Multiple Choice Questions

List two symptoms of a system that might be overheating.
  • The system hangs or freezes at odd times or freezes just a few moments after the boot starts.A Windows BSOD error occurs during the boot.You cannot hear a fan running or the fan makes a whining sound.You cannot feel air being pulled into or out of the case.
  • go into BIOS setup and find the CPU screen
  • Startup BIOS communicates POST errors as a series of beeps before it tests video. Search the web site of the motherboard or BIOS manufacturer to know how to interpret a series of beep codes.
  • Failures that come and go might be caused by overheating or failing RAM, the motherboard, processor, or hard drive. Begin by checking the processor temperature for overheating. Then check RAM for errors and run diagnostics on the hard drive.
An error message that reads "CMOS ___________ bad" can indicate that CMOS RAM is corrupted.
  • chipset
  • Overclocking
  • the CPU can overheat
  • checksum
A round air duct that helps direct air to the processor
  • CAG
  • False
  • UPS
  • VGA mode
___________________ causes the CPU to run faster than normal and can cause the CPU to overheat.
  • CMOS
  • Overclocking
  • checksum
  • the CPU can overheat
What are the FRUs on a motherboard?
  • completely wipes a hard drive clean
  • Failures that come and go might be caused by overheating or failing RAM, the motherboard, processor, or hard drive. Begin by checking the processor temperature for overheating. Then check RAM for errors and run diagnostics on the hard drive.
  • The field replaceable units (FRUs) on a motherboard are the processor, the processor cooler assembly, RAM, and the CMOS battery. Also, the motherboard itself is an FRU.
  • These Windows errors are caused by problems with devices, device drivers, or a corrupted Windows installation. Begin troubleshooting by searching the Microsoft web site for the error message and a description of the problem.
A tool in Windows 7/Vista that tests memory
  • driver store
  • a short on the motherboard
  • zero-fill utility
  • Memory Diagnostics
A poor looking video display might be caused by inadequate video RAM.
  • True
  • False
What are POST code beeps and how should you respond to them?
  • go into BIOS setup and find the CPU screen
  • The Windows program needed to start Windows is missing or corrupted. This program is called the OS boot manager program.
  • These Windows errors are caused by problems with devices, device drivers, or a corrupted Windows installation. Begin troubleshooting by searching the Microsoft web site for the error message and a description of the problem.
  • Startup BIOS communicates POST errors as a series of beeps before it tests video. Search the web site of the motherboard or BIOS manufacturer to know how to interpret a series of beep codes.
What causes a BSOD and how should you begin the troubleshooting process?
  • The PC appears "dead"—no indicator lights and no spinning drive or fan.The PC sometimes locks up during booting. After several tries, it boots successfully.Error codes or beeps occur during booting, but they come and go.You smell burnt parts or odors. The PC powers down at unexpected times.The PC appears dead except you hear a whine coming from the power supply.
  • Failures that come and go might be caused by overheating or failing RAM, the motherboard, processor, or hard drive. Begin by checking the processor temperature for overheating. Then check RAM for errors and run diagnostics on the hard drive.
  • These Windows errors are caused by problems with devices, device drivers, or a corrupted Windows installation. Begin troubleshooting by searching the Microsoft web site for the error message and a description of the problem.
  • The Windows program needed to start Windows is missing or corrupted. This program is called the OS boot manager program.
When the _____________ battery fails, the BIOS loses its time and date settings.
  • True
  • CMOS
  • Overclocking
  • UPS
Startup BIOS communicates ______________ errors as a series of beeps before it tests video.
  • RAID
  • CMOS
  • True
  • POST
If you see smoke or smell burning, you should immediately open the case to try to identify the component that is causing it.
  • True
  • False
A utility to wipe a hard drive clean
  • artifacts
  • Memory Diagnostics
  • zero-fill utility
  • a short on the motherboard
List three possibly symptoms of a problem with the electrical system.
  • Can you describe the problem and describe when the problem first started and when itoccurs?Was the computer recently moved?Was any new hardware or software recently installed?Was any software recently reconfigured or upgraded?Did someone else use your computer recently?Does the computer have a history of similar problems?Is there important data on the drive that is not backed up?Can you show me how to reproduce the problem?
