CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications ...

1 clep Information Systems and Computer Applications Practice Test Time 90 Minutes For each question below, choose the best answer from the 100 Questions choices given. 1. A(n) _____ uses devices that emit and sense 5. Groupware is a component of a broad concept light to detect the mouse's movement. called _____, which includes network hardware and software that enables group members to (A) optical mouse communicate, manage projects, schedule meet- (B) audio mouse ings, and make decisions. (C) mechanical mouse (D) ergonomic mouse (A) public Internet access (E) laser mouse (B) workgroup computing (C) Web services 2. The _____ processor(s) is/are ideal for worksta- (D) short message service tions and low-end servers. (E) peer-to-peer (A) Pentium 6. Each Computer or device on a local area network, (B) Xeon and Itanium called a _____, often shares resources such as (C) Celeron printers, large hard disks, and programs.

2 (D) Acceleron and Celerium (E) Pentium M (A) hub (B) token 3. A _____ looks similar to a floppy disk but has (C) server much greater storage capabilities up to the (D) node equivalent of 170 standard floppy disks. (E) peer (A) Zip disk 7. The technique of breaking a message into (B) CD. individual packets, sending the packets along the (C) hard disk best route available, and then reassembling the (D) DVD. data is called _____. (E) PC Card (A) packet-catching 4. Standard CRT monitors today usually display up (B) packet-building to a maximum of _____ pixels. (C) packet-switching (D) packet-swapping (A) 80 x 60 (E) packet-messaging (B) 800 x 600. (C) 160 x 120. (D) 1600 x 1200. (E) 16,000 x 12,000. 1. Copyright 2004 Thomson Peterson's, clep is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board, part of The Thomson Corporation which was not involved in the production of and does not endorse this product.

3 1 11/24/2004, 12:18 PM. clep Information Systems AND Computer Applications PRACTICE TEST. 8. A T3 line is _____. 12. A _____ is the smallest element in an electronic image. (A) slower than a T1 line and quite expensive (B) slower than a T1 line but quite inexpensive (A) byte (C) equal in speed to 28 T1 lines but quite (B) pixel expensive (C) character (D) equal in speed to 28 T1 lines and quite (D) point inexpensive (E) bit (E) equal in speed to 100 T1 lines but quite expensive 13. A _____ is a network that connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area, such as a home, school Computer laboratory, or office 9. Of the graphics formats that exist on the Web, building. the two more common are _____ formats be- cause of their smaller file sizes. (A) local area network (LAN).

4 (B) wide area network (WAN). (A) TIFF and BMP. (C) regional area network (RAN). (B) BMP and PCX. (D) variable area network (VAN). (C) TIFF and PCX. (E) metropolitan area network (MAN). (D) JPEG and GIF. (E) GIF and BMP 14. A ring network _____ to install. (A) must span a smaller distance than a bus 10. A _____ is equal to exactly 1,024 bytes, but network, and it is more difficult Computer users often round it down to 1,000. (B) must span a smaller distance than a bus bytes to simplify memory and storage defini- network, and it is more expensive tions. (C) can span a larger distance than a bus net- (A) kilobyte (KB or K) work, but it is more difficult (B) gigabyte (GB) (D) must span a smaller distance than a bus (C) megabyte (MB) network, but it is less expensive (D) terabyte (TB) (E) can span a larger distance than a bus net- (E) nanobyte (NB) work, and it is easier 11.

5 _____ is the most widely used coding scheme 15. Internet transmissions commonly use _____. used to represent data. (A) Ethernet (A) American Standard Code for Information (B) token ring Interchange (ASCII) (C) TCP/IP. (B) Unicode (D) (C) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Inter- (E) RFID. change Code (EBCDIC). 16. The most popular T-carrier line is the _____. (D) Multicode (E) Bytecode (A) T1 line (B) T3 line (C) T2 line (D) T4 line (E) T5 line 2. Copyright 2004 Thomson Peterson's, clep is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board, part of The Thomson Corporation which was not involved in the production of and does not endorse this product. 2 11/24/2004, 12:18 PM. clep Information Systems AND Computer Applications PRACTICE TEST. 17. A _____ is any Computer that directly connects 22.

