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Cse Computer Science Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A series of network standards that specifies how two wireless devices communicate over the air with each other. MIMO
stored program concept
macros
device independent
802.11
2. A number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the internet (0-255)
IP address
router
business software...
web filter
3. Consists of programs designed to make users more productive and assist them with personal tasks - makes business activites more efficient - to assist with graphics - to support home - personal - and educational tasks - to facilitate communications
warm boot
pointing stick
Output
application software...
4. Popular for LAN. single central cable.
virtual provate network
GUI
bus network
CAPTCHA
5. Pressure sensitive eraser shaped pointing device
motherboard
ciphertext
E- retail
pointing stick
6. Hardware - software - data - people - procedures
802.11
DRAM
device independent
Information system
7. The core of the operating system that manages memory and devices - maintains the computer clock - starts programs - and assigns the computers resources such as devices and data. Memory resident
System Software...
Drive Bay
kernal
Motherboard
8. Any data or instructions entered into the memory of the computer
Servers
online security service
Terminal
Input
9. All computers connected to central device. Hub or switch
star network
Input
density
Mobile Computer
10. Allows the various devices both inside and attached to the system unit to communicate with each other. Bits travel on a bus from input to memory to processor to output. Data Bus. Address Bus.
bus
EFT
hypertext
proprietary software...
11. Msot retail stores use POS to record purchases - process cards - and update inventory
File compression utility
CMOS
recieving device
Point of Sale terminals
12. Mad ef aluminum - glass - or ceramic and is coated with an alloy material that allows material to be recorded magnetically
public- domain software...
platter
IM
Noise
13. Radio frequency identification is a technology that uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object. Can contain antenna and memory chips
RFID
Memory
system clock
memory module
14. Transmits data via infared light waves.. Both computer and device must have the port for it to work
SMTP
plug- in
wireless Internet service provider
IrDA Port
15. Allows you to insert and remove flash memory and other devoces while the computer is running (flash memory)
bus network
digital certificate
CU
hot plugging
16. System board- is the main circuit board of the system unit.
wireless access point
motherboard
DTP
Personal Computers
17. Basic input/output systemis firmware that contains the computers startup instructions
BIOS
DSL modem
router
token ring
18. A temporary connection that uses one or more analog telphone lines for communications.
DVI
hard disk
pointing stick
Dial Up line
19. The number of bits in an area on a storage medium - Higher density means more storage capacity
density
corporate spies
NAS
optical disc
20. Major carriers of network traffic
hypertext
Internet Backbone
mpeg
platter
21. Internet connections using regular copper telephone lines.
NAS
SMTP
optical mouse
DSL
22. Organization that sells and manages domain names
ring network
fiber optic cable
registrar
dot matrix printer
23. Smallest unit of data the computer can process
OSP
Point of Sale terminals
cold boot
bit
24. Consists of electronic components that store instrcuctions waiting to be executed by the processor - data needed by those instructions - and the results of processing data. Consist of one or more chips on the motherboard or some other circuit board o
DVI
back door
Memory
audit trail
25. Initiates an instruction to transmit data - instructions - or information.
sending device
star network
ergonomics
RAID
26. A small flat rectangular pointing device that is sensitive to pressure and motion.
USB hub
keygen
touchpad
System Unit
27. The study of workplace equipment design or how to arrange and design devices - machines - or workspace so that people and things interact safely and most efficiently.
ergonomics
cyberextortionist
ROM
Web Browser
28. The process if a computer or device recieveing info info from the server on the internet
Input
system software...
volatile memory
downloading
29. A computer that delivers requested web pages to your computer
OSP
Web Server
network card
TCP/IP
30. A cable forms a closed loop with all computers. one direction
proprietary software...
Memory Cache
USB port
ring network
31. A program or set of instructions in a program that allow users to bypass security controls when accessing a program - computer - or network. A rootkit can be a back door
site license
back door
DSL
system on a chip
32. Processor begins to fetch a second instruction before it completes the full machine cycle
OSP
shareware...
registrar
pipelining
33. Arithmetic logic unit- a component of the processor - performs arithmetric - comparison - and operations.
shareware...
Application software...
ALU
bus network
34. Someone who uses internet to destroy or damage computers for political reasons.
cyberterrorist
Transmission media
jewel box
token ring
35. Web site that allows users to access and interact with software from any computer or device that is connected to the Internet
Storage Media
optical mouse
bit
Web Application
36. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music - and other media in hyperlinked documents.
hypermedia
optical disc
superscalar
EDI
37. Shrinks file sizes - lossy-you will be able to restore the file to its exact original state - lossless - compressed file can be returned to its original state
DSL
program
corporate spies
File compression utility
38. A socket in the motherboard that can hold an adapter card
ciphertext
System Software...
expansion slot
OCR
39. Consists of special purpose chip and electronic circuits that control the transfer of data - instructions - and information from a disk to and from the system bus and other parts of the computer.
public- domain software...
OMR
Operating system
disk controller
40. Uses a continous flow of fluids in a process that transfers the heated fluid away from the processor
liquid flow technology
dialog box
WAN
Trojan Horse
41. Mathematical formula that generates a code from the contents of the message
port
CMOS
http
hash
42. Program that euns only on a specific type or make of computer
device dependant
IrDA Port
Laser printer
shareware...
43. Consists of capturing - sorting - analyzing - displaying - printing - and manipulating images.
CAPTCHA
CAM
image processing
MICR
44. The process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors
heat sink
formatting
network
Hot spots
45. Converst computer output into a video signal that travels through a cable through the monitor which displays image on the screen
bit
newsreader
MICR
video card
46. Program is one that runs the same on multiple operating systems
memory slots
cross - platform
sound card
solid state drive
47. An electrical disturbance that can degrade communications
disk fragmenter
noise
ethernet
E- commerce
48. The amount of data - instructions - and information that can travel over communications channel
Denial of Service attack
memory slots
star network
bandwidth
49. They consist entirely of electronic components and contain no moving parts.
freeware...
solid state media
download
VAN
50. Computer aided manufacturing refers ti the use of computers to assist with manufacturing process.
MRAM
utility program
PIM
CAM