  • the CPU can overheat
  • The PC appears "dead"—no indicator lights and no spinning drive or fan.The PC sometimes locks up during booting. After several tries, it boots successfully.Error codes or beeps occur during booting, but they come and go.You smell burnt parts or odors. The PC powers down at unexpected times.The PC appears dead except you hear a whine coming from the power supply.
  • This message probably indicates that BIOS cannot find a hard drive during the POST.
If BIOS cannot access a drive in a ___________ array, use the firmware utility to check the status of each disk in the array.
  • POST
  • RAID
  • True
  • False
An error message shown on a blue screen
  • brownouts
  • VGA mode
  • RAID
  • BSOD
Elimination of accumulated magnetic fields
  • driver store
  • Memory Diagnostics
  • False
  • degauss
A temporary voltage reduction
  • BSOD
  • degauss
  • brownouts
  • VGA mode
What is the meaning of the message "Missing BOOTMGR"?
  • The field replaceable units (FRUs) on a motherboard are the processor, the processor cooler assembly, RAM, and the CMOS battery. Also, the motherboard itself is an FRU.
  • the power supply whines when you first turn on the system
  • completely wipes a hard drive clean
  • The Windows program needed to start Windows is missing or corrupted. This program is called the OS boot manager program.
Despite critic charges to clinicians using hypnosis or dream analysis to retrieve memories have agreed on all except
  • short term memory
  • recovered memories are commonplace
  • context-dependent memory.
  • reacall, recognition
Better retention is associated with ?
  • deep processing.
  • working memory
  • Misinformation effect
  • long term potentiation
occurs even an electric current will not disrupt old memories.
  • Automatic processing .
  • Misinformation effect
  • long term potentiation
  • short term memory
Using (... ?)to study for an exam would be more helpful because it is harder than ?
  • reacall, recognition
  • Automatic processing .
  • short term memory
  • Misinformation effect
A multiple choice test/exam is an example of which memory retrieval method?
  • memory aid
  • retrieval
  • Recognition
  • Hippocampus
Effortful processing most clearly requires
  • storage
  • working memory
  • recognition
  • hippocampus
George Miller proposed that about seven information bits constitutes the capacity of ?
  • long term potentiation
  • reacall, recognition
  • working memory
  • short term memory
Damage to what area could disrupt the recall of explicit memories?
  • retrieval
  • storage
  • Recognition
  • Hippocampus
happens without our awareness and produces implicit memories.
  • Automatic processing .
  • reacall, recognition
  • Misinformation effect
  • long term potentiation
The process of getting information out of memory is called ?
  • retrieval
  • storage
  • recognition
  • chunking
Stress hormones provoke the .(....? )to initiate a memory trace in the frontal lobes and basal ganglia.
  • storage
  • amygdala
  • MEMORY.
  • retrieval
The persistence of learning over time most clearly depends on ?
  • MEMORY.
  • storage
  • memory aid
  • retrieval
The process of encoding refers to
  • retrieval
  • working memory
  • Misinformation effect
  • getting information into memory.
One way that AARP has been effective at overcoming the free-rider problem is by providing ________ benefits to its members.
  • stakeholders
  • selective
  • collective good
  • free rider
Interest groups are concerned with the ________ of government, while political parties are concerned with the ________ of government.
  • dramatically increased
  • collective good
  • policies; personnel
  • stakeholders
Which of the following is NOT a job regularly performed by lobbyists?
  • Political parties have declined in influence in recent years while interest groups have become more numerous, active, and influential.
  • Competition among interests will produce balance with all interests regulating each other.
  • nominating a candidate to run for political office
  • leadership, money, an agency or office, and members.
When a group is called a membership association, it means that
  • ideological
  • to get their members elected to political office
  • members play an important role in the daily activities of the group.
  • an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of Congress or a state legislature.
Parties with a direct interest in a regulatory rule or decision are often called ________.
  • selective
  • collective good
  • stakeholders
  • free rider
Grandparents, tall people, and undergraduates are all examples of ________.
  • nominating a candidate to run for political office
  • potential interest groups
  • dramatically increased
  • policies; personnel
Lobbying is
  • ideological
  • representing the interests of large numbers of people and encouraging political participation.
  • an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of Congress or a state legislature.
  • members play an important role in the daily activities of the group.
