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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 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
communications channel
back door
corporate spies
audit trail
2. Holds one or more disk drives
drive bay
twisted pair cable
Memory
Servers
3. Organization that sells and manages domain names
registrar
Top level domain
hot spot
cluster
4. Electronic funds transfer allows users connected to a network to transfer money from one bank account to another via transmission media
Mainframe
System Unit
EFT
coaxial cable
5. Type of system software that allows a user to perform maintenance- type tasks usually related to managing a computer - its devices - or its programs. (transfer photos to an optical disk.
DNS Server
utility program
Desktop Computer
virus
6. Small peice of semi- conducting material - usually silicon - on whoch integrated cicuits are etched.
pipelining
Mobile Device
single user/multitasking operating system allows a single user to work on two or more programs that reside in memory at the same time
chip
7. A network standard that specifies no central computer or device on the network should control when data is being transmitted. Msot popular in LAN
Bay
traffic
ethernet
DVI
8. A type of system software that allows users to perform maintenence type tasks
project management software...
streaming cam
hibernate
utility program
9. A small flat rectangular pointing device that is sensitive to pressure and motion.
touchpad
platter
DIMM
hot spot
10. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music - and other media in hyperlinked documents.
network
hypermedia
ALU
DSL modem
11. Online service provider- has many members features along with internet access such as IM or Web browsers.
VR world
newsgroup
OSP
animated Gif...
12. A type of always on connection that is established between two communications devices. better than dial up line
Dedicated line
ARPA
platter
system on a chip
13. Media transmit multiple signals simutaneously. Download faster than upload
Internet Backbone
network card
hypertext
broadband
14. Consumer consumer e commerce.
online auction
shareware...
Dial Up line
Web Browser
15. The destructive event or prank the program intended to deliver
digital certificate
VR world
payload
streaming cam
16. Company that provides wireless internet access to computers
Desktop Computer
sleep mode
wireless Internet service provider
Firewall
17. The design of computers - devices - and media in the network
byte
network architecture
POP3
Storage Media
18. Internet Service Provider- a regional or national access provider
FireWire port
ring network
freeware...
ISP
19. Many scanners have this optical character recognition software which can read and convert text documents into electronic files. Includes a small optical scanner for reading characters
ciphertext
OCR
spyware
botnets
20. The discovery - collection adn analysis of evidence found on computers and networks
database
volatile memory
bus width
digital forensics
21. The amount of data - instructions - and information that can travel over communications channel
bandwidth
Laser printer
FireWire port
ASCII
22. Integrates the functions of a processor - memory and a video card on a single chip.
RTLS
optical reader
system on a chip
SMTP
23. 8 bits grouped together. basic storage unit in memory. Each byte has an address
Output
File compression utility
pipelining
byte
24. Provide Wi Fi to mobile computers or devices
cluster
Hot spots
platter
unethical employees
25. A collection of computers and devices connected together - via communications devices and transmissions media.
network
plaintext
system clock
MICR
26. Computer aided design software assists a professional user in creating designs
heat pipe
EULA
CAD
adware
27. A window that provides info - presents availabe options - or requests a response.
dialog box
DSL
Bluetooth
site license
28. Major carriers of network traffic
DTP
proxy server
Internet Backbone
DVI
29. A storage device that typically uses flash memory to store data instructions and information. Faster - use less power - last more than 5 years - higher failure rate - cost much more
analog
macros
solid state drive
Communications device
30. Wide area network is a network that covers a large geographic area such as a city - country - or world. The internet is the biggest
WAN
PNG
VR
optical reader
31. Internet access that takes place when the modem in your computer connects to the Internet via a standard telephone line that transmits data and information using an analog (continuous wave pattern) signal.
shareware...
Dial- up access
Dedicated line
biometrics
32. A computer that can perform all of its input - processing - output - and storage activities by itself (PC - Apple)
Personal Computers
data collection device
hash
broadband internet service
33. Fetching - decoding - executing - storing
power supply
Web Application
cable modem
machine cycle
34. Computer automatically can configure adapter cards and other peripherals as you install them
OCR
Laser printer
Plug and Play
ARPA
35. Amercian Standad code for information interchange - is the most widely used coding scheme to represent data
DVI
E- retail
Dedicated line
ASCII
36. A vulnerable computer that is set up to entice an intruder to break into it.
hypertext
site license
honeypot
pointing stick
37. Program that euns only on a specific type or make of computer
device dependant
digital
System Unit
hypermedia
38. Short for key generator creats software registration numbers and sometimes activation codes.
motherboard
keygen
optical mouse
http
39. Device with a monitor - keyboard - and memory
Terminal
disk fragmenter
broadband internet service
address
40. Amount of time it takes for the processor to read data - instructions - and information from memory. Directly affects processing data time.
access time
cross - platform
GPU
ergonomics
41. The role of memory to store both data and programs
stored program concept
message board
pixel
Memory
42. A program that displays an online advertisement in a pop up. spyware can be hidden in adware
adware
client/server
preemptive multitasking
supercomputer
43. A metropolitan area network is a high speed netwrok that connects local area networks. contains LANs
spoofing
router
MAN
Home user
44. Small ceramic or metal component with fins on its surface that absorbs and disperses heat produced by electrical components such as the processor
trackball
e- learning
Storage Media
heat sink
45. The last section of the domain name
Top level domain
chasis...
groupware...
traffic
46. Computer aided manufacturing refers ti the use of computers to assist with manufacturing process.
CAM
Laser printer
server
heat sink
47. Dish shaped antenna for internet connection
server
Memory
client
fixed wireless
48. When businesses use the internet to sell products
E- retail
tactile output
turnaround document
solid state media
49. Copyrighted software that is distributed at no cost for a trial period
shareware...
access time
spooling
ghosting
50. Health care professions conduct live conferences on the computer
telemedicine
digital certificate
register
USB hub