Introduction To Computing Quiz # 2

________ is used to solve large-scale computing problems.

Grid Computing

Protocols

Cloud Computing

Host (lookup)

A byte's ______ is a unique number that identifies the location of a byte in memory.

Backside

Comparison

Address

A common way to move an object from one location to another using a mouse is to ______.

Point

Drag

Double-click

Right-click

A graphics tablet also is called a(n) ______.

Digitizer

Illustration Pad

Art Input Device

Illustrator

A microsoft ________ account allows you to store and share files in the cloud.

.edu

Plug-ins

OneDrive

Webcast

Among the rights you have as a user of computing resources is the right to _______.

Ignore the standard techniques for using applications

Treat your password carelessly

Use your own mobile device in any way you want at work

Protection from​ viruses, worms, and other threats

Report trivial problems

Buses differ according to their ____.

Hardware

Repeaters

Capacity

Data link

Cloud pricing structure is a ____-based model.

Flat

Box

Subscription

Pay-as-you-go

Daas stands for ______ as a service.

Device

Document

Data

Digital

Data that a computer accepts and processes is called ______.

Imput

Skimmer

Apple

Ports

Entering data into a computer system is also known as ________________ data.

Chief financial officer

Capturing

Structured

Version 5010

If data aggregation is the goal of collecting the data, ______ are the best choice.

Classifications

Code systems

Clinical terminologies

Nomenclatures

A ____ is responsible for maintaining a large, multiuser system.

Software engineer;

Vice president of information systems;

System administrator

Programmer/analyst

Characters are made up of smaller elements called ____.

Fields

Records

Bits

Bytes

A distributed computing system usually includes ____.

A central computer server

Decentralized PCs

A network to link systems together

All of these

A ____ network is the only network that offers a dedicated path.

Packet switch

Circuit switch

Virtual circuit

Broadcast

A user name ________ a user.

Authenticates

Identifies

Conceals

Encrypts

When you are looking for a 'hotspot', you are searching for _____.

A wireless access point

Bluetooth signals

Free charging stations

Strong satellite signals

Data sent by a program to the screen, a printer, or a file is __________.

Output

Input

Variable

Modulus

With _____, you can access storage and applications over the internet.

Net neutrality

E-commerce

VOIP

Cloud Computing

When a subquery is used, ____ is(are) evaluated first.

​the sub query

​the outer query

​both a and b simultaneously

​whichever query is selected to execute first by the user

______ transforms one video image into another image over the course of several frames of video.

Transfiguration

Morphing

Contortion

Mutation

______ is a collection of unprocessed items, including text, numbers, images, audio, and video.

Data

Information

Output

A Byte