1. How smart is a computer?

It is smarter than most people, even those who designed it.
It knows and understands absolutely nothing.
It only understands the concept of ON and OFF.
It only knows what is in the encyclopedia.

2. Which of the following is true about a character:

It is made of a single bit.
Eight bits, or one byte equals one character.
A character can be a letter, number, symbol, or a space.
Both b and c above.

3. The ASCII Code was devised:

To avoid confusion by standardizing the way binary data is represented.
To have a uniform means for computers to recognize data.
In order to standardize the arrangement of which bit combinations are equivalent to which characters.
All of the above.

4. Which of the following is in correct order, from smallest to largest?

Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte
Megabyte, Kilobyte, Terabyte, Gigabyte, Byte
Byte, Kilobyte, Terabyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte
Terabyte, Gigabyte, Megabyte, Kilobyte, Byte

5. The binary numbering system:

Is a two-number system with the numbers 1 and 2.
Has as many numbers as the decimal system.
Is a two-number system with the numbers 0 and 1.
Has no association with computers.

6. The term ASCII is pronounced

“ASK-ee.”
“ASK-eye, eye.”
“ASK-one, one.”
“ASK-eye.”

7. How many bits are in a byte?

1
10
8
None

8. How many characters are in a file that is 20K?

2,000
20,000
20
2,000,000

9. Which of the following is smallest?

2GB
2MB
1MB
640K

10. The size of an average hard drive has progressed from 20MB ten years ago to

900GB today.
500MB today.
80GB today.
100MB today.