Which of the following storage media can hold the most information?



Floppy diskette



Hard drive



CD-ROM




DVD

Which RAID technology duplicates the data on two or more disks?




RAID 0



RAID 1



RAID 2



RAID 4


What is the term for changing the appearance of all or part of the text in a document?




Editing



Composing



Formatting



Modifying


What is any number you enter into a spreadsheet is called?




Formula



Label



Value



Working data




What part of a presentation allows you to add character data?




Animations



Frames



Text boxes



Video areas


Which graphical input source acts like a copy machine but copies the image to the computer instead of paper?




Clip art



Digital camera



Digital video camera



Scanner


Which type of network configuration uses a single cable to which all of the devices are attached?




Bus



Mesh



Ring



Star


A search engine takes one or more ____ and returns pages containing them.




hyperlinks



directories



keywords



parameters


Which type of memory needs to be refreshed most often?




DRAM



FRAM



SRAM




XRAM

What is the term used to describe the practice of tracking a user's Internet habits?




Data mining



Online profiling



Transaction tracking



Web activity monitoring


Achieving Academic Excellence involves:




devoting as much time as possible studying.



knowing not only what to study, but how to study.



passing this course.



getting the most out of college.


Success in college requires:




effective self-management.



diligence.



humor.




being involved in social networks.

You want to discover your learning style because:




you are curious.



it lets you know how you learn best.



it makes learning easy.



you want to know if you are visual or auditory.


Online learning is impossible without:




information literacy.



media literacy.



the use of textbooks.



an Internet connection.


Achieving goals you set is greatly helped by:




writing down your long-term goals.



your learning style.



managing your time efficiently.



getting good grades.


To actively read means to:




read aloud.



concentrate on understanding.



read fast.



minimize note-taking.


To be an effective communicator is to:




write well.



speak well.



be understood.



express your meaning clearly in writing and verbally.


Problem-solving is about:




coming up with solutions.



knowing the right formula or equation.



using critical thinking skills in the process.




only math

Test-taking is:




the only measure of learning.



a necessary tool of learning.



the end-all and be-all of college education.



dispensable.


ematics.



Information from the Internet is:



always credible.



a good source for research material.



the easiest material to research.




as good as library materials

The prewriting process of freely jotting down ideas is called __________.




freewriting



clustering



brainstorming



associating


There are three basic ways of ordering ideas for coherence in paragraphs; they are:




time order, space order, and order of importance.



comparison, contrast, and description.



grammar, mechanics, and spelling.



process, persuasion, and personification.


Read the following sentences: If you follow these directions carefully, you should not have trouble getting to Central City Museum. Begin by catching the express bus on Heron Street and taking it to the last stop, Regal Square. The sentences probably came from a(n) __________ paragraph.




descriptive



narrative



process



illustrative


In writing, __________ stress differences whereas __________ stresses similarities.




illustration; description



contrast; comparison



persuasion; explanation



classification; analysis


Using facts, referring to an authority, giving examples, and predicting consequences are techniques a writer most often uses in __________ writing.




cause and effect



process



comparison and contrast




persuasive

The steps in the essay-writing process are:




brainstorm, cluster, organize, and write.



revise for parallelism, sentence variety, and consistency in tense, person, and number.



narrow the topic, write the thesis statement, generate ideas for the body, and organize those ideas.




select a quotation, copy it correctly, give its source, and use quotation marks around it.

An introductory paragraph usually:




begins with the sentence “This paper is going to be about…”



begins with a single-sentence thesis statement, an illustration, a surprising fact, or a contradiction.



does not tell what the paper is going to be about because a paper is better if the reader remains in anticipation of its topic.




is not needed in most papers, especially in papers where the author is going to explain all of the points in great detail.



Read the following paragraph: My friend Susan is as pretty as a picture, and most people who know her are green with envy. Susan, however, is one in a million, and everyone she meets nearly falls at her feet in awe of her out-of-this-world personality. Susan is not only pretty, but she is as smart as a whip and she works like a dog to maintain her grades. The paragraph needs to be revised for __________.



triteness



sentence variety



correct mechanics




persuasiveness

In which sentence does the antecedent clearly refer to the pronoun?




Kelly is an excellent singer, yet she has never taken a lesson in it.



In North Carolina farmers raise tobacco.



Mr. Jones told his son that his car had a flat tire.




