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Cse Computer Science Engineering
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Mathematical formula that generates a code from the contents of the message
data collection device
hash
Application software...
database
2. A part of the motherboard and connects the processor to main memory
system bus
twisted pair cable
video card
botnets
3. A communications device that sends and recieves data and info to and from digital line
Plug and Play
cluster
digital modem
access time
4. Users prefer to download or transfer a copy of the images from the digital camera to the computers hard disk
download
telemedicine
ROM
Personal Computers
5. Basic input/output systemis firmware that contains the computers startup instructions
BIOS
hot plugging
digital certificate
kernal
6. Static ram- faster and more reliable. Dont need to be re energized as often and are more expensive
SRAM
Mainframe
server
client/server
7. Universal serial bus port connects peripherals to the computer
memory module
expansion bus
USB port
mashup
8. Hides within or looks like a legitimate program such as a screen saver
GPU
bus
commands
Trojan Horse
9. zombie
back door
script kiddie
compromised computer
network topology
10. Internet teephony- enables users to speak to other users over the internet
access time
firmware...
VoIP
optical mouse
11. Continues to operate when one of its components fails - ensuring that no data is lost
dialog box
bus
utility program
fault tolerant computer
12. They can execute more than one instruction per clock cycle
superscalar
corporate spies
NAS
Laser printer
13. Automatically analyzes all network traffic and notifies network administrators of suspicious behavior pattermsor system breaches
pointing stick
Intrusion detection software...
macros
client/server
14. System board- is the main circuit board of the system unit.
cross - platform
Top level domain
system clock
motherboard
15. Hardware - software - data - people - procedures
plaintext
hot spot
product activation
Information system
16. Moving pictures experts group is a popular video compression standard
mpeg
back door
fault tolerant computer
payload
17. The technology of authenticating a persons identity by verifying a personal characteristic.
LAN
Netbook
biometrics
mashup
18. A popular digital line alternative for the small business or home user. Transmits at fast speeds on existing standard copper telephone wiring.
superscalar
server
DSL
bus
19. Magentic ink character recognition devices read text printed with magnetized ink. Readers read numbers at the bottom of the checks
payload
MICR
macros
certificate authority
20. When businesses use the internet to sell products
hash
online security service
E- retail
memory module
21. The delivery of education via some electronic method such as the internet - networks - or optical disks.
e- learning
payload
project management software...
IrDA Port
22. Special software to listen to audio
shareware...
data collection device
player
protocol
23. The operating system interrupts a program that is executing and passes control to another program waiting to be executed. Operating system regains control if one program stops operating properly
botnets
video card
address
preemptive multitasking
24. A cable forms a closed loop with all computers. one direction
heat sink
network architecture
ring network
Drive Bay
25. When turning on a computer that has been turned off completly
peripheral
cold boot
honeypot
recieving device
26. A number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the internet (0-255)
IP address
OSP
biometrics
wireless modem
27. A notcie that guarantees a user or web site is legit. E- commerce use it often
digital certificate
Processor
Bluetooth
hard disk
28. CA resposible for giving out digital certificate
mashup
certificate authority
overvoltage
CPU
29. Device with a monitor - keyboard - and memory
overvoltage
Terminal
document management software...
Top level domain
30. Organization that sells and manages domain names
registrar
Drive Bay
Information system
ciphertext
31. Transmission control protocol is a netwrok standard that defines how data are routed from one end of a network to another - ensuring data arrives correctly. Packet switching
TCP/IP
solid state drive
ethernet
USB port
32. Pressure sensitive eraser shaped pointing device
pointing stick
MMS
ciphertext
star network
33. The standard that outlines characteristics of how two network devices communicate
device dependant
protocol
Operating system
File compression utility
34. Small peice of semi- conducting material - usually silicon - on whoch integrated cicuits are etched.
Web Server
coaxial cable
Top level domain
chip
35. The number of bytes a storage medium can hold
capacity
E- commerce
preemptive multitasking
OMR
36. Other computers and mobile devices on the networ that rely on the server for its resources
client
wireless access point
CPU
firmware...
37. Internet Service Provider- a regional or national access provider
Plug and Play
ISP
node
cable modem
38. Computer is usually connected to the internet the entire time it is turned on (cable - DSL - fiber - radio signals - satellite)
recieving device
bus
broadband internet service
ASCII
39. DoS attack is an assult whose purpose is to disrupt computer access to an Internet service such as the Web or email
wireless modem
online security service
Denial of Service attack
preemptive multitasking
40. A set of programs that coordinates all of the activies among computer hardware devices.
Operating system
newsreader
machine cycle
SMTP
41. On the motherboard hold memory modules
client/server
MMS
memory slots
liquid flow technology
42. Uses devices that emit and sense light to detect the mouses movement
traffic
optical mouse
NAS
single user/multitasking operating system allows a single user to work on two or more programs that reside in memory at the same time
43. Company that provides wireless internet access to computers
wireless Internet service provider
wireless access point
protocol
parallel processing
44. The destructive event or prank the program intended to deliver
sending device
cyberextortionist
Home user
payload
45. A know specific pattern of virus code.
embedded computer
cold boot
drive bay
virus signature
46. Initiates an instruction to transmit data - instructions - or information.
cloud storage
server
coaxial cable
sending device
47. Business transaction that occurs over Internet business - consumer consumer- consumer business - business
traffic
E- commerce
pointing stick
bandwidth
48. Arithmetic logic unit- a component of the processor - performs arithmetric - comparison - and operations.
ALU
pipelining
certificate authority
driver
49. Encrypted data
superscalar
Processor
ciphertext
heat pipe
50. Computer aided design software assists a professional user in creating designs
CAD
Web Application
corporate spies
platter