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There's often no secondary storage devices, a slow processor and small amount of RAM in
thin clients
chubby clients
fat clients
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Access levels are set, so that
everything in the system would be secured
in case of emergency, some users would access certain files
no one but the administrator gets to modify anything
some people wouldn't access certain files and modify them
3
The failover system mechanism is used to
turn off the computer in case of downtime
to decrease the reliability and availability of IT resources
switch between system components in case of downtime
to increase the reliability and availability of IT resources
4
Composite image is recieved when
multiple colour contrasts are highlighted on one picture
editing tools are used to combine images
the compositor of the image has made it from the scratch
5
Biometric enrolment is a process where
data is analyzed by biometric systems
data is sent away by biometric enrolling
data is collected by biometric systems
6
Different kinds of GPU:
single add-on cards
onboard graphics
offboard graphics
multiple take-off cards
7
IP/TCP in ITGS stands for
internet provider/transfer client problems
internet protocol/transmission client protocol
internet protocol/transmission control protocol
internet problemacy/translate control protocol
8
Shared devices connect directly to switch which is
like a smarter version of hubs, they save a bandwith
most basic and cheapest device compared to similar gadgets
9
Embedded systems are found in..
washing machines, where they are not real-time systems
traffic lights, their reliability is not an important aspect
GPS systems, they have to provide immediate output
cars, where they run for a very short time
10
The term normalisation is defined as process of
creating a relational database which has only redundant data
creating a relational database which has no redundant data
making a relational database of numbers with 2 decimalplaces
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Which statements are true in case of vector graphics?
doesn't require fast computer to manipulate complex graphics
No quality loss when zooming in
store data as grids of pixels
images consume lots of storage place
12
TSL (transport layer security) is what?
Standard encryption protocol used for secure communication
An older encryption algorithm used by wireless networks
Digital sertificate for idendity verifications
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All IT systems have these three essential components:
input, output, processing
windows xp, photoshop, processing
motherboard, video card, output
input, gimp, the sims 3
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'Digital divide' means
A number of PC's divided by the number of its hardware parts
the gap between people who can access IT and who can not
when digital gadgets are broken/divided
15
What is the main difference between LCDs and CRTs?
CRT displays produce higher quality images
LCD displays are generally cheaper, thinner and heavier
LCD screens have native resolution
LCD displays are typically lighter
16
Companies that probably use supercomputers
McDonalds
AMD
Selver
NASA
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Virtual Private Network uses encryption to create an encrypted tunnel from
one server to campus area network in the same location
one computer to a local network in another location
one server to metropolitan area network in the same location
one computer to a storage area network in another location
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'Character check' checks ..
whether the field is blank
that a field contains only certain characters
that numeric field is above or below a certain value
the number of characters in a field
19
Intellectual Property
refers to 'Homo sapiens' possessions', includes estate
refers to 'smart people's property', includes supercomputers
refers to 'artificial intelligence', includes built-in brain
refers to 'creations of the mind', includes films, essays
20
After the sender sends their message, it is ........... using their private key
digitally analysed
digitally filed
digitally signed
digitally modified
21
Network monitoring systems perform checks including:
monitoring and checking server resources
if bandwith is being used efficiently
if a web site's response time is within an acceptable time
looking for regular traffic patterns
22
All bitmap image are stored in the computer as what?
quatrefoilar grid of megapixels
rectangular grid of pixels
rectangular lattice of millipixels
23
Converenge - computers in the past can perform tasks that are today done in separate devices
true
false, the other way around
24
Data synchronisation can take place with a(n) ............ connection
UBS
web cam
infra-red
bluetooth
25
One of the biggest issues related to databases (stated in ITGS workbook) is
data integrity
not enough applications to make tables
lack of data (amount)
26
Message that is transformed into a non-understandable form is
CAPTCHA
plaintext
ciphertext
27
Radio-frequency identification (
RFID
) uses electromagnetic fields to
identify and rewrite tags attached to objects
identify and delete tags attached to objects
identify and modify tags attached to objects
identify and track tags attached to objects
28
How to create poor presentations:
heading is black and formal
text is hard to read against colourful background
big font with short sentences
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Compression in images is used to reduce what?
the variety of colours used
amount of storage space required
text lenght in videos/music
repeated data in images
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Malware is used to infect computers with
backdoors, which allow remote third party user to control it
blacklists, which prevent accessibility to malicious sites
stuxnet, which sends spam constantly in dos form
rootkits, which gather all data and performs an ID theft
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Fields which are frequently used to search a table are called
records
indexes
primary keys
MySQL
32
Video cardsare also known as
GPU
CPU
Professor unit
Processor unit
33
Examples of application suites are:
Spotify
Adobe
Paint
The Microsoft office
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Which statement is true regarding CSV(comma separated values) and TSV(text separated values)?
neither save fields or records into plain text files
both save fields and records into plain text files
35
What characterises a Braille keyboard?
Braille keyboard uses a small number of keys
Braille dots are placed on a standard keyboard
Braille dots have combinations to produce lettersof alphabet
36
How to avoid malicious software?
Opening email attachments you were excepting
By clicking on colourful ads
Installing anti-virus software
Downloading movies illegally
37
How does anti-virus work?
Runs in the background and scan files after they are opened
Combines definition based scanning and heuristic scanning
Shuts the system, deletes all malicious files and restarts
Identifies viruses by virus definition file
38
an electrostatic digital printing is done with a(n)
dot matrix printer
inkjet printer
laser printer
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Which statements are true in case of bitmap graphics?
Increasing size reduces quality
Images consume less storage space
zooming in increases quality
store data as mathematical equations
40
Computer Misuse Act is for:
gaining authorised access to a computer system
commiting further crime when gaining unauthorised access
authorised modification of data stored on a computer
gaining unauthorised access to a computer system
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common formats for general file compression include
zip
4zip
rar
gimp
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set of rules that govern identification of devices on a network and how the info is exchanged
IP (internet protocol)
TCP (transmission Control Protocol)
WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)
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Embedded system is
combination of computer hardware and OS
combination of computer hardware and software
combination of software and OS
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Policy, whereby individuals' data will be collected unless specifically requested not to be is
opt-in policy
opt-out policy
45
Software which gives the freedom for users to modify its code and share it and is free forever:
freeware
shareware
FOSS
commercial software
46
Certificate Authority is used to
verify the owner of the public key
verify that the sender is not a bot
verify the authority of yourself
verify the security of the website
47
What does OCR stand for?
Optical Character Resolution
Original Character Recognition
Optical Character Recognition
Only Character Recognition
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Optical mark recognition (OMR) is used to
recognise false statements in essay drafts (google docs)
capture human-marked data from document forms
check trends in webpages
mark down answers in surveys
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Ethical issues raise questions like:
What are the disadvantages of this system?
What are the consequenses?
Who is responsible?
How did the IT development emerge?
