about a country on the Internet.
What is the name of the country and its currency? _____________________ _____________________
10. Which of the following links is a good one that Mr. B. recommends for you to use to research information about
countries?
a. www.itravelalways.com
b. www.country.com
c. www.lonelyplanet.com
d. www.thisisit.com
Microsoft Office and Server
Circle the letter and answer of each question and/or statement.
1. Which Microsoft Office program is the best program to use to type a letter to a friend?
a. Access
b. Excel
c. Front Page
d. Power Point
e. Word
2. Which Microsoft Office program is the best program to use to work with lots of numbers and calculations?
a. Access
b. Excel
c. Front Page
d. Power Point
e. Word
3. Which Microsoft Office program is the best program to use to make presentations shown with the projector?
a. Access
b. Excel
c. Front Page
d. Power Point
e. Word
4. Which Microsoft Office program is the best program to use to make a website?
a. Access
b. Excel
c. Front Page
d. Power Point
e. Word
5. Which Microsoft Office program is the best program to use to compile the names, phone numbers, and addresses
of all IAT students? This program is a database program.
a. Access
b. Excel
c. Front Page
d. Power Point
e. Word
6. We use Citrix to access Microsoft Office on the IAT Server.
a. True
b. False
7. We use Microsoft Outlook online to send and receive IAT web based email.
a. True
b. False
8. When you logon to Citrix at IAT, it does not matter whether your password is typed with CAPS LOCK on or off.
a. True
b. False
9. Microsoft Office is one of the best shareware programs.
a. True
b. False
10. When you save your Microsoft Excel files to the Server, you save them on the “Z Drive”.
a. True
b. False
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