A benefit that is sought by an interest group and that once achieved cannot be denied to nonmembers is called a ________.
  • collective good
  • selective
  • policies; personnel
  • stakeholders
Which of the following is a main theoretical assumption of pluralism?
  • Political parties have declined in influence in recent years while interest groups have become more numerous, active, and influential.
  • Competition among interests will produce balance with all interests regulating each other.
  • nominating a candidate to run for political office
  • It is necessary to limit the extent of the free-rider problem.
Since the 1930s, the number and scale of interest groups at the national level has ________.
  • dramatically increased
  • potential interest groups
  • policies; personnel
  • stakeholders
Which of the following statements about political parties and interest groups is most accurate?
  • nominating a candidate to run for political office
  • Competition among interests will produce balance with all interests regulating each other.
  • Political parties have declined in influence in recent years while interest groups have become more numerous, active, and influential.
  • dramatically increased
Which of the following is NOT a function of interest groups?
  • members play an important role in the daily activities of the group.
  • to get their members elected to political office
  • representing the interests of large numbers of people and encouraging political participation.
  • ideological
Which of the following is NOT an economic group?
  • the First Amendment
  • National Right to Life
  • representing the interests of large numbers of people and encouraging political participation.
  • to get their members elected to political office
Why is it important for interest groups to offer selective benefits?
  • interests should be free to compete with each other for governmental influence.
  • Competition among interests will produce balance with all interests regulating each other.
  • nominating a candidate to run for political office
  • It is necessary to limit the extent of the free-rider problem.
The Mars Climate Orbiter crashed ont he surface of Mars becauase
  • not all the routing switches had been converted to the latest software.
  • one program output thrust in terms of foot-pounds, and another program expected thrust to be expressed in terms of newtons.
  • one of its employees mistyped a sell order, and a bug in the Tokyo Stock Exchange trading program made it impossible to cancel the order
  • It continued to sell the Therac-25 after the FDA declared it ot be defective
During the Gulf War, the U.S. Army's____________ missile system failed to shoot down a Scud missile that killed 28 soldiers in Saudi Arabia.
  • code that worked correctly on the Ariane 4 failed on the Ariane 5
  • Patriot
  • The system encountered all of these problems and more
  • Mars
To avoid a repeat of the problems plaguing the 2000 U.S. Presidential election, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act of 2002, providing states with money to replace _________________________.
  • punch card voting systems
  • verification
  • specification | development | validation | evolution.
  • software engineering
Computer simulations can
  • real-time
  • real-time systems
  • save automobile manufacturers time and money as they develop new cars.
  • not all the routing switches had been converted to the latest software.
The Ariane 5 was a satellite launch vehicle designed by the_____________ space agency.
  • validation
  • Denver
  • French
  • embedded
Which of these problems was not encountered by BAE as it tried to install on automated baggage handling system at Denver International Airport
  • The NCIC databases contain about 40 million records.
  • The system encountered all of these problems and more
  • specification | development | validation | evolution.
  • code that worked correctly on the Ariane 4 failed on the Ariane 5
Which of these statements about the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) is true?
  • they do not have a paper audit trail
  • The NCIC databases contain about 40 million records.
  • reduce costs by replacing hardware safety features with software safety features
  • It continued to sell the Therac-25 after the FDA declared it ot be defective
The discipline focused on the production of software, as well as the development of tools, methodologies, and theories supporting software production, is most accurately called
  • punch card voting systems
  • Denver
  • software engineering
  • verification
On the afternoon of January 15, 1990, the long distance network of ___________ suffered a significant disruption of service.
  • Tokyo
  • validation
  • AT&T
  • verification
Computers that process data from sensors as events occur are called
  • real-time
  • an embedded system.
  • real-time systems
  • embedded
The AT&T long-distance network did not collapse entirely on January 15, 1990, because
  • It continued to sell the Therac-25 after the FDA declared it ot be defective
  • The NCIC databases contain about 40 million records.
  • not all the routing switches had been converted to the latest software.
  • one program output thrust in terms of foot-pounds, and another program expected thrust to be expressed in terms of newtons.
By making the PDP 11 minicomputer an integral part of the Therac-25, AECL was able to
  • The NCIC databases contain about 40 million records.
