Who wants to be a millionare?

CIS edition


rules of gameplay:

Same as the gameshow except there is only 1 lifeline, an audience poll. If the contestant answers a question incorrectly, the contestant's game is over and a new contestant will be selected. The person with the most points at the end of class wins a prize. Points start at one and double.

Questions

1) What does the term RAM stand for?
   A) Read Access Memory  		B) Random Access Memory
   C) Ready Access Memory		D) Really Awesome Marbles
   
   
   
   





   
   
   

























1) Answer - B

2) Which of the following is not a component of a computer?
   A) CPU				 B) Power Supply
   C) Disk Drive   			 D) Fatherboard
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2) D

3) Which is an example of an input device?
   A) Printer  		   	   B) Hard Disk	
   C) Scanner	 		   D) Monitor
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3) C

4) Which of the following is a type of hardware?
   A) joystick			  	 C) file
   B) program				 D) kilobyte
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4) A

5) What component is resposible for executing instructions?
   A) SCSI		  	 		C) EIDI
   B) CPU   					D) ROM
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
5) B - Central Processing Unit

6) Which are the two most common binary coding schemes?
   A) EBCDOC & ASCUU  		 C) EPSDIK & ASKIE
   B) RSNC & ASCY   		 D) EBCDIC & ASCII
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
6) D - Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code &
   American Standard Code for Information Interchange

7) What does the binary number '10' repredent in decimal numbers?
   A) ten	 	 		C) three
   B) two				D) four
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
7) C

8) Which of the following is approximately 1 million bytes?
   A) kilobyte			  	 C) terabyte
   B) megabyte				 D) gigabyte
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
8) B

9) Which of the following units measures the processing speed of a CPU?
   A) gigabytes			  		C) kilobits per second
   B) megahertz					D) ouchithurts
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
9) B

10) What is the name of the arrangement of keys used on standard keyboards?
	A) QRAZY		 	C) ASDFGH
	B) SCSI				D) QWERTY
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
10) D

11) Which of the following is not a scanning device?
	A) bar-code reader	   	  C) Monitor
	B) Fax Machine			  D) Mark Recognition Device
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
11) C

12) What is the approximate storage capacity of a standard music CD?
    A) 120 MB				C) 1 GB
    B) 650 MB				D) 1.44 MB
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
12) B

13) If you increase the number of pixels on a screen, you are increasing the __.
	A) resolution			   C) dot matrix
	B) dot pitch			   D) refresh rate
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
13) A

14) A certain graphics card is said to be '16-bit'.  Approximately how many 
    colors is this?
	A) 256 	  	   	   C) 65 thousand
	B) 512 			   D) 16.7 million
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
		
14) C

15) What is the capacity of a DVD?
    A) 4.7 GB			 	C) 17 GB
    B) 9.4 GB				D) Any of the above
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
15) D

16) How does a OC reconize a file type?  By the ____
    A) extension  		   	 C) direction
    B) compression			 D) intuition
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
16) A

17) What needs to happen to a floppy disk before a computer can use it?
    It needs to be _____
	A) formatted  	   	 	C) copy protected
	B) write-protected		D) disinfected
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
17) A

18) Which of the following parts allows 127 devices to be connected in series?
    A) serial                   C) SCSI
    B) parallel                 D) USB
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
18) D

19) Which of the following is not a brand name?
    A) Intel             C) Fax
    B) Iomega            D) Cisco
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
19) C

20) What is this a picture of?



	A) hard drive  		   C) floppy disk
	B) keyboard		   D) motherboard
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
20)D

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