Csci 1005 Quiz Questions

Front 1

Every domain name corresponds to a unique IP address that has been entered into a ____.

Back 1

domain name server

Front 2

Prefixes such as http://, www, and ftp: correspond to ____.

Back 2

protocols

Front 3

Domain names are assigned by ____.

Back 3

ICANN

Front 4

The rate of data that is transmitted from your computer to the Internet is ____.

Back 4

Upstream speed

Front 5

Cable Internet service needs ____.

Back 5

Circuitry to handle Ethernet protocols and a cable modem

Front 6

The rate of data arriving at your computer is ____.

Back 6

downstream speed

Front 7

The Internet began with a project called __________.

Back 7

ARPANET

Front 8

A(n) ___________ address is a unique identifying number assigned to each computer connected to the internet.

Back 8

IP

Front 9

When your computer connects to the Internet from home, your __________ uses DHCP to assign a temporary address to your computer for as long as it remains connected.

Back 9

ISP

Front 10

The _____________ name is an identifying name by which host computers on the internet are familiarly known such as google.com.

Back 10

domain

Front 11

An Ethernet-compatible network standard designed as IEEE 802.16 is ___________.

Back 11

WiMAX

Front 12

The Internet ____________ is a network of high-capacity communication links that provides the main routes for data traffic across the Internet.

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backbone

Front 13

The top-level domain for most schools and universities is ____________.

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edu

Front 14

A high-speed digital Internet connection that uses existing telephone lines, requiring close proximity to a switching station is called ____________.

Back 14

DSL

Front 15

An alternative internet connection from home besides dial-up, satellite, or DSL that also provides television service is __________.

Back 15

cable

Front 16

A WiFi ____________ is an area in which the public can access a WiFi network that offers internet service. An example is hotel, coffee shop, airport, etc.

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hotspot

Front 17

____________ is a communications protocol that provides internet access from handheld devices such as cellphones.

Back 17

WAP

Front 18

The latest cellphone technology is advertised to be ________G.

Back 18

4

Front 19

A ___________ computing system is a network of computers harnessed together to perform processing tasks. The systems can be public or private. An example is SETI@home.

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grid

Front 20

_____________ is a protocol that provides a way to transfer files form one computer to another over a TCP/IP network.

Back 20

ftp

Front 21

_____________ address translation is the process your router uses to keep track of packets and their corresponding private and public IP addresses.

Back 21

network

Front 22

You just got cable internet service. Your computer is connected to a router, which you connect to the cable modem. The instructions provided by the cable company tell you to make sure _____________ is activated so that you can get a dynamic IP address.

Back 22

DHCP

Front 23

Suppose that you decide to open a little Web store to sell handcrafted pottery. Your Web site will need a static IP address, and you’ll want to register a(n) ____________ name.

Back 23

domain

Front 24

You are going to be the telecommuting two days a week, so your corporate information technology department has given you instructions to use the company _________ private network.

Back 24

virtual

Front 25

The primary protocol suite responsible for message transmission on the Internet is _____

Back 25

TCP/IP

Front 26

A technology in which a broadband Internet connection is used to place telephone calls is called Voice over __

Back 26

IP

Front 27

One of the most common ways of gaining unauthorized access to a network is by looking for open ___________ on a computer.

Back 27

ports

Front 28

A _________ IP address is a non-routable IP address that can be used within a LAN, but not for Internet data transport.

Back 28

private

Front 29

A podcast is an audio file that is distributed through downloads or the use of a feed, such as ____.

Back 29

RSS

Front 30

A(n) ____ is a collection of related information organized and formatted so it can be accessed using software called a browser.

Back 30

Web site

Front 31

The process of accessing Web sites is sometimes referred to as ____.

Back 31

surfing

Front 32

When your browser fetches pages and graphics to form a Web page, it stores them in temporary files on your hard drive called a Web ____.

Back 32

cache

Front 33

A ____ enables a Web server to keep track of your activity and compile a list of your purchases.

Back 33

cookie

Front 34

HTML ____ are typically used to collect shipping and payment information during checkout at an e-commerce Web site.

