Technology in Action, Complete 8e (Evans et al.) - Stdnt Txt
Chapter 1: Why Computers Matter to You: Becoming Computer Literate
1) Being ______means being familiar enough with computers that you understand their capabilities and limitations.
A) computer savvy
B) technology literate
C) computer literate
D) computer competent
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Why Should You Become Computer Literate?
2) All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:
A) hackers.
B) viruses.
C) spam.
D) identity theft.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer
3) Unwanted e-mail is called ______.
A) spam
B) spyware
C) adware
D) software
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer
4) Which of the following is NOT necessarily part of being computer literate?
A) avoiding hackers and viruses
B) protecting your privacy
C) being able to build a computer
D) using the Internet wisely
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer
5) ______is a field of study focused on information handling and retrieval of information automatically.
A) Computer forensics
B) Database mining
C) RFID
D) Information technology
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Being Prepared for Your Career
6) The process of searching huge amounts of data with the hope of finding a pattern is called ______.
A) data mining
B) data searching
C) data warehousing
D) data retrieval
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Retail: Working in a Data Mine
7) A ______is a specially designed scannable sticker that resembles an inkblot and contains all the important information about a UPS package.
A) mailing label
B) packing label
C) MaxiCode
D) PostCode
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Business: Data on the Go
8) ______is a type of wireless communication that transmits data through radio waves.
A) Nanotechnology
B) Bluetooth technology
C) POS technology
D) USB technology
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Business: Data on the Go
9) When a job is sent to other countries, as many programming jobs have been, it is said to have been ______.
A) offshored
B) resourced
C) exported
D) imported
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Video Game Design: A Long Way from Pac-Man
10) A ______is a small device that enables users to carry digital information.
A) PSS
B) Smartphone
C) GPS player
D) VeriChip
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Education: Teaching and Learning
11) Which of the following do today's educators NOT need to be familiar with to create constructive computerized lessons and to interact with students?
A) computers
B) the Internet
C) programs like Moodle or Blackboard
D) Web authoring software
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Education: Teaching and Learning
12) Many online courses are designed to use management software like ______so that students can communicate outside of class, take quizzes online, and find their class materials easily.
A) Blackboard or Moodle
B) Microsoft Access
C) Adobe Photoshop
D) CAD or Visio
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Education: Teaching and Learning
13) To set up a(n) ______, you must have an appropriate computer and digital devices connected to a home network.
A) digital home
B) e-business
C) Web site
D) digital entertainment center
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
14) The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal's computer is an example of a law enforcement specialty called ______.
A) robotics
B) RFID simulation
C) computer forensics
D) HALO animation
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Law Enforcement: Put Down That Mouse-You're Under Arrest!
15) ______is the application of computer systems and techniques to gather potential legal evidence.
A) Data mining processes
B) POS skills
C) Information gathering
D) Computer forensics
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Law Enforcement: Put Down That Mouse-You're Under Arrest!
16) ______tags, when placed on an animal, can be used to record and track in a database all of the animal's movements.
A) RFID
B) POS
C) PPS
D) GPS
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Agriculture: High-Tech Down on the Farm
17) ______tags are small versions of the roadway electronic toll system used in many states to automate paying tolls as motorists pass through the toll station.
A) PDA
B) RFID
C) PSS
D) UPS
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Agriculture: High-Tech Down on the Farm
18) Surgeons use ______to perform delicate operations by manipulating devices through computers instead of manually.
A) forecasting
B) computer forensics
C) simulation
D) robotics
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
19) Technology no longer protected by copyright, available to everyone, is considered to be ______.
A) proprietary
B) open
C) experimental
D) in the public domain
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
20) Medical students can train on ______and experience firsthand how a human would react to a particular treatment.
A) mannequins
B) patient simulators
C) robots
D) a 3D anatomical system
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
21) The ______is a global effort in which bioengineers are creating realistic computer simulations of all systems and features of the human anatomy.
A) Y2K Project
B) Physiome Project
C) BrainGate Project
D) RFID Project
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
22) The goal of ______is to provide solutions to physical problems, such as providing sight to the blind.
A) 3D animations
B) computer forensics
C) biomedical chip research
D) RFID technology
Answer: C
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Medicine: The Chip Within
23) One type of chip already being implanted in humans as a means of verifying a person's identity is called a(n) ______.
A) DogTag
B) ImplantChip
C) VeriChip
D) RFID chip
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: The Chip Within
24) One potential application of ______is to provide sight to the blind.
