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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. Allows the processor to communicate with peripherals.
audit trail
server
utility program
expansion bus
2. Programs that control or maintian the operations of the computer and its devices. Interface between user - application software - and computers software
EFT
UNIX
System Software...
unauthorized access
3. Value added network is a third party busniess that provides networking services such as secure data and information transfer - storage and email.
digital signature
system on a chip
VAN
jewel box
4. 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
back door
ASCII
Memory Cache
Web Server
5. Provids mobile users with a secure connection to the company server as if the user has a private line.
virtual provate network
mpeg
System Software...
software suite
6. The delivery of education via some electronic method such as the internet - networks - or optical disks.
e- learning
Linux
data collection device
Storage Media
7. A small metal or plastic device that uses pressure instead of ink.
CAD
Internet Backbone
stylus
router
8. Characteristics include capacity - platters - read/write heads - cylinders - sectors and tracks - rpm - transfer rate - and access time
hard disk
L1 cache
back door
Web Server
9. Hardware componenet that enables a computer to transmit and recieve data - instructions - and info to and from computers.
digital
adapter card
Communications device
IM
10. Media transmit multiple signals simutaneously. Download faster than upload
pixel
pipelining
broadband
network license
11. Controls timing of all computer operations
peripheral
system clock
VR
warm boot
12. The code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the internet.
newsgroup
WAN
rootkit
Netiquette
13. (program) consists of related instructions that tells computer what tasks to perform and how to perform them
Laser printer
recieving device
POST
Software...
14. Program is one that runs the same on multiple operating systems
crimeware
registrar
newsgroup
cross - platform
15. Accesses a computer or network illegally but has the intent of destroying data - stealing info - or other malicious actions.
memory slots
cracker
liquid flow technology
DVI
16. Method that uses multiple processors to execute a single program or task requires special software that recognizes how to divide the problemand bring results back together
router
802.11
ROM
parallel processing
17. The process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors
sound card
volatile memory
formatting
adapter card
18. Connects the processor to cache.
document management software...
backside bus
Web Server
node
19. Provides a means of sharing distributing and searching through documents by converting them unti a format that can be viewed by any user.
document management software...
network topology
honeypot
SMTP
20. Mathematical formula that generates a code from the contents of the message
hash
adware
data collection device
kernal
21. A business that gathers and organizes web content and then distributs the content to subscribers for free or a fee
Servers
virtual provate network
system clock
Content Aggregator
22. Human speech is bc of its continous signal that vary in strength and quality
analog
public- domain software...
wireless access point
botnets
23. The process of using the operating system to restart a computer. Properly closes programs but doesnt save work
stylus
warm boot
plug- in
disk controller
24. Records in a file both successful and unsuccessful attempts.
system bus
audit trail
stylus
device dependant
25. 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
integrated circuit
mpeg
DTP
preemptive multitasking
26. Device that connects to the system unit and is controlled by the processor in the computer. (modem - disk drives - printers)
http
unethical employees
fault tolerant computer
peripheral
27. The process of transferring data in a continous and even flow which allows users to access a file while it is transmitting
streaming
NAS
liquid flow technology
Storage Media
28. Personal information manager is application software that includes features to help users organize personal info
wireless modem
CMOS
PIM
system clock
29. Internet Service Provider- a regional or national access provider
pixel
ISP
byte
Mobile Device
30. The role of memory to store both data and programs
CU
access time
newsreader
stored program concept
31. Small peice of semi- conducting material - usually silicon - on whoch integrated cicuits are etched.
communications channel
chip
File compression utility
botnets
32. Electronic data interchange which defines how data transmits across telephone lines or other means. Minimal peperwork for businesses
EDI
Processor
newsgroup
system unit
33. An expansion card - a circuit board that enhances functions of a component of the system unit or provides connections to peripherals.
IP address
bus
adapter card
hacker
34. 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
application software...
online security service
server
OCR
35. Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.
CAPTCHA
BIOS
turnaround document
MRAM
36. Control unit- part of the processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations on the computer.
ROM
CU
RFID
plaintext
37. The layout of the computers and devices ina cmonnunications network. Star - bus - ring.
freeware...
corporate spies
network topology
data collection device
38. Impact printer that uses tiny wire pins on a print head mechanism to stike an inked ribbon
optical reader
MAN
expansion bus
dot matrix printer
39. A motion sensing mouse - allows you to control objects by moving the mouse in predetermined directions through air
client/server
air mouse
Linux
compromised computer
40. 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
terminal
telesurgery
L2 cache
Operating system
41. Fetching - decoding - executing - storing
kernal
network standard
Bluetooth
machine cycle
42. A vulnerable computer that is set up to entice an intruder to break into it.
undervoltage
honeypot
worm
virus signature
43. Software used by criminals
crimeware
product activation
plaintext
RSS 2.0
44. Errors that can be recognized by automatic update
bugs
DSL
keygen
system bus
45. CA resposible for giving out digital certificate
stylus
certificate authority
streaming
backside bus
46. The time it takes a signal to trvale from one location to another on a network Neg effect- distance - type of transmission media - and number of nodes data must travel through - bandwith high latency low for best performance
biometrics
Latency
disk fragmenter
adapter card
47. Enahnces the sound generating capabilites of a personal computer
chasis...
machine cycle
sound card
IP address
48. Other computers and mobile devices on the networ that rely on the server for its resources
client
embedded operating system
sleep mode
hash
49. Method that the internet uses to store domain names and their corressponding IP addresses
multifunction peripheral
pixel
Domain name system
utility program
50. A program that restricts access to certain material on the web
DLP projector
web filter
network standard
communications