BIT CS101 Exam Review

Cracking into a system as a political act is known as:

_____ involves the designing of work areas to facilitate productivity and human comfort.

The CPU's function of adding numbers is executed in it's _________.

Computer scientists sometimes use ___ as a shorthand method for representing binary values.

Hard disks are made up of 1 or more metal platters coated with ____ particles.

Half of a byte is sometimes referred to as a _______.

Software that can track and send information to a 3rd Party or Website about a computer user:

Domain names are mapped to IP addresses by a special computer called a(n) ______ server.

An uninvited guest program with the potential to damage files and the operating system:

____ has become the standard for transferring data via the Internet.

A ____ is the smallest unit that can be displayed on a computer monitor.

An anonymous document that justifies cracking systems as an ethical exercise.

____ transmissions are capable of transmission rates up to 4 Mbps.

One of the basics of Von Neumann architecture is the _______ cycle.

In a ___ topology, a computer or a network device serves as a central point or hub.

Most computers today are still based on this architecture.

Network configurations are often referred to as network _______.

____ files store raw audio samples in an uncompressed format.

When you connect your computer to your ___, you become part of the Internet.

Subnets are defined with a subnet _____.

Fiber-optic cables use _____ fibers to guide light pulses along cable.

Keyboards, and most other I/O devices, connect to the main board through a(n):

The high-speed cache memory in our computer is made up of thousands of _______ circuits.

Subverting the phone system to get free service is known as:

Code designed to breach system security and threaten digital information is known as:

This browser released their source code in 1988, going open source.

Attacks on a system that alter information illicitly are known as _______ attacks.

The Transport layer of the OSI model uses data units called ____.

Twisting copper wires nearly eliminates the electromagnetic effect known as _____.

The total pool of IPv4 addresses is separated into groups called ____.

The Boolean OR operator returns a 1 only when either or both of the inputs are ___.

A digital transmission link with a capacity of 1.544 Mbps is known as a ______.

A program that can gather information about a user and store it on the user's machine.

RAM is volatile, meaning that when the power goes off, RAM is __________.

The acronym HTTP stands for ____.

A small number of computers connected together in close proximity, like a building.

A ______ is a set of rules designed to facilitate communication.

The process of painting an image on the screen of a monitor is called _____ scanning.

An amateur hacker who simply uses the hacking tools developed by others.

Happens when a program tries to place too much information into a memory location.

Undirected hackers are intentional intruders primarily motivated by:

Only 10% of the software running on all the computing devices of the world comes from __.

Software or hardware that acts as a protective filter between a computer and an network:

____ are small, special-purpose devices or computers used to connect 2 or more networks.

A 120-mm disc used to store data, music, and video in a computer using laser technology.

You can check your computer's network configuration in Windows by using the command ___.

A shortcut into programs created by system designers abused by crackers are known as:

RAM doesn't have to be read sequentially so it is called ________.

In 1990, Tim Berners-Lee came up with the idea of the _____.

_______ convert binary digits into sounds by modulating or modifying a tone.

_______ work by switching on and off to represent 1's and 0's.

You can _________ information by replacing repeating patterns with a code.

The OSI conceptual model for the communication process has ___ discrete layers.

Each 1 and 0 (on and off) in a computer is referred to as a ___.

A gate's output for any set of inputs follows the specifications given in the ___ table.

The sound card fits into the ____ bus expansion slot on the main board.

DSL subscribers need to be no more than ____ feet from the nearest telephone switching station.

Email that contains a phony virus warning is known as a:

When separate binary digits into groups of four, you must begin grouping on the ____.

The computers attached to a network are often referred to as _____.

______ handling is a much more efficient method for processing I/O than polling.

To find the ____ of a given bit, flip it to the opposite side.

Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) chips contain ____ of circuits.

The ______ is a network of networks.

Web servers having domain names solves the problem of _________.

Taking advantage of a target through social interaction is known as:

The ____ protocol establishes a link from an e-mail client to a mail server.

A group of 8 bits considered as one unit is known as a ____.

_____ algebra is concerned with the logic of the operators AND, OR, and NOT.

Crawling makes use of a special program called a bot or ___.

Attacks that prevent legitimate users from using or accessing the system are known as:

Cable modems are capable of speeds up to:

With ____ languages, Web page developers can include dynamic properties.

A widely used technology that has become an industry standard for LANs is ___.

This program disguises itself as something innocent, such as a game or antivirus program: