Computer Hardware and Software Fundamentals, Exams of Nursing

A comprehensive overview of various computer hardware components, software applications, and networking concepts. It covers topics such as input/output devices, storage devices, operating systems, user interfaces, application software, data communication, and internet technologies. Structured in a question-and-answer format, making it a valuable resource for students and professionals seeking to understand the fundamental principles and functionalities of computer systems. The detailed explanations and examples make this document a useful study guide or reference material for courses related to computer science, information technology, or digital literacy.

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Edpm Midterm Exam with Complete Questions
and Answers
1. keyboard - Correct Answer Enters commands and textual data into the
computer system.
2. Mouse - Correct Answer Position the cursor on a computer screen to
manipulate objects
3. microphone - Correct Answer Enter sounds into the computer system
4. Scannerr - Correct Answer Convert hard copy into digital form
5. PC webcam - Correct Answer To capture images and sound
6. bar code reader - Correct Answer An optical reader that can read bar codes.
7. Optical character reader - Correct Answer To capture handwritten or printed text
8. Touch screen - Correct Answer To allow input from the screen
9. Printer - Correct Answer To produce printed copies of documents on a range of
stationery
10.Monitor - Correct Answer To display the operating systems desktop
11.Multimedia Projector - Correct Answer A device connect to a computer to
present information in a bigger size.
12.Speakers - Correct Answer To allow playback of audio from applications and to
provide audible alerts produced by the operating system and application software
13.Touchscreen - Correct Answer To allow input and output direct from screen
14.CD-ROM - Correct Answer compact disc-read-only memory stores data that
can be read by a computer. It is not writable and used to distribute computer
software
15.CD-R - Correct Answer A compact disk on which you can write only once and
thereafter is read-only memory. Compact Disk Recordable is variation of CD-
ROM and is sometimes called the burner
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Edpm Midterm Exam with Complete Questions

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  1. keyboard - Correct Answer Enters commands and textual data into the computer system.
  2. Mouse - Correct Answer Position the cursor on a computer screen to manipulate objects
  3. microphone - Correct Answer Enter sounds into the computer system
  4. Scannerr - Correct Answer Convert hard copy into digital form
  5. PC webcam - Correct Answer To capture images and sound
  6. bar code reader - Correct Answer An optical reader that can read bar codes.
  7. Optical character reader - Correct Answer To capture handwritten or printed text
  8. Touch screen - Correct Answer To allow input from the screen
  9. Printer - Correct Answer To produce printed copies of documents on a range of stationery
  10. Monitor - Correct Answer To display the operating systems desktop
  11. Multimedia Projector - Correct Answer A device connect to a computer to present information in a bigger size.
  12. Speakers - Correct Answer To allow playback of audio from applications and to provide audible alerts produced by the operating system and application software
  13. Touchscreen - Correct Answer To allow input and output direct from screen
  14. CD-ROM - Correct Answer compact disc-read-only memory stores data that can be read by a computer. It is not writable and used to distribute computer software
  15. CD-R - Correct Answer A compact disk on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory. Compact Disk Recordable is variation of CD- ROM and is sometimes called the burner
  1. CD-RW - Correct Answer A CD that allows data to be erased and written again several times.
  2. DVD - Correct Answer Stores more data than CD. Used for video and data storage and to back up data stored in flash drives
  3. Flash drive - Correct Answer A 'thumb sized' devices used as a USB connectors. 4G,8G and 16G
  4. Memory card - Correct Answer Used in devices such as cameras
  5. Mouse benefit - Correct Answer Users are more efficient as task can be completed accurately
  6. Scanner - Correct Answer Converts printed documents to digital formatZ Converts text on documents to editable text. Converts images of documents such as receipts photographs and diagrams to digital format.
  7. digital camera - Correct Answer Captures still images and video
  8. Scanner Benefit - Correct Answer Reduced cost as digital versions of physical documents
  9. Digital Camera benefit - Correct Answer Pictures can be captured by office staff rather then professional photographers
  10. PC camera - Correct Answer Users in remote locations can see each other
  11. Database Management System (DBMS) - Correct Answer Microsoft Access Open Office Base
  12. Electronic Spreadsheet - Correct Answer Microsoft excel, IBM Lotus
  13. Email - Correct Answer Microsoft outlook express, Mozilla Thunderbird
  14. Presentation Graphics - Correct Answer Microsoft power point, Prezi keynote
  15. Web Browsers - Correct Answer Microsoft Explorer, Safari, Google Chrome
  16. word processor - Correct Answer Microsoft word, Corel Word Open Office Writer
  17. RAM - Correct Answer Random Access Memory is temporary and is lost when the computer is turned off (data is volatile).