  • It continued to sell the Therac-25 after the FDA declared it ot be defective
  • not all the routing switches had been converted to the latest software.
  • reduce costs by replacing hardware safety features with software safety features
A computer used as a component of a larger system is called an ______________ system.
  • embedded
  • an embedded system.
  • real-time systems
  • real-time
Software engineers use a four-step process to develop a software product. These steps are called ___________, __________, ____________, and ____________.
  • verification
  • specification | development | validation | evolution.
  • The NCIC databases contain about 40 million records.
  • Tokyo
A computer used as a component of a larger system is called
  • they do not have a paper audit trail
  • real-time systems
  • an embedded system.
  • embedded
Computers that process data from sensors as events occur are called ____________ systems.
  • real-time systems
  • validation
  • real-time
  • embedded
What mistake was not made by AECL, the manufactureer of the Therac-25
  • The NCIC databases contain about 40 million records.
  • It continued to sell the Therac-25 after the FDA declared it ot be defective
  • reduce costs by replacing hardware safety features with software safety features
  • not all the routing switches had been converted to the latest software.
The process of determining if a computer program correctly implements a mathematical model is called ____________________.
  • specification | development | validation | evolution.
  • validation
  • real-time
  • verification
In 1999 computer errors led to the loss of two NASA probes to _____________.
  • The system encountered all of these problems and more
  • Patriot
  • code that worked correctly on the Ariane 4 failed on the Ariane 5
  • Mars
One function of __________ is to provide public services that the private sector is unlikely to do.
  • administrative adjudication
  • Government Corporations
  • the president; the Senate
  • Department of the Treasury
Under the __________ system, jobs in the federal bureaucracy are awarded on the basis of skills and expertise.
  • independent regulatory commision
  • Civil service or merit
  • the Senate
  • those who helped candidates win election
__________ often holds oversight hearings to investigate the policies and performance of agencies and departments in the federal bureaucracy.
  • Interagency councils
  • Congress
  • False
  • Regulations
The __________ led to the creation of the civil service system, even though it initially covered only 10 percent of the federal workforce.
  • Pendleton Act
  • True
  • the process by which a law or policy is put into operation
  • Congress
When the U.S. Department of Transportation stipulates how many hours truck drivers can be on the road per week, the department is creating a(n) __________.
  • True
  • regulation
  • Department of the Treasury
  • bureaucracy
The Social Security Administration rendering a decision about whether an individual was wrongly denied disability payments illustrates the __________ function of the federal bureaucracy.
  • regulation
  • Government Corporations
  • Administrative adjudication
  • bureaucracy
After a president nominates an individual to be a Cabinet secretary, that appointment must be confirmed by __________.
  • the large number of workers who will soon be eligible to retire
  • independent regulatory commision
  • the General Accountability Office (GAO)
  • the Senate
The president appoints, but cannot easily dismiss, officials who serve on __________.
  • providing services that the private sector lacks a financial incentive to provide
  • independent regulatory commision
  • They must solicit public comments.
  • the General Accountability Office (GAO)
The purpose of the __________ was to prohibit federal employees from engaging in partisan political activities.
  • the process by which a law or policy is put into operation
  • Hatch Act
  • Pendleton Act
  • the Pendleton Act
36) Your online ________ consists of the information available about you in cyberspace that can influence people's opinions of you in the real world.
  • Sampling rate
  • copyleft
  • manipulation
  • reputation
33) Digital ________ involves altering media so that the images captured are changed from the way they were originally seen by the human eye.
  • manipulation
  • conversion rate
  • turnitin.com
  • persistance
51) The most common file types supported by digital cameras are raw uncompressed (RAW) data and ________.
  • jpg
  • JPEG
  • e-ink
  • True
37) Employment ________ means that unless you're covered by an employment contract or a collective bargaining agreement, employers can fire you at any time for any reason, unless the reason violates a legal statute.
  • terms
  • at-will
  • wayback
  • Copyright
34) Google ________ is a subscription service that lets you listen to tracks in their catalog.
  • piracy
  • True
  • Play
  • False
35) The tendency of information to remains on the Internet indefinitely is known as ________ of information.
  • service
  • turnitin.com
  • trademark
  • persistance
38) You have a constitutional right to ________ speech.
