NEW YORK STATE FBLA TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS

2009
PLEASE DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST UNTIL DIRECTED TO DO SO Test Directions 1. Complete the information requested on the answer sheet. PRINT YOUR NAME on the Name line. PRINT the name of the event, TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS on the Subject line. PRINT the name of your CHAPTER on the DATE line. 2. All answers will be recorded on the answer sheet. Please do not write on the test booklet. Scrap paper will be provided. 3. Read each question completely before answering. With a NO. 2 pencil, blacken in your choices completely on the answer sheet. Do not make any other marks on the answer sheet, or the scoring machine will reject it. 4. You will be given 60 minutes for the test. You will be given a starting signal and a signal after 50 minutes have elapsed. 5. Tie will be broken using the last 10 questions of the test.

NYS FBLA SLC 2009 2 TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS 1. What is a knowledge base? A. It is a collection of technology-related definitions. B. It is a database of basic information. C. It is a type of software that answers mathematical questions. D. It is a database of knowledge management. 2. What feature should be done before a document is printed? A. Alignment B. Spell Checker C. Type size D. Changing the font 3. The two ways a page can be oriented are portrait and landscape. A. true B. false 4. Fingers must curve and stay upright over the home keys. A. true B. False 5. The censorship of the Internet is a big issue in computer ethics, no matter who does it. A. true B. false 6. Occasionally a word processing program will have a thesaurus feature. This allows a person to: A. check spelling B. check for related or contrasting works or antonyms C. check grammar D. check punctuation 7. Which key takes away characters to the right of the insertion point? A. back up B. delete C. autocorrect D. overtype 8. What feature allows a person to key onto new lines without tapping the return/enter key? A. paragraphs B. margins C. word wrap D. tab 9. To find a document you were working on yesterday, you would have to: A. insert B. select C. save D. retrieve 10. A scanner is an output device. A. true B. false 11. When the height of the paper is greater than the width, the page orientation is portrait. A. true B. false 12. Systems software is used to operate a computer. A. true B. false 13. If I wanted to arrange the entries within a table alphabetically which of the following orders would I choose: A ascending order B. descending order C. alpha-numeric order D. by date 14. The hard drive allows the fastest access to data. A. true B. false 15. What is an online address? A an address that leads you to an image B. an address that leads you to a map C. an address that leads you to a text document D. an address that leads you to a website. 16. What is the Turing test? A. a test taken to check an AI is working properly B. a machine fooling someone that it is human, thus passing the test C. a human fooling someone that it is a machine, and passing the test D. a survey taken after a tour around the city of Buenos Aires

NYS FBLA SLC 2009 3 TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS 17. When can a machine pass a Turing test? A. when it has the ability to make its own decisions and move on its own. B. When it has the ability to recognize voice and movement. C. When it reflects human characteristics in conversation. D. all of the above. 18. Its contents cannot be changed by the computer user. A. CD-WR B. Flash Memory C. Hard Disk D. ROM 19. An operating system is loaded into ___________ when a computer is turned on. A. ROM B. hard disk C. RAM D. USB port. 20. Which one of these computers is the most powerful? A. desktop B. mainframe C. Supercomputer D. PDA 21. Google became famous for what Internet technology? A. flash B. search C. HTML D. Java 22. CPU speed is measured in: A. megawatts B. megacycles C. megabytes D. megahertz. 23. Which of the following would change the appearance of a character? A. alignment B. file name C. font style D. margins 24. Natural Language Processing is a machines capability to invent any language. A. true B. false 25. Which of the following contains the CPU? A. hard disk B. System Unit C. Plotter D. Scanner 26. A robot is A. a machine that speaks B. a mechanical or virtual artificial agent C. a machine that responds to a stimuli D. both b and c 27. If Sarah creates a paragraph that features an uneven right margin, what type of alignment is being used? A. center B. justified C. left D. right. 28. What is a knowledge base? A. it is a collection of technology-related definitions B. it is a database of basic information C. it is a type of software that answers mathematical questions D. it is a database of knowledge management. 29. Roboethics is the field of technology and science, which studies the development and incorporation of human ethics towards robots. A. true B. false 30. Pattern recognition by a machine, is said to be the same as a human reading the alphabet. A. true B. false 31. A keyboard is known as an input device. A. true B. false 32. Susan saved a document on her hard drive but is having trouble relocating it. What command should she use to find the saved document? A. edit B. replace C. search D. sort 33. Telecommunication is known as the worlds largest computer network. A. True B. False

