Essentials Term 0.5

USB devices such as a thumb drive are both hot-pluggable and support plug andplay

Incremental backups produce more duplicate files when compared to differentialbackups

Before performing an image backup, a full data backup must be performed first.

The best way to prevent a spear phishing attack is

A USB host can support _____ devices being connected

The IEEE-754 single-precision format, uses how many bits for the exponent

__________ refers to how close a number is to its’ true value

What type of file contains other files and other directories?

Head crashes can occur in solid state drives (SSD)

Which of the following is not a component of IEEE 754 floating-point representation?

In this course, CST8118-310, the acronym DDR stands for

The Java programming language uses _____________ to encode characters andsymbols that are meaningful to humans

A web browser is an example of a multithreaded program.

What does the acronym of the IEEE organization stand for

Transfer rate is defined as

Before performing an image backup, a full data backup must be performed first.

Which of the following is considered not a best practice for securing backup data

In this course, CST8118-310, the acronym SaaS stands for:

How many bytes of memory does a Unicode character occupy?

What type of malware infects another program by embedding a copy of itself?

The smallest space on mechanical hard drive that can used for read/write operationsis __________.

What does the acronym ISO stand for?

NaN is a special value used to indicate that the resulting calculation is not a realNumber.

To be considered a proper data backup, the data backup must

The term used for a technique when a person attempts to guess a user’spassword by trying many different combinations

What is underflow in computing

Before performing an incremental or differential data backups, a full backup mustalready have taken place.

Symbols can be numbers, lower- and upper-case characters, and punctuationmarks.

What does the acronym of ANSI stand for?

______ _______ reflects the number of colours that can be displayed on an LCDscreen at one time

A limited range of real numbers can be expressed using the IEEE-754 singleprecision standard.

In this course, CST8118-310, what does the acronym SRAM stand for?

Solid state drives, SSDs, manage writing and removing data by

Your Computer Essentials professor wishes you a safe and relaxing mid-semesterbreak. The answer to this question is true

What is the standard the standard colour for USB 1.1 ports?

Plug and Play means if you plug a device into the computer, the operating systemcan configure the device automatically.

USB with a Lightning Bolt is

In this course, CST8118-310, what does the acronym SDRAM stand for

As a best practice, how often should a computer engineer student run some type ofbackup on their laptop

A _________ is any set of all of tracks of equal diameter in a hard disk drive.

Which of the following options best describe the difference between spear phishingand phishing

What is the purpose of testing backups regularly by restoring the data on a testsystem

Files with both the hidden and system attribute turned on will be visible to the userunder normal viewing conditions.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a strong password?

At least one full backup copy should not be stored off-site in case of a naturaldisaster happens.

If you build a device using a FireWire port, you do not have to pay any royalties toApple, as it is royalty free.

The smallest space on mechanical hard drive that can used for read/write operationsis __________.

The significant refers to which part of a floating-point number

How many bytes are used to store a single precision floating number

In this course, CST8118-310, the acronym DDR stands for

Viruses and Worms require user interaction to infect the initial host

Operating System files generally have the file attribute S

Seek time is defined as:

This CPU component executes instructions and places the results in registers ormemory

In this course, CST8118-310, what does the acronym LCD stand for?

Modern computers use a fan and a heat sink to keep the CPU cool. This is anexample of

In this course, CST8118-310, the acronym PaaS stands for

In two’s complement addition the carry out bit is not discarded.

this course, CST8118, the acronym IaaS stands for

USB is “peer to peer” because the devices don’t need a computer to communicatewith each other

someone writes a program to find the perfect solution, but itwill take 100 years to run. We say that this solution is

Range refers to how close a number is to its’ true value.

With respect to the central processing unit (CPU), the acronym ALU stands for:_______

The generic term for software like Viruses, Trojans, and Worms is

A USB host can support _____ devices being connected

Precision deals with how much information we have about a value and the amountof information used to represent a value.

Overflow occurs when you add two signed eight-bit binary numbers and get a nine-bit answer.

Is a system image a “proper” data backup?

A computer file with the read only file attribute set will prevent the file from beingaccidently deleted

What is the primary purpose of a password in computer systems

If you add an "H" attribute to a file, it means this file cannot be seen in file explorerunder normal viewing conditions

In this course, CST8118-310, the acronym ALU stands for:

_______ supports daisy-chaining, allowing multiple devices to be connected in chain without the need for a hub or switch