Health Risks of Excessive Computer Use
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What is the primary goal of ergonomics in the workplace?

  • To reduce work-related discomfort and musculoskeletal disorders (correct)
  • To adapt employees to fit the job
  • To increase job satisfaction and productivity
  • To improve computer security and prevent hacking

What is computer crime a threat to?

  • Employee productivity and job satisfaction
  • Business information systems (correct)
  • Computer hardware and software
  • Workplace ergonomics and comfort

What is a common activity of hackers?

  • Reducing work-related discomfort
  • Designing tasks and workspaces
  • Extracting passwords or stealing network files (correct)
  • Improving computer system security

What is an example of computer crime?

<p>Money theft through fraudulent alterations of computer databases (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of hackers?

<p>They have a lot of skill (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is NOT a goal of hackers?

<p>To improve computer system security (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a common symptom of Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS)?

<p>Dry eyes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the science that deals with designing workspaces to minimize health problems?

<p>Human factor engineering (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the health problem associated with the use of cathode ray tubes in video displays?

<p>Radiation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the painful and crippling ailment of the hand and wrist that requires surgery to cure?

<p>Carpal tunnel syndrome (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of prolonged viewing of video displays?

<p>Eyestrain and other health problems (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the health problems faced by people who sit at PC workstations or visual display terminals (VDTs)?

<p>Cumulative trauma disorders (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of on-line transaction processing?

<p>To facilitate and manage transaction-oriented applications (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of fault-tolerant computer systems?

<p>To provide a fail-over capability in case of hardware or software failure (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a disaster recovery plan?

<p>To recover and protect a business IT infrastructure in the event of a disaster (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is load balancing used for?

<p>To distribute large number of requests for access among multiple servers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is mirroring used for?

<p>To duplicate all processes and transactions of a server on a backup server (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is clustering used for?

<p>To link two computers together so that a second computer can act as a backup to the primary computer (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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