In Washington they grow apples

Which sentence demonstrates the correct use of the apostrophe?




I cannot find my friends book bag.



Everyones right to privacy should be protected.



John’s and Julio’s apartment has striped wallpaper.




The children’s clothes are covered with mud.

Which of the following statements about essays is NOT true?




Someone who can write solid essays proves that he or she can communicate effectively with educated, adult readers.



The word “essay” comes from the French word “essai,” which means “attempt” or “excursion.”



When an essay is assigned on a very specific topic, the papers that receive a grade of “A” will be very similar in organization and content.



Writing essays teaches a person the skills necessary for the increasingly complex writing assignments that he or she will face later in college and for applications in the world of work.


In establishing the rhetorical context, planning helps to determine two essential features:




topic and subject.



purpose and audience.



language and style.




past experience with writing.



The thesis statement:



is always the last sentence in the introduction.



is always the first sentence in the introduction.



is one complete sentence.



None of the above – The placement and length of the thesis can vary


__________ is the process of modifying what you have written so that it is more effective and economical.




Revision



Proofreading



Reorganizing




Rewriting

The phrases “blind as a bat” and “the squeaky wheel” are examples of __________, which a writer should avoid in order to improve his or her writing.




euphemisms



figurative language



clichés




metaphors

What can be used for “evidence” in an exemplification essay?




Common knowledge



Facts and statistics



Quotations




All of the above

Transitions that a person would commonly find in a process analysis essay include:




first, next, then, and finally.



because, instead of, and for example.



therefore, thus, and as a result.




but, however, and on the other hand.

Which of the following is NOT a basic pattern of causal analysis?




Multiple causes with one effect



One major cause with several effects



Classifications and/or definitions of problems



Positive and negative outcomes of a proposed change


In selecting a topic for a comparison/contrast essay, one must be sure to select subjects for comparison that are __________; in other words, the subjects must be suitable for comparison.




unified



balanced



coherent



organized


The following is an example of which logical fallacy? Sexual perversion is wrong because it is illegal. That’s enough for me.




Use of red herring



Appeal to false authority



Appeal to tradition




Beg the question

The three central aspects of Jewish religious belief were the:




priests, rabbis and prophets.



covenant, the law and the prophets.



army, the king and the family.



law, the Pharisees and the rabbinate.




In early China, it was believed that the universe was divided between two primary forces:



the sun as the yang and the moon as the yin.



the sun as the yin and the moon as the yang.



the sun as the tin and the moon as the tang.




heaven as the qing and earth as the ming.

The Roman general who began a new system of military recruitment that made soldiers loyal to their general and not the Senate, was:




Marius.



Tiberius Gracchus.



Crassus.




Caesar.

The military defeat of the Byzantine armies by the Seljuk Turks, and which led to the Crusades was the Battle of:




the Tigris.



Manzikert.



Tours.




Anatolia.

Which of the following was NOT true about the spread of Islam in Africa?




It achieved only limited success in the mountains of Ethiopia.



Its concepts of egalitarianism and polygamy had great appeal among the common people.



It interfered with the efforts of African rulers to strengthen their power.




A different and distinctly African form of the religion developed, as local religious practices replaced basic Islamic ones.

The name given to the Asian region northwest of traditional China that was pacified by the Tang was:




Xinjiang.



Korea.



Japan.




Silla.

The Principality of Kiev was founded by:




Central Asian Mongols.



Scandinavian Vikings.



Byzantines from Constantinople.




the Germanic Holy Roman Emperors.

Constantinople was captured by the:




Seljuk Turks, led by Suleyman the Magnificent.



OttomanTurks, led by Tamerlane.



Safavids, under Shah Ismail.




Ottoman Turks, headed by Mehmet II.

During the “Great Peace” of the Tokugawa shogunate, all occurred EXCEPT:




daimyo duties for the shogun created economic pressures on the nobles.



by transforming the fief into a form of wages, the daimyo were able to ameliorate the economic pressures they experienced.



Japan opened its borders to the West in the seventeenth century.




many of the samurai were changed from warriors into managers.

The best statement of laissez-faire as providing the foundation for economic liberalism was made in 1776 by:




John McDonald.



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Robert Walpole.



Robert Burns.

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Level/Year: college
Subject: Computer, English Composition, World Civilization

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