  1. Gigabyte (GB) - Correct Answer a unit of storage measuring roughly one billion bytes
  2. Terabyte (TB) - Correct Answer a unit of storage measuring roughly one trillion bytes
  3. Tracks - Correct Answer Parallel rows
  4. Data - Correct Answer Data is accessed sequentially
  5. Sectors - Correct Answer Are wedged shaped sections on a disk
  6. Access time - Correct Answer Times taken for data to be accessed
  7. Seek time - Correct Answer Time taken to read/ write to get a specific section on the disk.
  8. WORM write one read many - Correct Answer User can record on a blank Cd-R but once they are finished it cannot he changed
  9. Burned - Correct Answer When a cd is being recorded on
  10. Pixel - Correct Answer A dot of light forming a digital image.
  11. Resolution - Correct Answer The number of pixels in a given inch.
  12. Formatting Toolbar - Correct Answer A toolbar that contains buttons used to change the look, shape, or position of text and numbers.
  13. Formatting - Correct Answer The way text appears, for example: bold, underline, all caps, with color. The process of changing the appearance of the text, layout, and design of a slide.
  14. Editing - Correct Answer The process of updating a document to make changes, correct errors, and make it visually appealing
  15. Ctrl+C - Correct Answer Copy
  16. Ctrl+V - Correct Answer Paste
  17. Ctrl + A - Correct Answer Select all text and objects
  18. Ctrl + N - Correct Answer New Document
  19. Ctrl + Tab - Correct Answer Go to the next tab in the window. Tab in the next line
  1. Ctrl + F - Correct Answer Find text, formatting, etc.
  2. Ctrl + U - Correct Answer Underline
  3. Ctrl + P - Correct Answer Print
  4. Ctrl + K - Correct Answer Insert a hyperlink
  5. Ctrl + Shift + T - Correct Answer Reopens last closed tab
  6. Impact Printers - Correct Answer Transfer data onto paper by hitting the paper with some part of the printer.
  7. Characteristics of impact printers - Correct Answer Noisy, ink ribbon paper used
  8. Examples of impact printers - Correct Answer Line printers and character printers which both use perforated paper. Dot Matrix and Daisy wheel printers
  9. Dot Matrix and Daisy Wheel - Correct Answer These print on character at a time.
  10. Daisy wheel Printer - Correct Answer Can only print graphics
  11. Dot Matrix Printers - Correct Answer These can print graphics
  12. Non impact Printers - Correct Answer They are faster that impact printers and are quieter.
  13. Ctrl + G - Correct Answer Go to
  14. Ctrl + H - Correct Answer Find and replace
  15. Operating System - Correct Answer Is a set of programs that controls all the hardware and application programs that make up the computer system.
  16. Examples of Operating Systems - Correct Answer Microsoft Windows DOS UNIX Linux
  17. Function of Operating System - Correct Answer It executes programs and stops programs that are not working properly.
  18. Allocates and and schedules the resource of the computer.
  19. Manages memory
  1. Buttons - Correct Answer Buttons are small rectangular areas on the screen drawn to resemble buttons found on an electronic device.
  2. Windows - Correct Answer A rectangular are on the screen that contains objects that are related to each other.
  3. Window - Correct Answer Are integral parts of the GUI
  4. Types of Application Software - Correct Answer General purpose customized custom written and specialized
  5. General Purpose Software - Correct Answer Spreadsheet Database and Word processing software
  6. Customized Software - Correct Answer Using to complete specific task. Eg Microsoft Access Dbase and Microsoft Excel
  7. batch processing - Correct Answer Processing a number of jobs simultaneously from start to finish.
  8. Online Processing - Correct Answer Data is entered during a transaction data is stored and used shortly after
  9. Real time processing - Correct Answer Fast & data is processed immediately thus making information current and readily available
  10. Custom written software - Correct Answer Written entirely to the specifications of the owner
  11. Specialized Software - Correct Answer Designed to perform a specific task to a particular application
  12. Data communication - Correct Answer Is the transmission of data from one location to the other in order to enable communication
  13. Data communication channels - Correct Answer Bandwidth, broad bans narrow band band voice band
  14. Protocol - Correct Answer Theses coordinate transmissions using a set of rules and procedures governing the transmissions and the receiving of data
  15. Processing - Correct Answer The manipulation of data to produce information
  16. Examples of Protocols - Correct Answer HTTP, PPP, TCP,FTP
  1. IP addresses - Correct Answer The Network layer header identifies sending and receiving hosts by their _________________.