NYS FBLA SLC 2009 4 TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS 34. What is an XML Namespace? A. a method to avoid element name conflicts B. a method to create element name conflicts C. a method to eliminate name conflicts D. none of the above 35. Where on the page is the footer located? A. top of page 1 B. bottom of page 2 C. bottom of page 1 D. on the bottom of all pages 36. Which of the following items would be most problematic if your computer turned off because of a power failure? A. the information on the network B. the information in RAM C. the software program in use D. none of the above 37. Machine learning is a broad subfield of artificial intelligence, which involves the design and development of algorithms, and techniques that allow computers to learn. There is one type of learning involved: deductive. A. true B. false 38. A knowledge base is a special kind of base for knowledge management. The knowledge base of expert systems contains only heuristic knowledge. A. true B. false 39. What is fuzzy logic? A. a type of reasoning with uncertainty B. a method for creating algorithms C. a problem solving program D. a program to make simulators 40. Knowledge engineering is an engineering discipline that involves integrating knowledge into computer systems in order to solve complex problems normally requiring a high level of human expertise. A. true B. false 41. A BOT is a generic term that is used to describe an automated process in both the real world and the computer world. A. true B. false 42. What do inference engines do? A. forms a line of reasoning B. learns from experience C. discovers information D. hacks systems 43. An applied part of the science of artificial intelligence is: A. artificial intelligence B. a BOT C. expert system D. knowledge engineering 44. What does heuristic knowledge imply? A. solving problems B. making algorithms C. discovering information D. learning from experience 45. Pattern recognition is: A. a form of multi-valued logic with reasoning that is approximate rather than precise. B. the act of taking in raw data and taking an action based on the category of the data. C. a field within artificial intelligence that develops knowledge-based systems. D. the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science, which aims to create it. 46. Some machines are able to sense certain types of stimulus and react accordingly, and are used to check for errors in production lines and correct them, for example. How would you call a machine that performs such tasks? A. expert systems with no previous knowledge base. B. computers with pattern recognition. C. computers with sensors and AI, but no pattern recognition. D. Turning tests.

NYS FBLA SLC 2009 5 TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS 47. What can be considered an Artificial Intelligence (AI) machine? A. a computer B. a spellchecker C. a microwave D. a cell phone with a camera 48. What is an inference engine program? A. a kind of robot B. a system that assumes to know everything C. a program that tries to derive answers from a knowledge base D. none of the above 49. Roboethics is the human-centered ethics guiding the design, construction, and use of the robots. A. true B. false 50. An inference engine is: A. the term that very highly capacitated robots use to call human beings. B. What philosophers refer to when talking about expert systems. C. the inferior part of a robots engine. D. the reasoning brain of a robot. 51. The first machine with artificial intelligence was capable of producing ice cubes. A. true B. false 52. What is the main difference between robots with artificial intelligence and any other computer? A. robots move, computers think. B. robots are better at performing any function than a computer. C. robots are able to chose what to do according to the situation. D. robots resemble actions that humans do. Computers are simply tools. 53. If a robot manages to answer most questions a knowledgeable observer asks him, then it would have passed the Turing test. A. true B. false 54. What would make a robot intelligent? A. it responds to the environment. B. it responds to the environment according to previous experiences. C. it calculates mathematical problems faster than human minds. D. it can jump 1.5 meters higher than humans. 55. What language does the word robot originate from? A. Polish B. Slovak C. Czech D. Italian 56. Which of these characteristics do AI have? A. ability to move and perceive B. ability to eat and sleep C. ability to sleep and have fun D. they can only have fun 57. What is artificial intelligence? A is the science of making computers do things that require intelligence when done by humans B. is the science of solving problems, learn, and understand language C. is making machines that can move D. none of the above 58. What is a BOT? A. another way of calling AI B. a part of a computer C. It is a program that operates as an agent for a user or another program D. none of the above 59. An expert system consists of: A. a system which is run by a human expert. B. a system that works only for experts. C. Software that can be used specially by experts. D. a software system that reproduces the performance of an expert. 60. In human-computer interaction, heuristics is: A. the name of their relationship B. the influence of a third member, in this relationship C. a usability-testing technique D. a robot manipulation technique