A) RFID tags
B) patient simulators
C) biomedical chip implants
D) VeriChips
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: The Chip Within
25) By studying the data produced by ______, scientists hope to improve the prediction of weather phenomena.
A) GPS
B) simulations
C) VeriChips
D) PSSs
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Science: Simulating Reality
26) ______is the science revolving around building devices on an extremely small scale.
A) Nanotechnology
B) Microtechnology
C) Computer forensics
D) Artificial intelligence
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
27) ______is the study of molecules and structures whose sizes range from 1 to 100 nanometers.
A) Artificial intelligence
B) Microelectrodes
C) Computer forensics
D) Nanoscience
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
28) The prefix nano stands for ______.
A) one-hundredth
B) one-millionth
C) one-billionth
D) one-trillionth
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
29) A nanometer is ______.
A) one-tenth of a meter
B) one-millionth of a meter
C) one-billionth of a meter
D) the size of a human hair
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
30) ______computing relates to emotion or deliberately tries to influence emotion.
A) Affective
B) Personal
C) Psychological
D) Emotional
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Psychology: You Should Smile . . . Now
31) While engineers work to create computers that can understand us emotionally, ______are also evolving toward a more human appearance.
A) affecting computing techniques
B) RFIDs
C) computer systems
D) ESP systems
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Psychology: You Should Smile . . . Now
32) The emotional-social prosthesis (ESP) device, developed by a group at the MIT Media Lab, is targeted at helping people who have ______.
A) paralysis
B) diabetes
C) autism
D) brain damage
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Psychology: You Should Smile . . . Now
33) Children who do not have access to ______and ______won't be prepared for future employment.
A) databases, data mining
B) information, data
C) television, video games
D) the Internet, computers
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Ethics in IT: Knowledge Is Power-Bridging the Digital Divide
34) The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the ______.
A) Web divide
B) Internet divide
C) digital divide
D) broadband divide
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Ethics in IT: Knowledge Is Power-Bridging the Digital Divide
35) The Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher program supports refurbishers by allowing ______to be installed for free on refurbished systems.
A) certain Microsoft operating systems and Office software
B) certain gaming software packages
C) antivirus software
D) specific operating system utilities
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Ethics in IT: Knowledge Is Power-Bridging the Digital Divide
36) ______is the nerve center of any digital home, allowing you to interface with the different digital devices connected to the network.
A) The Internet
B) A modem
C) A computer
D) A server
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
37) A ______allows you to transfer media from your computer to other media devices (such as a plasma TV).
A) digital TV
B) network adapter
C) digital media adapter
D) radio tuner
Answer: C
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
38) A ______is a special device that is installed in your computer and allows it to communicate with other devices on the network.
A) media center extender
B) network adapter
C) modem
D) digital media adapter
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
39) The Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher program supports refurbishers by allowing certain Microsoft operating systems and applications to be installed for free on refurbished computers.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Ethics in IT: Knowledge Is Power-Bridging the Digital Divide
40) You cannot be called computer literate unless you have knowledge of higher level computer skills, such as computer programming.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Why Should You Become Computer Literate?
41) Becoming computer literate includes being able to understand and form knowledgeable opinions on the challenges facing a digital society.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Understanding the Challenges Facing a Digital Society
42) Data mining is the process of searching huge amounts of data with the hope of finding a pattern.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Retail: Working in a Data Mine
43) Information technology careers are on the rise.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Being Prepared for Your Career
44) Data mining is the set of techniques used in information handling and retrieval.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Being Prepared for Your Career
45) Hardware refers to the programs that give commands to the computer.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer
46) When a job is sent to other countries, as many programming jobs have been, it is said to have been exported.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Video Game Design: A Long Way from Pac-Man
47) Trend-spotting programs developed for business have been used to predict criminal activity.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Law Enforcement: Put Down That Mouse-You're Under Arrest!
48) Computer forensics is the application of computer systems in gathering potential legal evidence.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Law Enforcement: Put Down That Mouse-You're Under Arrest!
