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Cse Computer Science Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A light sensing input device that reads printed text and graphics and translates the results into a form the computer can process.
crimeware
scanner
IM
Operating system
2. A cable forms a closed loop with all computers. one direction
Home user
ring network
coaxial cable
Dial- up access
3. Internet connections using regular copper telephone lines.
register
mpeg
DSL
Transmission media
4. Special software to listen to audio
cold boot
digital forensics
player
Point of Sale terminals
5. Uses devices that emit and sense light to detect the mouses movement
multi- core processor
Input
optical mouse
online security service
6. Contains 10 or fewer comps - with similar reponsibilities and capabilities
DSL modem
power supply
broadband internet service
peer to peer network
7. A communications device that can convert digital signals to analog signals and analog signals to digital signals so data can travel along an analog telephone line. In the form of an adapter card you insert in an expansion slot on motherboard.
message board
worm
Dial up modems
W3C
8. A type of always on connection that is established between two communications devices. better than dial up line
hash
e- learning
system on a chip
Dedicated line
9. The process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors
Dedicated line
Trojan Horse
formatting
OMR
10. Unencrypted readable data
plaintext
dialog box
spooling
USB hub
11. A personal computer you can carry from place to place
Operating system
Operating system
phishing
Mobile Computer
12. Extends the capabilites of a browser.
plug- in
Dedicated line
network license
neural network
13. Other computers and mobile devices on the networ that rely on the server for its resources
download
terminal
heat sink
client
14. Pressure sensitive eraser shaped pointing device
Web Browser
FireWire port
pointing stick
fixed wireless
15. Small peice of semi- conducting material - usually silicon - on whoch integrated cicuits are etched.
adapter card
chip
http
Web Application
16. Case of the system unit to protect internal damage
Personal Computers
DSL
overvoltage
chasis...
17. Basic input/output systemis firmware that contains the computers startup instructions
BIOS
Mobile Computer
cyberterrorist
L1 cache
18. Faster - higher quality than ink jet. Uses toner that sticks to the page from a combo of pressure and heat.
bus network
Laser printer
CAM
wireless Internet service provider
19. A motion sensing mouse - allows you to control objects by moving the mouse in predetermined directions through air
network topology
air mouse
access control
Trojan Horse
20. When online meetings take place on the web
turnaround document
nonvolatile memory
cross - platform
Web conference
21. A series of network standards that specifies how two wireless devices communicate over the air with each other. MIMO
RAM
PIM
802.11
DTP
22. Controls access to hardware - software - and other resources on the network and provides a central storage area for programs - data - and info.
access control
server
DSL modem
optical disc
23. A small metal or plastic device that uses pressure instead of ink.
message board
hacker
stylus
wordwrap
24. Single inline memory module forms a single set of contacts
certificate authority
SIMM
DVI
IM
25. Designed for mobile devices
microbrowser
coaxial cable
Trojan Horse
Input
26. Mad ef aluminum - glass - or ceramic and is coated with an alloy material that allows material to be recorded magnetically
kernal
Point of Sale terminals
node
platter
27. Program is one that runs the same on multiple operating systems
supercomputer
bit
client
cross - platform
28. Does not require a newsreader - easier to use than a newsgroup
ergonomics
Dedicated line
MMS
message board
29. Msot retail stores use POS to record purchases - process cards - and update inventory
POP3
Point of Sale terminals
cracker
byte
30. 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
E- commerce
Memory
VAN
31. Small- high speed storage locations that temporarily hold data and instructions. A part of the processor not memory
video card
embedded operating system
register
DSL
32. A part of the motherboard and connects the processor to main memory
newsgroup
registrar
system bus
port
33. Loses its contents when power is turned off (RAM)
volatile memory
BIOS
Transmission media
access time
34. System board- is the main circuit board of the system unit.
chat client
motherboard
plug- in
MAN
35. A large expensive powerful computer that can handle hundreds or thousnads of connected users simutaneously
Memory
Mainframe
Trojan Horse
terminal
36. Standard specifies that computers and devices on the networl share or pass a special signal called a token in a unidirectional manner and in a preset order. only one token per network
buffer
e- learning
token ring
Memory
37. A device that plugs in a USB port on the system unit and contains multiple USB ports in which you plus cables from USB devices. Self- powered
USB hub
adapter card
L1 cache
dialog box
38. Internet Service Provider- a regional or national access provider
Communications device
DIMM
access time
ISP
39. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally. Some say they hack to improve security
hacker
chat client
worm
PIM
40. Has the illusion of moving images becuase it sends a continuos stream of images
streaming cam
chat client
DLP projector
Information system
41. Searches for and removes unneccessary files
Point of Sale terminals
disk cleanup
address
Information system
42. A web site that evaluates your comouter to check for internet and e mail vulnerabilities
online security service
adware
Domain name system
System Software...
43. A server that you connect to to start a chat session.
WAN
download
network card
chat client
44. A single user license agreement typically includes many of the following conditions that specify a users responsibility upon acceptance of the agreement
EULA
platter
chat client
CERT/CC
45. Links in text based documents
chasis...
hypertext
peer to peer network
multi- core processor
46. A program that restricts access to certain material on the web
web filter
ARPA
DTP
stylus
47. Holds one or more disk drives
shareware...
online security service
USB hub
drive bay
48. Users prefer to download or transfer a copy of the images from the digital camera to the computers hard disk
download
sleep mode
CAD
honeypot
49. The point at which a peripheral attahes to or communicates with a system unit so that the peripheral can send data or recive info from the computer
port
WAN
solid state drive
chip
50. A program that hides in a computer and allows someone from a remote location to take control of the computer
heat pipe
Plug and Play
heat sink
rootkit