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| What does the acronym ISO stand for? |
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| International Standards Organization |
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| What does the acronym ANSI stand for? |
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| American National Standards Institute |
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| What does ASCII stand for? |
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| American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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| How many bits were there in the original ASCII code? |
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| How many different characters could be encoded using the original ASCII code? |
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| How many bits were there in the extended ASCII code? |
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| How many different characters could be encoded using the extended ASCII code? |
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| What is the ASCII code for 0? |
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| What is the ASCII code for A? |
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| What is the ASCII code for a? |
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| Using a scratch sheet of paper, convert the decimal number 378 to binary form. |
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| What are the 3 most important components inside the CPU of a computer? |
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1) Control Unit
2) Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)
3) Registers |
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| The _______ _____ is commonly known as the "brain" of the computer. It decides when to do what, and controls everything else inside the CPU. |
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| The __________ and _______ _____ (ALU) consists of specialized hardware that performs Arithmetic and Logic operations. |
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| Arithmetic and Logic Unit |
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| ________ are basically small, high-speed memory locations inside the CPU. They are close to the Central Unit, and their proximity lets the contents be retrieved very quickly. |
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| What are the two diff. kinds of registers? |
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| General Purpose Registers (GPRs) and Special Purpose Registers (SPRs) |
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| On a sheet of paper, create a diagram that shows the main components of CPUs. |
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| what are the two interfaces provided by Windows Vista? |
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Graphical Interface (GUI)
and Command Line Interface (CLI) |
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| What are the 4 major roles/ activities of an Operating System? (Circle Diagram) |
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| Computers can only do what they are told to do, through instructions called __________. |
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| What are the main kinds of tasks that computers perform? |
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| Input, process, storage, and output. |
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| Hardware devices used for input, output and storage are called ___________. |
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| Computers store data as binary digits, known as _____, associated with zeros and ones. |
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| How many bits are equal to 1 byte? |
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| How many bits make up 1 nibble? (^_^) |
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| How many bytes are there in 1 kilobyte? |
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| 2^10 bytes (a little over a thousand ) |
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| How many bytes are there in 1 Megabyte? |
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| 2^20 bytes (a little over a million) |
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| How many bytes are there in 1 Gigabyte? |
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| 2^30 bytes (a little over a billion) |
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| A ______ __________ _____ (USB) port is used to connect USB flash drives to a computer. |
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| ____ and _____ are examples of primary memory. |
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| ____ ______ are secondary storage devices. |
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| A _____ is a program that interferes with the usual operation of a computer. |
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| Windows Vista is what kind of operating system? |
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| The initial screen that usually shows on the monitor is called the ________. |
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| The _____ ___, located at the bottom of the Desktop, contains the Start Button. |
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| The ______ allows you to click, right click, double click, and drag. |
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| ______ are pics that represent an action that can be taken. |
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| The first screen of Vista that usually requires user input is called the _______. |
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| The Minimize, Resize, and Close buttons are usually on the _______ _____ of a window. |
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| Bec. a hard drive has a lot of holding capacity, it is usually divided into ________ to organize it. |
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| _____ are associated with programs by the extension placed after the file name and a dot. |
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| Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to ____ __ ________ that has stopped responding. |
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| Microsoft word 2007 is a _____ _________ software program. |
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| The default file extension placed on a file saved in Word 2007 is _____. |
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| Text can be selected or highlighted using the ______ or keyboard. |
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| ______-_____ allows for typing a document without having to watch for the end of a line. |
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| The ____ key can be used to indent a paragraph in a document. |
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| ___________ keys are available to assist in performing many of the most common tasks. |
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| Type _____, type _____, and type _____ are changeable in Microsoft Word. |
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| Paragraphs can be aligned ____, _______, _____, or ________ ____. |
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| left, center, right, and justly full |
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| There are __ diff. types of tab alignments and __ types of tab leaders. |
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| _________ and _______ can be checked within a document. |
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| Microsoft Excel is an _______ __________ software program. |
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| The 3 types of data that can be placed in a cell are ______, ______, and ________. |
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| values, text, and formulas |
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| There are several ways to edit _____ placed in a cell. |
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| There are several ways to adjust a column's _______. |
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| Using the ______ ___ command allows you to change the location and/or name of a file. |
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| The default file extension placed on a file saved in Excel is _____. |
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| Copying a formula with relative cell references will do what? |
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| Change references in the new location |
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| The ________ button will create a SUM function in the current cell. |
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| Formatting a cell changes the __________ of the contents of the cell- not the contents itself. |
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| Formulas can be displayed on the worksheet for viewing or printing by pressing _____. |
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