Computer Quiz Bee

It is a mass-produced, copyrighted retail software that meets the needs of a wide variety of users, not just a single user or company.

• Custom Software

• A Web Application

• Open Source Software

• Packaged Software

In a computer system, a ______ is any component the system requires to do work.

• user interface

• utility program

• resource

• platform

One ______ is equivalent to about 450 digital songs.

• megabyte

• gigabyte

• terabyte

• petabyte

_______ is a popular fourth-generation query language that allows users to manage, update, and retrieve data in a relational DBMS.

• SQL

• XML

• HTML

• COBOL

Which of the following is not a peripheral, in computer terms?

• monitor

• mouse

• keyboard

• motherboard

The term decoding refers to the process of

• obtaining a program instruction or data item from memory

• translating an instruction into signals a computer can execute

• carrying out commands

• writing a result to memory

A part of memory or storage where data waits until it can be transferred to a device.

• cache

• register

• buffer

• virtual memory

_______ is a technology that sends resistance to a device in response to actions of the user.

• An interactive whiteboard

• Force feedback

• Tactile Output

• Game Controllers

Access time is the amount of time it takes the processor to read from memory (RAM). It is usually measured in ___________

• milliseconds

• microseconds

• nanoseconds

• picoseconds

It consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed by the processor, data needed by those instructions, and the results of processing the data (information).