49) Today, because of advances in computer technology, it is not theoretically necessary for a doctor to be in the same room as his or her patient.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
50) Copyrighted technology is said to be in the public domain.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
51) Biomedical chip implants are being used to provide sight to the blind.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: The Chip Within
52) Ranchers use VeriChips to track their cattle.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Agriculture: High-Tech Down on the Farm
53) Nanostructures represent the smallest human-made structures that can be built.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
54) Affective computing is a science that attempts to produce machines that understand and can respond to human emotion.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Psychology: You Should Smile . . . Now
55) Employers have the right to monitor network traffic on employee systems used at work.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Understanding the Challenges Facing a Digital Society
56) Although the automotive industry has become more computerized in the last ten years, there is still not a great need for automotive technicians to be computer literate.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Automotive Technology: Sensors and CPUs
57) Being computer literate enables you to form educated opinions in today's digital society and to take a stand based on accurate information rather than media hype and misinformation.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Understanding the Challenges Facing a Digital Society
58) The discrepancy between the "haves" and "have nots" with regard to computer technology is commonly referred to as the digital society.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Ethics in IT: Knowledge Is Power-Bridging the Digital Divide
59) A TV tuner allows your computer to receive television channels from a cable connection and display them on your computer monitor.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
60) Being ______means being familiar enough with computers to understand their capabilities and limitations and knowing how to use them.
Answer: computer literate
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Why Should You Become Computer Literate?
61) The term ______refers to the programs that give commands to the computer.
Answer: software
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer
62) ______is the act of stealing someone's identity.
Answer: Identity theft
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Becoming a Savvy Computer User and Consumer
63) ______is the field of study focused on information handling and retrieval.
Answer: Information technology
Diff: 1
Section Ref: Being Prepared for Your Career
64) A process known as ______tracks trends and allows retailers to respond to consumer buying patterns.
Answer: data mining
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Retail: Working in a Data Mine
65) ______is the process of searching huge amounts of data with the hope of finding a pattern.
Answer: Data mining
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Retail: Working in a Data Mine
66) UPS workers use scanners with ______technology to transmit data to a terminal.
Answer: Bluetooth
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Business: Data on the Go
67) Using software such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Macromedia Flash allows artists to create ______art.
Answer: digital
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Ink, Paints & a Notebook?
68) Because computer games are best developed for a local market by people native to that market, game development will most likely not be ______, or sent to other countries.
Answer: offshored
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Video Game Design: A Long Way from Pac-Man
69) ______is the application of computer systems and techniques in the gathering of legal evidence.
Answer: Computer forensics
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Law Enforcement: Put Down That Mouse-You're Under Arrest!
70) A(n) ______is a special device that is installed in your computer that allows it to communicate with other devices on the network.
Answer: network adapter
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
71) A(n) ______allows your computer to receive television channels from a cable connection and display them on your computer monitor.
Answer: TV tuner
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Dig Deeper: Computers Migrate into the Living Room
72) Farmers can use ______to track the location of their cattle.
Answer: RFID tags
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Agriculture: High-Tech Down on the Farm
73) Surgeons can use computer-guided ______to perform delicate surgery.
Answer: robots
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
74) ______are life-sized mannequins that have a pulse and a heartbeat and respond to procedures just like humans do.
Answer: Patient simulators
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
75) Technology no longer protected by copyright, so it is available to everyone, is considered to be in the ______.
Answer: public domain
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
76) One type of chip being implanted in humans as a means of verifying a person's identity is called the ______.
Answer: VeriChip
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: The Chip Within
77) Scientists use ______, or models, to study tornadoes and to re-create the ruins of Pompeii.
Answer: simulations
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Science: Simulating Reality
78) In the future, ______, which are extremely small conductors, could be used to create extremely small pathways in computer chips.
Answer: nanowires
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
79) ______is the science revolving around the use of nanostructures to build devices on an extremely small scale.
Answer: Nanotechnology
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
80) Researchers are investigating the use of ______to deliver precise doses of drugs on a molecule-by-molecule basis within the human bloodstream.
Answer: nanostructures
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
81) ______is the study of molecules and structures ranging in size from 1 to 100 nanometers.
Answer: Nanoscience
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Nanotechnology: Careers Yet to Come
82) ______computing relates to emotion or deliberately tries to influence emotion.
Answer: Affective
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Psychology: You Should Smile . . . Now
83) The discrepancy between the "haves" and the "have nots" with regard to computer technology is commonly referred to as the ______.
Answer: digital divide
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Ethics in IT: Knowledge Is Power-Bridging the Digital Divide
84) ______versions of identity chips are used in hospitals to monitor the locations of newborn babies.
Answer: Nonimplant
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Medicine: The Chip Within
85) An application from NASA, called ______, makes available some 10 trillion bytes of imagery of the Earth.
Answer: World Wind
Diff: 3
Section Ref: Bits and Bytes: NASA Wants You . . . to Learn
86) In an automobile, ______measure everything from air pressure to temperature to throttle position.
Answer: sensors
Diff: 2
Section Ref: Automotive Technology: Sensors and CPUs
87) Nanotechnology research has helped create carbon ______, which can deliver patient medicine and information.
Answer: nanotubes
Diff: 3