6 _____ is designed for workstations that use an to a network. Itanium 2 processor. (A) client (A) Windows XP Home Edition (B) server (B) Windows XP Professional (C) peer (C) Windows XP Tablet PC Edition (D) host (D) Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (E) guest (E) Windows XP Media Center Edition 18. A program that stores and distributes newsgroup 23. Examples of network operating Systems include messages is called a _____. all of the following EXCEPT: (A) news client (A) Windows Server 2003. (B) newsreader (B) NetWare (C) news server (C) UNIX. (D) newsmonger (D) Linux (E) news host (E) Windows XP. 19. A(n) _____ is an interpreted program that runs on the server. 24. A(n) _____, also called program logic, is a graphical or written description of the step-by- (A) script step procedures to solve the problem.

7 (B) applet (C) servlet (A) object model (D) browser (B) style sheet (E) image map (C) solution algorithm (D) source code (E) prototype 20. A ____ network is an Internet network on which users connect directly to each other's hard disks and exchange files directly. 25. Web page authoring software includes all of the following EXCEPT: (A) F2F. (B) star (A) Dreamweaver MX. (C) ring (B) Flash MX. (D) mainframe (C) FrontPage 2003. (E) P2P (D) Spider Writer (E) Excel 21. During a cold boot on a personal Computer , the 26. One purpose of using test data is to try to cause a POST (power-on self-test) results are compared _____, which is an error that occurs while a with data in a _____ chip. program is executing. (A) BIOS (A) one-time error (B) UNIX (B) syntax error (C) SCSI (C) logic error (D) CMOS (D) run-time error (E) DROM (E) semantic error 3.

8 Copyright 2004 Thomson Peterson's, clep is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board, part of The Thomson Corporation which was not involved in the production of and does not endorse this product. 3 11/24/2004, 12:18 PM. clep Information Systems AND Computer Applications PRACTICE TEST. 27. With a procedural language, often called a 32. A _____ is an icon on the desktop that provides a _____, a programmer uses a series of English- user with immediate access to a program or file. like words to write instructions. (A) kernel (A) first-generation language (1GL) (B) buffer (B) second-generation language (2GL) (C) spooler (C) third-generation language (3GL) (D) shortcut (D) fourth-generation language (4GL) (E) menu (E) fifth-generation language (5GL).

9 33. _____ is copyrighted software provided for an 28. Widely used procedural programming languages unlimited time at no cost to a user. that the industry recognizes as standards include all of the following EXCEPT: (A) Custom software (B) Public-domain software (A) BASIC (C) Packaged software (B) C (D) Freeware (C) COBOL (E) Shareware (D) HTML. (E) Java 34. A ____ is a window on a screen that provides 29. _____ is a set of technologies by Sun areas for entering or changing data in a database. Microsystems that allows programmers to develop (A) record and deploy Web services for an enterprise. (B) cell (A) JIT (Java Instruction Technology) (C) field (B) JavaScript (D) report (C) JAD (Java Application Development) (E) form (D) JavaBuilder (E) J2EE (Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition) 35.

10 Most PDAs today include, among other features, _____ functionality. 30. Large-scale Applications sometimes refer to a graphics tablet as a _____. (A) DTP. (B) PIM. (A) scanner (C) CAD. (B) reader (D) WBT. (C) pointer (E) CAE. (D) digitizer (E) recognizer 36. _____ is a common data type in a database that 31. The primary input device for a _____ is a digital consists of lengthy text entries. pen, which allows users to write on the device's (A) Numeric screen. (B) Memo (A) digital camera (C) Object (B) notebook Computer (D) Date (C) desktop Computer (E) Hyperlink (D) Tablet PC. (E) PDA. 4. Copyright 2004 Thomson Peterson's, clep is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board, part of The Thomson Corporation which was not involved in the production of and does not endorse this product.