CIS 105 Course Review

Question 1

Flash drives, flash memory cards, and smart cards are examples of what?

Accepted Answer

solid-state storage

Question 2

What type of wired transmission media is used primarily for data & telecommunications? (phones)

Accepted Answer

Twisted Pair

Question 3

The dangerous actions a virus performs is referred to as its _____.

Accepted Answer

payload

Question 4

Memory (RAM) is temporary.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

The _____ uses the ______.

Accepted Answer

World Wide Web uses the Internet

Question 6

Identify the DOMAIN NAME of http://www.youbetterstudyforthefinal.com

Accepted Answer

www.youbetterstudyforthefinal.com

Question 7

Put these units in order from smallest to LARGEST.

Accepted Answer

KB, MB, GB, TB

Question 8

Standards / rules that enable network-connected devices to communicate with each other are ___.

Accepted Answer

protocols

Question 9

CDs and DVDs are optical storage that use ___ to represent binary data.

Accepted Answer

pits and lands

Question 10

Which is NOT TRUE about the Internet?

Accepted Answer

is the same as the World Wide Web

Question 11

How do computer viruses occur?

Accepted Answer

People create them to do specific things

Question 12

5 MB represents __________.

Accepted Answer

5,000,000

Question 13

What does https:// indicate?

Accepted Answer

The website is secure

Question 14

What is the most popular user interface?

Accepted Answer

Graphical User Interface

Question 15

To run a program, instructions are loaded from ___ to ____.

Accepted Answer

disk to memory, storage to RAM

Question 16

What type of network do most homes use?

Accepted Answer

Peer-to-Peer Network

Question 17

A computer / device that manages network resources (such as files, email, printers) is a _____.

Accepted Answer

Server

Question 18

A computer program designed to permit internal users but block external users is called a ____.

Accepted Answer

firewall

Question 19

Identify the PROTOCOL of http://www.youbetterstudyforthefinal.com

Accepted Answer

http

Question 20

Satellites use what kind of wireless transmission?

Accepted Answer

Microwave

Question 21

The physical components of a computer are ____ (system unit, monitor, mouse, speakers, etc.)

Accepted Answer

hardware

Question 22

2 major functions of the Operating System are:

Accepted Answer

Starting the Computer; Managing Devices

Question 23

When starting a computer, the Operating System is loaded into ____.

Accepted Answer

RAM

Question 24

Which of the numbers below represents one byte?

Accepted Answer

10101100

Question 25

The physical computer (the black box on the floor) is called the ____.

Accepted Answer

tower case, system unit

Question 26

What part of the hard drive is used as overflow RAM when RAM is full?

Accepted Answer

Virtual Memory

Question 27

Communication speed is measured in bps. What is bps?

Accepted Answer

bits per second

Question 28

What determines the microprocessor's speed?

Accepted Answer

Type of Chip & # of Transistors, Clock Speed & Type of Chip

Question 29

What do you call a section of the hard disk set aside to acts like a separate disk?

Accepted Answer

Partition

Question 30

____ means that the internet works with any brand or model of computer or any operating system?

Accepted Answer

Interoperability

Question 31

Applications typically run in _____.

Accepted Answer

Memory, RAM

Question 32

Many businesses, organizations, and schools use a _____.

Accepted Answer

Client-Server Network

Question 33

Which character code has the most characters?

Accepted Answer

Unicode

Question 34

When emailing a file to your professor, you (the sender) ___ the file; your instructor ____ it.

Accepted Answer

upload; downloads

Question 35

"Fetch, Decode, Execute, Store" is what?

Accepted Answer

Machine Cycle

Question 36

What type of software is used as a promotional tool, and frequently has a free trial period?

Accepted Answer

Shareware

Question 37

Input / Processing / Output / Storage is the _____.

Accepted Answer

Information Processing Cycle

Question 38

Bluetooth technology uses what kind of wireless transmission?

Accepted Answer

Radio Wave

Question 39

Computers operate using _____ to represent data.

Accepted Answer

binary numbers

Question 40

Which is not a broadband transmission channel?

Accepted Answer

Dial Up

CIS 105 Course Review

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CIS 105 Course Review

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