  2. Network - Correct Answer A group of computers and peripheral device es that are connected to each other by canes or wireless electronics
  3. LAN ( Local are Network) - Correct Answer Are networks made up of two or more computers connected to each other with the same geographical area. Normally used by small businesses
  4. Wireless Technology - Correct Answer Does not use cables radio and microwave signals are used instead
  5. WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN) - Correct Answer Is the network that covers a wide geographical area theses use fiber optic cables
  6. Modem - Correct Answer A device that converts digital signals into analog and vice versa.
  7. Upload - Correct Answer Process by which one computer sends a for to a remote computer via communication channels
  8. Softwaree - Correct Answer A list of commands that tell the computer what to do
  9. Download - Correct Answer To copy data from one computer system to another or to a disk/ process by which a computer obtains from a host computer via communications channels
  10. Outlook - Correct Answer Communications and scheduling program
  11. line printer - Correct Answer high speed impact printer that prints an entire line at a time using multiple hammers.
  12. Internet service Provider (ISP) - Correct Answer A company with direct connection to the internet that grants subscribers access to various Internet services.
  13. World Wide Web - Correct Answer A collection of multimedia documents
  14. Hypertext Markup Language - Correct Answer Allows one web page to provide links to several others.
  15. Web servers - Correct Answer Store web pages
  16. Website - Correct Answer A group of related web pages
  1. Password - Correct Answer A combination of characters used to prevent unauthorized computer access.
  2. Encryption - Correct Answer The process of encoding information so that it bears no resemblance to the original in order to secure it.
  3. Virus - Correct Answer A malicious program that is designed to corrupt the files on a persons computer or to stop the computer from working properly
  4. Anti virus program - Correct Answer A special type of software that aims to detect and remove viruses that are on a computer or removable storage media.
  5. Firewall - Correct Answer A program that identifies certain weaknesses in networked computer and tries to keep them from being exploited.
  6. Archiving - Correct Answer Refers to the process by which a second backup of a file is kept separately from the working backup copy
  7. Operating system - Correct Answer Creates files Manage folders Keep documents secure Allocate memory to different jobs Manage CPU Provide users with an easy to use interface
  8. Function keys - Correct Answer Are given specific task
  9. Control keys - Correct Answer These provide cursor and screen control
  10. Modifiers - Correct Answer Control (CTRL) ALT and SHIFT keys
  11. CTRL + left arrow - Correct Answer One word to the left
  12. CTRL + right arrow - Correct Answer One word to the right
  13. CTRL + up arrow - Correct Answer To the top of the previous page
  14. CTRL + down arrow - Correct Answer To the top of the next paragraph
  1. CTRL + page down - Correct Answer To the top of the next page
  2. CTRL + ALT+ page down - Correct Answer To the bottom of the window
  3. CTRL + home - Correct Answer To the beginning of the document
  4. CTRL + End - Correct Answer To the end of a document
  5. R t g v b - Correct Answer Index finger left
  6. E,c - Correct Answer Middle
  7. U, y, h,m,n - Correct Answer Index right
  8. I and comma - Correct Answer Middle right  and full stop - Correct Answer Ring finger right
  9. W and x - Correct Answer Ring
  10. Pinky - Correct Answer Q,z left shift key, left control key, caps lock, tab
  11. P : '? Right shift key righter control key and enter key - Correct Answer Pinky
  12. Record - Correct Answer A collection of fields of data related to one thing
  13. Reference - Correct Answer Details of a cited source
  14. Database - Correct Answer A set of related tables
  15. A3 paper - Correct Answer Small posters
  16. A4 - Correct Answer Letters letterheads manuscripts minutes reports forms agendas invoices catalogs memorandum
  17. A5 paper - Correct Answer Short memoranda short letter agendas greetings cards
  18. A6 paper - Correct Answer Postcard invitations
  19. A7 paper - Correct Answer Labels index cards
  20. A8 - Correct Answer Business cards
  21. A4 - Correct Answer 210x