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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. Copyrighted software provided at no cost by company that retains all rights to software
freeware...
traffic
density
digital forensics
2. Control unit- part of the processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations on the computer.
Servers
liquid flow technology
sleep mode
CU
3. A large expensive powerful computer that can handle hundreds or thousnads of connected users simutaneously
Domain name
Mainframe
System Software...
network topology
4. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music - and other media in hyperlinked documents.
hypermedia
system on a chip
RSS 2.0
adapter cards
5. Internet teephony- enables users to speak to other users over the internet
access time
optical disc
program
VoIP
6. 8 bits grouped together. basic storage unit in memory. Each byte has an address
payload
proxy server
Drive Bay
byte
7. 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.
star network
disk controller
superscalar
http
8. On the motherboard hold memory modules
sending device
CU
solid state drive
memory slots
9. Provides the user with a physcial response from the device
disk controller
tactile output
disk fragmenter
solid state drive
10. Can connect multiple types of devices that require faster data transmission speeds.
adapter card
TLS
shareware...
FireWire port
11. Small peice of semi- conducting material - usually silicon - on whoch integrated cicuits are etched.
chip
pixel
MAN
Bluetooth
12. A device that uses a light source toread characters - marks - codes - and converts them into digital data that a computer can process. Uses optical character recognition and optical mark recognition
dialog box
optical reader
bit
Communications device
13. Small ceramic or metal component with fins on its surface that absorbs and disperses heat produced by electrical components such as the processor
pixel
heat sink
Firewall
RTLS
14. When businesses use the internet to sell products
SRAM
E- retail
gender changer
http
15. Any unwanted signal usually varying quickly
Noise
jack
system clock
liquid flow technology
16. Instant messaging - Mobile to mobile - mobile to personal computer - web to mobile
back door
IM
Trojan Horse
multifunction peripheral
17. Power on self test to check the various system components and the results are compared with data in a CMOS chip
SMTP
ghosting
POST
certificate authority
18. Sends documents to be printed to a buffer instead of sending them immediately to the printer.
Dial- up access
spooling
Top level domain
parallel processing
19. Small program that tells the operating system how to communicate with a specific device
back door
chip
driver
hacker
20. Case of the system unit to protect internal damage
capacity
chasis...
digital
kernal
21. Hides within or looks like a legitimate program such as a screen saver
network card
back door
Content Aggregator
Trojan Horse
22. Internet connections using regular copper telephone lines.
DSL
touchpad
EFT
expansion slot
23. (program) consists of related instructions that tells computer what tasks to perform and how to perform them
application software...
Software...
digital certificate
network
24. Msot retail stores use POS to record purchases - process cards - and update inventory
power supply
bit
chat client
Point of Sale terminals
25. May break in to computer to exploit security weakness. financial gains - revenge.
dialog box
unethical employees
Point of Sale terminals
optical disc
26. A segment in memory in which items are placed while waiting to be transferred from an input device or to an output device
buffer
air mouse
dot matrix printer
gender changer
27. Smallest element in an electronic image
back door
program
compromised computer
pixel
28. Operating system on mobile devices that generally resides on ROM
Netiquette
Mobile Device
VR
embedded operating system
29. A web application that combines services from two or more sources creating a new application.
kernal
mashup
video card
bandwidth
30. The destructive event or prank the program intended to deliver
CERT/CC
payload
ergonomics
IM
31. A temporary connection that uses one or more analog telphone lines for communications.
keygen
ARPA
VoIP
Dial Up line
32. Component of the system unit that converts AC to DC power. Have built in fans to keep it cool.
ciphertext
power supply
Bay
IrDA Port
33. Same intent as cracker but does not have technical skills and knowledge. Often use prewritten hacking
multifunction peripheral
script kiddie
E- retail
cable modem
34. Application software that assists oeioke in becoming more effective and efficient while performing their daily business activities.
OCR
business software...
Hot spots
OMR
35. A type of always on connection that is established between two communications devices. better than dial up line
cloud storage
Dedicated line
Laser printer
IrDA Port
36. The smallest unit of disk space that stores data and info
cluster
system on a chip
RIMM
video card
37. Human speech is bc of its continous signal that vary in strength and quality
analog
RIMM
CERT/CC
DNS Server
38. A metropolitan area network is a high speed netwrok that connects local area networks. contains LANs
heat pipe
analog
address
MAN
39. Latest version of Post office Protocol
POP3
star network
DNS Server
network license
40. Fetching - decoding - executing - storing
IM
Memory
machine cycle
DTP
41. Consists of capturing - sorting - analyzing - displaying - printing - and manipulating images.
Personal Computers
image processing
byte
crimeware
42. A computer with limited processing power that enables users to send data to and recieve info from a host computer. POS terminals - ATM - and DVD kiosks
ethernet
fixed wireless
terminal
wordwrap
43. Pressure sensitive eraser shaped pointing device
EDI
cracker
tactile output
pointing stick
44. Controls timing of all computer operations
system clock
plug- in
Web Server
optical reader
45. Errors that can be recognized by automatic update
system unit
bugs
ethernet
recieving device
46. Transmission media on which the data - instructions - information travel.
fault tolerant computer
communications channel
Mobile Computer
Plug and Play
47. The layout of the computers and devices ina cmonnunications network. Star - bus - ring.
network topology
crimeware
Output
EULA
48. A part of the motherboard and connects the processor to main memory
application software...
Trojan Horse
cloud storage
system bus
49. Smallest unit of data the computer can process
application software...
bit
proprietary software...
pipelining
50. 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
Terminal
noise
RFID
touchpad