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61. In what year will Robots have basic navigation skills and will be used for cleaning or delivery and take on expanded roles in factories? Having an intelligence of a lizard with a processing power of 3,000 MIPS. A. 2040 B. 2050 C. 2020 D. 2010 62. Which type of sub query can be evaluated independently? A. correlated B. uncorrelated C. both A and B D. neither A and B 63. What modifiers are allowed for methods in an Interface? A. public B. protected C. final D. void 64. Which keyword is used to define a variable whose value cannot be changed? A. static B. private C. final D. Boolean 65. What value will be assigned to variable A in C++? Double A = + 1.2: A. 1 B. 0 C. 5 D. 1 66. Which of the following programming languages is a functional programming language? A. Java B. C++ C. Lisp D. Pascal 67. A ___________ is simply a computer network that is located within a limited geographical area. A. console B. LAN C. WAN D. PDA 68. The term __________ device designates equipment that might be added to a computer system to enhance its functionality. A. digital B. system C. disk D peripheral 69. The ________________ wildcard character allows a search engine to find pages with any derivation of a basic key word. A. + B. & C. * D. $ 70. A(n) ________ is an integrated circuit designed to process instructions. A. instruction B. integrated C. circuit D. control 71. _____________ e-commerce involves one enterprise buying goods or services from another enterprise. A. C2C B. B2C C. B2B D. B2G 72. Most shopping carts work because they use ___________ to store information about your activities on a web site. A. packets B. cookies C. ROM D. tags 73. A(n) __________________ file is what you run to start the software program. A. running B. start C. support D. executable 74. Many IT workers are _________________ workers, who arrange to work for a company on a temporary basis, usually as consultants for particular projects. A. consigned B. committed C. contract D. appointed 75. Data becomes ___________ when it is presented to a format that people can understand and use. A. information B. symbolic C. figures D. records

NYS FBLA SLC 2009 7 TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS 76. The Internet is a collection of local, regional, national, and international computer ___________ that are linked together to exchange data and distribute processing tasks. A. companies B. networks C. banks D. associations 77. Many organizations establish a(n) __________ desk to handle end-used problems. A. user B. help C. system D. processing 78. A __________________ contains that smallest unit of meaningful information in a database. A. record B. structure C. field D. definition 79. Most web pages contain ___________ to related documents and media files. A. icons B. keys C. links D. passages 80. Every web page has a unique address called a(n) __________________. A. Hypertext Transfer Protocol B. protocol C. Uniform Resource Locator D. File Transfer Protocol 81. A ______________________ helps you find information on the web for any pages that meet your specifications. A. navigator B. browser C. search engine D. HTML tag 82. Computers represent numeric data using the ______________ number system. A. binary B. analog C. digital D. data 83. _________________ is usually a prefix that means 1,000. A. kilo B. mega C. exa D. giga 84. A(n) _______________ circuit is a super-thin slice of semi-conducting material packed with microscopic circuit elements such as wires, transistors, capacitors, logical gates, and resistors. A. ion B. analog C. digital D. integrated 85. The microprocessors ___________ unit fetches each instruction. A. instruction B. integrated C. circuit D. control 86. Web page videos typically use _____________ video, which transmits the first segment of a video, begins to play it, and then continues to transfer additional segments. A. rendering B. internal C. external D. streaming 87. _____________ is a security method that relies on cryptography and digital certificates to ensure that transactions are legitimate as well as secure. A. S-HTTP B. SSL C. SET. D. All of the above 88. _______________ access is the ability of a devise to jump directly to the requested data. A. sequential B. jump C. random D. quick 89. CD-________ technology allows you to write data on a CD, then change that data at a later time. A. W B. R C. RW D. All of the above 90. The useful life of a CD-ROM disk is estimated to exceed _________ years. A. five B. one hundred C. five hundred D. fifty

NYS FBLA SLC 2009 8 TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS 91. To create a software environment, a programmer must define the ___________ for each element in the environment. A. properties B. keys C. ranking D. order 92. A computers microprocessor only understands ____________ language. A. high-level B. machine C. script D. source 93. When you use a digital camera, your photos are stored as ___________ graphics. A. vector B. 3-D C. analog D. bitmap 94. Font size is measured as __________ size. A. illustration B. point C. document D. paragraph 95. One point is about 1/_____ of an inch. A. 24 B. 36 C. 72 D. 108 96. The intersection of a column and row is called a _________. A. record B. table C. nexus D. cell 97. Which of the following characters is allowed in Mac OS filenames? A. @ B. # C. $ D. all of the above 98. A filename extension is usually related to the file ________________. A. reservation B. format C. process D. schema 99. In the file specification, C:\Music\Reggae\Marley One Love. Mp3, Mp3 is the _____________. A. drive letter B. primary folder C. filename D. extension 100. __________ is the transmission capacity of a communications channel. A. amplitude B. magnitude C. bandwidth D. frequency

NYS FBLA SLC 2009 TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS ANSWER KEY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. D B A A A B B C D B A A A A D B C D C C B D C A B 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. D C D A A A C A A D B B B A A A A D D B B B C A D 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. A C B A C A A C D C D B A C B C B D C B C B D C A 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. B B C C C C A A D A C B C B A D A A B C D D B D C