1. All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT

(a) hackers 
(b) Spam
(c) Viruses 
(d) identity theft



2. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?

(a) gathering data 
(b) processing data into information
(c) analyzing the data or information 
(d) storing the data or information



3. All of the following are examples of storage devices EXCEPT :

(a) hard disk drives 
(b) printers
(c) floppy disk drives
(d) CD drives



4. The CPU and memory are located on the :

(a) expansion board 
(b) motherboard
(c) storage device 
(d) output device


5. ............... is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do

(a) Nanoscience 
(b) Nanotechnology
(c) Simulation 
(d) Artificial intelligence (Al)



6. Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connected to a :

(a) networked 
(b) mainframe
(c) supercomputer 
(d) client


7. When creating a computer program, the ......... designs the structure of the program

(a) End user 
(b) System Analyst
(c) Programmer 
(d) All of the above



8. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/ an

(a) Interpreter 
(b) simulator 
(c) characters 
(d) compiler



9. Computers process data into information by working exclusively with :

(a) multimedia 
(b) word 
(c) numbers 
(d) characters



10. The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the :

(a) digital divide 
(b) Internet divide 
(c) Web divide 
(d) E-illiteracy




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