Table Of ContentTEST BANK
to accompany
COMPUTERS
DATA
AND
PROCESSING
HARVEY M. DEITEL
Boston College
BARBARA DEITEL
ACADEMIC PRESS, INC.
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Preface
Thank you for adopting our text, Computers and Data Processing , for use in your
Introductory course. This Test Bank has been prepared to assist you in the important task of
developing thorough and meaningful quizzes, tests, and final examinations.
The objectives of this Test Bank are clear: ( 1 ) Provide a broad variety of questions from which
instructors can eesily custom tailor exams appropriate for their particular courses. ( 2)
Provide a very large number of questions, many per section and some similar to one another, so
that instructors can produce different exams testing essentially the same topics in succeeding
semesters. ( 3) List the answers side-by-side with the questions so that instructors can
rapidly locate questions that are appropriate and unambiguous in the context of their courses.
(4) Group all questions by section heading within the main text to eneble instructors to select
questions by section and by enrichment piece.
The Test Bank contains over 4000 short-enswer questions that span the full range of regular
topics and enrichment pieces in Computers and Data Processing . This is
approximately two to three times as many questions as are normally provided in test banks for
introductory computing courses. Three types of questions are included: multiple choice,
true/false, and fill-in-the-blanks.
Answers for the questions are provided in-line with the questions rather than requiring you to
flip to separate answer keys. We suggest that you read each question and answer to see if it fits
the context of your particular course. A computerized testing service is being provided by
Academic Press. Each of the 4000 questions is available on disk ; software is provided to help
you select and edit the questions you wish to include.
Many instructors prefer to use multiple-choice and true/false questions to form
machine-gradable exams, especially when large course sections are involved; approximately
2800 such questions have been provided. Some instructors feel that fill-in-the-blanks
questions are appropriate because they force the student to read the material very carefully;
approximately 1200 fill-ins have been provided.
For each chapter, the questions of each type are organized by the headings under which they
appear in the main text. Instructors will find this helpful in localizing questions to those
sections and enrichment pieces actually covered in their courses.
Answers for the multiple choice questions are indicated by an asterisk (*) several spaces to the
right of the correct choice. Answers for the true/false questions are indicated in parentheses
after the statement; the page number of the main text on which each answer may be found is also
listed. Answers for the fill-ins are shown in boldface text in the statements themselves.
We would sincerely appreciate your comments and criticisms of this Test Bank and other course
materials as well. We will répond to all correspondence immediately. Please address all
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Chapter 1
The Information Revolution
Multiple Choice
Introducing the Computer
1. The Revolution Is β period of change that has been caused by advances In computer
technology.
(a) Microprocessor
(b) Software
(c) Information *
(d) Computer
(e) Industrial
2. Computers help us to extend our power.
(a) brain *
(b) user-friendly
(c) microprocessor
(d) muscle
(e) hardware
3. Due to the vast amounts of data we process and use we have become a( n) -based
society.
(a) software
(b) silicon chip
(c) hardware
(d) data communications
(e) information *
4. Computerized are replacing many blue-collar workers on assembly lines.
(a) lasers
(b) robots *
(c) programmers
(d) expert systems
(e) scanning systems
5. are tiny computers etched onto thin slivers of silicon called silicon chips.
(a) Computer programs
(b) Lasers
(c) Computer graphics
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(d) Microprocessors *
(e) Operating systems
6. The instructions that computers follow are called computer
(a) outputs
(b) graphics
(c) hardware
(d) flowcharts
(e) programs *
7. The software that a computer uses is written by computer
(a) hardware
(b) outputs
(c) programmers *
(d) graphics
(e) expert systems
8. Many household appliances have computers.
(a) talking *
(b) laser
(c) fiber optic
(d) word processing
(e) intelligent
9. cost a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, can fit on a desktop, and have the
power of the "giant brains" of a few decades ago.
