Study Guide for Winter CIS106 Final Exam

80 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Define computer literacy.

2. How do computers produce information?
3. What are instructions?
4. Define motherboard.
5. What do you call a processor chip with two or more processors?
6. What does HTML stand for?
7. Define website.
8. Where did the internet originate?
9. In an IP address like 90.140.10.0 each number is between 0 and what
number?
10.What do search engines allow you to do?
11.What are the two most common image formats that appear on webpages?
12.Define uploading.
13.Know some common web browsers.
14.What is another name for internet telephony?
15.What are the advantages of open source software?
16.What happens to the operating system when you start your computer?
17.What happens when you install software ?
18.What is a warm boot?
19.What are the steps of the machine cycle in order?
20.What is fetching?
21.What makes up a clock cycle?
22.Define gigahertz.
23.Define gigabyte.
24.What are some coding schemes used to represent character data?
25.What things get stored in memory (RAM)?
26.How many bits are in a byte?
27.What is the relationship between the width of the bus and the speed of
transfer on the bus?
28.Define program.
29.What are some commonly used output devices?
30.What are some types of display devices?
31.What is the disadvantage of a multifunction peripheral?
32.When a computer starts up , what software does it locate it and what does it
do with it?
33.What is considered Primary Storage and what is considered Secondary
Storage?
34.A disk drive stores data at the intersection of what two things?
35.What is a fixed disk?
36.What happens when you delete a file?
37.What is a disk crash?
38.A bus carries what to different components of a system?
39.What are two types of systems software?
40.During a cold boot, the POST is compared to what?
41.What is a device driver?
42.What is shown on the screen when you enter a password?
43.What is encryption?
44.What is defragmentation?
45.What is a disaster recovery plan?
46.What is DOS and what kind of user interface does it use?
47.What is a Fault Tolerant System?
48.Bell Labs licensed what operating system to colleges and universities?
49.What is a site license?
50.What is a LAN?
51.What is a WAN?
52.Define file server.
53.What is a star network?
54.What is TCP/IP
55.TCP/IP breaks data into what?
56.The ISO Model sends data through how many layers before allowing the
network to send it?
57.Know the hierarchy of a database.
58.What does SQL stand for?
59.What are some SQL commands?
60.In a database, each row has a unique field which is called a what?
61.What does a DBA do?
62.What is a worm?
63.What is a Trojan Horse?
64.How are viruses invoked?
65.How does the length of a password relate to its level of security?
66.What is a spike?
67.What are the 5 phases of the system development life cycle in order?
68.In the system development life cycle, what does the system analyst do?
69.What does UML stand for?
70.What are the components of an Object?
71.What language instructions use a series of 0s and 1s?
72.What company developed Java?
73.What company sells one of the most popular DBMS?
74.What is an example of a low level language?
75.Define Executive Management.
76.What is the simplest version of RAID (level 1) called?
77.What is the largest software company?
78.What is a primary way to keep up to date on industry trends?
79.Which company sells the IPhone?