  • True
  • free
  • False
  • JPEG
72) Match each of the following terms to its definition:I. resolutionII. digitalIII. analogIV. CCDV. codecA. a rule that squeezes audio and video information into less spaceB. number of data points used to capture an imageC. data encoded as zeros and onesD. electronic sensor used in digital camerasE. continuous sound or light waves
  • AECDB
  • terms
  • CDEBA
  • BCEDA
39) The ________ Machine is a utility that shows you what a website looked like at a previous point in time.
  • e-ink
  • persistance
  • trademark
  • wayback
73) Match each of the following terms to its definition:I. NOOKII. KindleIII. e-textIV. e-readerV. E inkA. textual information captured digitallyB. sharp grayscale representation of textC. sold by AmazonD. device that displays e-textE. sold by Barnes and Noble
  • False
  • ECADB
  • e-ink
  • terms
74) Match each of the following terms to its definition:I. digital-to-analog converterII. MPEG-4III. rippingIV. analog-to-digital converterV. codecA. changes zeros and ones to a continuous analog waveB. converting a song on a CD to a digital computer fileC. changes your voice's sound waves into digital signalsD. usually has a .mp4 extensionE. rule using hardware or software that compresses audio and video information
  • AECDB
  • False
  • BCEDA
  • ADBCE
47) The main grayscale technology for e-text display on the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite and Barnes and Noble NOOK is ________.
  • False
  • fair
  • e-ink
  • persistance
52) The ________ of a digital camera refers to the number of data points recorded for a captured image.
  • persistance
  • manipulation
  • Intellectual
  • resolution
48) The ________ is the number of times that an analog wave is measured each second in an analog-to-digital conversion.
  • conversion rate
  • wayback
  • Sampling rate
  • Intellectual
41) Failing to identify a direct quotation with quotation marks is an example of ________.
  • trademark
  • Google Tunes
  • plagiarism
  • manipulation
71) Match each of the following terms to its definition:I. MP3II. AACIII. ADCIV. WMVV. SDA. storage card for mediaB. digital video file format which includes both audio and videoC. digital music file format used broadlyD. default digital music file format with iTunesE. converts audio signals into digital signals
  • CDEBA
  • False
  • AECDB
  • ADBCE
43) Many websites that contain copyrighted material also contain lengthy legal documents that delineate the ________ of use for the material that you download.
  • E-text
  • terms
  • at-will
  • True
31) A(n) ________ is anything designed to deceive another person either as a practical joke or for financial gain.
  • codec
  • Play
  • hoax
  • megapixles
32) When a hoax becomes so well known that it is incorporated into society as a true event, it is known as a(n) ________.
  • turnitin.com
  • conversion rate
  • urban legend
  • persistance
49) The size of an MP3 file depends on the digital ________ of the song.
  • sampling
  • wayback
  • service
  • Sampling rate
53) A(n) ________ is a rule that squeezes the same audio and video information into less space.
  • False
  • codec
  • DRM
  • E-text
42) Reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson is commonly known as educational ________ use.
  • domain
  • terms
  • False
  • fair
50) Digital camera resolution is measured in ________.
  • megapixles
  • codec
  • DRM
  • hoax
44) Illegally using copyrighted software is known as software ________.
  • wayback
  • modern
  • Play
  • piracy
Family function refers to
  • how a family cares for its members
  • interpretation of the events
  • harmony and stability
  • following what parents, teachers, and peers do
The best example of an aggressive-rejected child is
  • how a family cares for its members
  • harmony and stability
  • Laura, who is disliked because she tells others they are stupid
  • about half chose restitution and half chose retribution
Which family function is especially crucial in middle childhood?
  • the preoperational stage
  • how a family cares for its members
  • harmony and stability
  • interpretation of the events
An important factor with respect to children coping with adversity is a child's
  • the preoperational stage
  • interpretation of the events
  • about half chose restitution and half chose retribution
  • incremental
The Piagetian stage of development that is similar to Kohlberg's stage of preconventional morality is
  • the preoperational stage
  • interpretation of the events
  • about half chose restitution and half chose retribution
  • incremental
When children believe that they can change and develop themselves bit by bit, they have formed a(n) _____ idea of intellectual and personal traits.
  • True
  • the preoperational stage
  • incremental
  • interpretation of the events
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