SallyDouglas

TyWhalin
CGS1100

1. Whatisthekeytoacomputersversatility?Software
2. Whichoneofthefollowingwouldnotbeconsideredamicrocomputer?
Mainframe
3. Keyboards,monitors,harddiskdrives,printers,andmotherboardsareall
examplesofwhichofthefollowing?Hardware
4. Theselectionofcomponentsthatmakeupaparticularcomputersystemis
referredtoasthe?Configuration
5. Movingtext,sortinglists,andperformingcalculationsareexamplesofwhichof
thefollowing?Processing
6. Whatdoyoucalleach1or0usedintherepresentationofcomputerdata?Abit
7. Whatusuallyrepresentsonecharacterofdata?Aninteger
8. Whatisamegabyte?Aboutamillionbytes
9. Whichoneofthefollowingmicroprocessorsisfastest?233MHzPentiumII
10. Whichoneofthefollowingtemporarilystoresdataandprogramswhileyouare
usingthem?RAM
11. Whatdoyoucallacollectionofdatastoredonadiskunderanamethatyou
assignit?Afile
12. Whichofthefollowingstoragemediadoesnotallowyoutorecyclebywriting
overolddata?CD
13. Whatconnectsamonitortoacomputer?Aparallelport
14. AmicrocomputerthatisattachedtoanetworkiscalledaWorkstation
15. Whattelecommunicationshardwareisneededtoconvertdigitalsignalstoanalog
signals?Modem
16. Whichoneofthefollowingissystemsoftware?MicrosoftWindows
17. Whichofthefollowingisnotafunctionofanoperatingsystem?Carriesouta
specifictaskfortheuser
18. Randomaccessmemory(RAM)ismeasuredin?(MB)Megabytes
19. Diskaccesstimeismeasuredin?(MS)Milliseconds
20. Theclockspeedofamicroprocessorismeasuredin?(MHz)Megahertz
21. 1,600X1,200isthemaximumnumberofpixelsamonitorcandisplay.
22. Thetransmissionoftext,numeric,voice,orvideodatafromonecomputerto
anotheriscalled?Datacommunications
23. Connectingamicrocomputertoperipheraldevicesiscalled?Architectureor
configuration
24. Thecapabilitytosendatextmessagefromoneusertoanotherusersaccount
whereitisstoreduntilthereceiveropensit,iscalled?ElectronicmailorEmail
25. Thefileserverisahugedatabaseofinformationthatisstoredonnetworkservers
aroundtheworld,andwhichusersaccessbysuingbrowsersoftware.
26. Foreachofthefollowingdataitems,indicatehowmanybytesofstoragewould
berequired:North1,U.S.A.1,GeneralLedger2.
27. ReadthefollowingrequirementsforusingMicrosoftOffice2000Premium(taken
fromthedocumentationthataccompaniesthesoftware).Yes

SallyDouglas
TyWhalin
CGS1100

28.

ThesearetheSystemrequirementsthatarenecessaryforOperatingMicrosoft

Office2000PremiumEdition.MyselectionoftheexamplethatIchosewasntforany
specificreason,butwasagoodexampleofapopularmanufacturerthatmostpeople
knowandtrust.First,justaboutallcomputerstodaycompletelyexceedthespecifications
thatarelistedbelowtooperatetheMicrosoftOffice2000PremiumEdition.Thereare
veryfewcomputersonthemarketthatwouldntoperatethisparticularsoftware.From
myexperiencesofarconcerningthesystemsthatIhaveseenandworkedwithcan
managethissoftwarewithease,evenforthesimpleusersofcomputers.Becauseofthe
factthatImanexperiencedcomputeruserIfindallofthiseasyandrelativelysimplefor
measacomputeruser.Next,afterreviewingtheadvertisementthatIselectedthesystem
requirementsmeatthespecificationsrequired:
Advertisementrequirements:
IntelCeleronProcessorat900MHz
128MBSharedSDRAM
20GBHardDisk
UserofWindows95orWindows98(youcanloadanyOS)

ArticleCamefrom:
PCWORLD,November,2001

SallyDouglas
TyWhalin
CGS1100

BookRequirements:
TouseMicrosoftOffice2000Premium,youneed:
PCwithaPentium75MHzorhigherprocessor
Pentium166MHzorhigherisrequiredforthePhotoDraw
UserofWindows95orWindows98willrequire16MBofRAMfortheOS,plus
anadditional4MBofRAMforeachapplicationrunningsimultaneously(8MB
forOutlook)
UsersofWindowsNTWorkstationversion4.0orlaterwillrequire32MBof
RAMfortheOS,plusanadditional4MBofRAMforeachapplicationrunning
simultaneously(8MBforOutlook)
HardDiskSpaceRequirementsforOffice2000Premium:
252MBforDisc1(Word,Excel,Outlook,PowerPoint,Access,FrontPage)
174MBforDisc2(Publisher,SmallBusinessTools)
100MBforDisc3(PhotoDraw)

NowthatIvecomparedandresearchedwhatwasnecessaryforthequestion,Ireally
thinkthatthisisasufficientamountofinformationconcerningthisquestion.

SallyDouglas
TyWhalin
CGS1100

29.

DespitethequestionIdeterminedthatthesystemcouldrunMultimediabutnot
efficiently,soIchosesomehardwarefromthesameMagazine.AfterwordsInoticedthat
Ididafewmorequestionsthannecessary,butthatis(OK)Igainedsomeexperience.