(a) Computerized scanning systems
(b) Fiber optics
(c) Computer programmers
(d) Personal computers *
(e) Lasers
10. Computerized systems are used to typeset books.
(a) laser-scanning
(b) photocomposition *
(c) graphics
(d)touch-sensing
(e) data communication
The Benefits
11. Computers are essentially tools.
(a) living
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(b) thinking
(c) problem-solving *
(d) reasoning
(e) communications
12. To benefit from a computer you must ask the right questions about a problem and be able to
that information correctly.
(a) facilitate
(b) reduce
(c) extend
(d) conserve
(e) manipulate *
13. Which of the following is not always considered a benefit computers can offer?
(a) reduce tedious work
(b) help the handicapped
(c) explore space
(d) increase leisure time
(e) replace human workers *
The Dangers
14. Which of the following would not generally considered a danger that computers could
bring?
(a) Invasion of privacy
(b) Massive unemployment
(c) Relegate people to pushing buttons
(d) Exploring space *
(e) Displacing workers
Looking to the Future
15. Systems that are easily understood by untrained people are said to be
(a) user-friendly *
(b) touch-sensitive
(c) personal computers
(d) expert systems
(e) information-based
16. Speech and systems can converse with their users in everydoy English.
(a) printing, holography
(b) communications, data flow
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( c) recognition, synthesis *
(d) software, program
(e) sensing, graphics
17. devices use an Intense beam of monochromatic light.
(a) Silicon
(b) Touch-sensing
(c) DBMS
(d) Word processing
(e) Laser *
18. An example of user-friendliness is
(a) personal computer
(b) phoneme coding
(c) pseudocode
(d) touch sensing *
(e) laser holography
19. Speech synthesis and speech recognition are considered to be
(a) software
(b) data communications
(c) user-friendly *
(d) pseudocode
(e) laser holography
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20. The history of the computing field Is divided Into four , that are characterized by
major innovations in electronics technology.
(a) concepts
(b) generations *
(c) operating systems
(d) programming languages
(e) microprocessors
21. the actual computing equipment
( a) M Icroprocessors are
(b) Software Is
(c) Programs are
(d) Hardware is *
(e) Laser holography is
22. The Is also called the brain of the computer.
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(a) processor *
(b) software
(c) secondary storage
(d) pseudocode
(e) programming language
23. A form of computer input that allows a user to point to something on the display screen is
celled
(a) fiber optics
(b) data communication
(c) touch sensing *
(d) computer graphics
(e) holography
24 is the most popular way today to enter information into a computer.
(a) Speech synthesis
(b) Keyboard *
(c) Laser holography
(d) Speech recognition
(e) Touch sensing
25. The results we receive from computers are called
(a)input
(b) pseudocode
(c) transborder data flow
(d) automation
(β) output *
26. Printers and display screens are examples of devices.
(a) software
(b) three-dimensional
(c) user-friendly
(d) touch sensing
(e) output *
27. Three-dimensional TV may eventually be built with the technique of
(a) fiber optics
(b) laser holography *
(c) computer graphics
(d) laser printing
(e) transborder data flow
28. The computerized preparation and processing of pictures by computers is colled computer
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(β) recognition
(b) synthesis
(c) sensing
(d) graphics *
(e) optics
29. Magnetic tape and magnetic disks are examples of
( a) secondary storage *
(b) information-based systems
(c) operating systems
(d) data communications
(e) outputs
30. is primarily concerned with the movement of information between computer
systems.
(a) Transborder data flow
(b) Fiber optics
(c) Data communications *
(d) Laser holography
(e) Pseudocode
31. is primarily concerned with the transmission of information across international
boundaries.
(a) Electronic funds transfer
(b) Fiber optics
(c) Flowcharting
(d) Data communications
(e) Transborder data flow *
32. The communications cable technology of the future is called
(a) transborder data flow
(b) fiber optics *
(c) laser holography
(d) silicon
(e) computerized scanning
33. Two techniques that foster the development of high-quelity computer programs ere
structured flowcharting and
(a) decision support systems
( b) database management systems
(c) operating systems
(d) pseudocode *
(e) management information systems
