Test Items for Teaching with Technology

Which of the following terms refers to the speed of data transmission?
a. parity
b. baud
c. pulse
d. terminal
(b)

A device called a ________ is used to transfer information from one computer to another.
a. modem
b. modulator
c. woofer
d. demodulator
(a)

Which of the following is not needed for telecommunications?
a. a computer
b. a modem
c. a fax machine
d. communications software
(c)

A common way to classify modems is ...
a. external and internal
b. monochrome and RGB
c. dot matrix and laser
d. high density and double density
(a)

A modem uses ________ transmission.
a. parallel
b. RGB
c. monochrome
d. serial
(d)

The binary code below is an example of ______ parity.
11001110
a. odd
b. even
c. high
d. low
(a)

Which of the following best describes the Internet?
a. connections between computers around the world
b. a local area network
c. pictures on the screen
d. what banks use
(a)

What does WWW stand for?
a. Weird World War
b. World Wired Web
c. World Wide Web
d. None of the above
(c)

What is a "search engine"?
a. a type of train
b. a database of sites on the World Wide Web
c. a program on your computer that finds words in a word processing document
d. a finder of lost people
(b)

Your principal says that giving Internet access to students is too dangerous (they might just play or find inappropriate sites). Send a memo to the principal telling him/her why Internet access is important to students.

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