NAME___________________________________________________
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Division of Professional and Continuing Studies
COMP112 Section 71 – Intro to Computers and Programming - Fall, 2008
Quiz 1 – Open Book – EACH QUESTION IS WORTH 7 POINTS
1. List the names of 3 Word or Text processing programs
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2. When you select an entire table,
What Keystroke deletes just the contents, but leaves the table_______________________________
What keystroke delets the contents AND the table________________________________________
3. What do these computer hardware related acronyms mean:
CPU____________________________________________________________________________
ALU____________________________________________________________________________
RAM___________________________________________________________________________
KB_____________________________________________________________________________
I/O_____________________________________________________________________________
4. What do these network or computer software related acronyms mean:
URL____________________________________________________________________________
3GL____________________________________________________________________________
BASIC__________________________________________________________________________
SQL____________________________________________________________________________
FORTRAN______________________________________________________________________
5. Moore’s Law states that what will double every 18 months (circle the item).
A. Screen resolution D. Mouse speed
B. Amount of transistors on a chip E. Internet speed
C. The time it takes for a system to boot F. The cost of a PC
6. List three responsibilities of the operating system of a computer
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7. List the file name extensions used by the following programs:
Microsoft Word___________________________________________________________________
Microsoft Excel___________________________________________________________________
Microsoft PowerPoint______________________________________________________________
Microsoft Access__________________________________________________________________
Notepad_________________________________________________________________________
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