Back 34

forms

Front 35

A(n) ____ certificate is an electronic attachment to a file that verifies the identity of its source.

Back 35

digital

Front 36

Some search engines use a program called a Web ____ that combs the Web to gather data that is representative of the contents of Web pages.

Back 36

crawler

Front 37

Often, Web page authors include a(n) ____ keyword in a header section of a Web page when it is created to describe the page contents.

Back 37

meta

Front 38

The ____ wildcard character allows a search engine to find pages with any derivation of a basic word.

Back 38

*

Front 39

When you purchase a textbook online from a site like www.amazon.com, you are participating in ____ e-commerce.

Back 39

B2C

Front 40

When you purchase a used digital camera directly from the owner on an online auction, you are participating in ____ e-commerce.

Back 40

C2C

Front 41

____ e-commerce involves one enterprise buying goods or services from another enterprise.

Back 41

B2B

Front 42

Which of the following technologies are used to create a secure connection between a client computer and a Web site?

Back 42

SSL TLS S-HTTP

Front 43

The term ____________________ was first used in the mid-1960s to describe a computer system that could store literary documents, link them according to logical relationships, and allow readers to comment and annotate what they read.

Back 43

hypertext

Front 44

Web ____________________ software provides tools specifically designed to enter and format Web page text, graphics, and links.

Back 44

authoring

Front 45

The term search ____________________ popularly refers to a Web site that provides a variety of tools to help you find information.

Back 45

engine

Front 46

A ____ is a collaborative Web site that can be accessed and edited by anyone who wants to contribute to it(ex. Wikipedia)

Back 46

wiki

Front 47

____ is a protocol that works in conjunction with TCP/IP to get Web resources to your desktop.

Back 47

HTTP

Front 48

Data ____ refers to the process of analyzing information in databases to discover previously unknown and potentially useful information.

Back 48

mining

Front 49

The goal of normalization is to minimize data ____.

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redundancy

Front 50

____ is a query language.

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SQL

Front 51

A(n) ____________________ refers to a collection of data fields about one entity--a person, place, thing, or event.

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record

Front 52

A(n) ____________________ database stores data in a collection of related tables.

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relational

Front 53

Each column of a relational database table is equivalent to a(n) ____________________.

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field

Front 54

The ____ determines what type of values can be entered for a field.

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data type

Front 55

When designing a database, you need to identify the ____ that will be required.

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fields

Front 56

A primary key that consists of more than one field is called a ____ key.

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composite

Front 57

Storing the same data field in multiple tables is called data ____.

Back 57

redundancy

Front 58

Elsa is creating the Supplier Location field, which includes major companies and their Web site addresses. What data type should she use for this field?

Back 58

Hyperlink

Front 59

If a table is defined with a primary key, Access will require you to enter a value for the key when adding a record in a process known as ____.

Back 59

entity integrity

Front 60

Using ____, you give Access an example of the information you are requesting; Access then retrieves the information that precisely matches your example.

Back 60

QBE

Front 61

Each ____ in the design grid contains specifications about a field you use in a query.

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column

Front 62

In order to delete a record in a table, you must first ____.

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delete any related records in a subdatashee

Front 63

The U.S. Census Bureau held a competition to find a way to tabulate the 1890 census. The Hollerith Tabulating Machine won. The company is now known as _____.

Back 63

IBM

Front 64

The first digital electronic computer to use vacuum tubes instead of switches was the _______

Back 64

ABC

Front 65

The general-purpose digital electronic computer designed to calculate trajectory tables for the U.S. Army was the ________.

Back 65

UNIVAC

Front 66

Computers characterized by their use of vacuum tubes are considered _______ generation.

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first

Front 67

Computers characterized by their use of transistors are considered ________ generation.

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second

Front 68

The first commercially successful minicomputer was the ______.

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PDP-8

Front 69

Computers characterized by their use of microprocessors are ______ generation.

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fourth

Front 70

The first commercial microcomputer was the MITS _______. It was sold in kit form for $ 395 for hobbyists.

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altair

Front 71

The first general-purpose microprocessor was the Intel ______.

Back 71

4004

Front 72

A systems _________ investigate the requirements of a business or organization, its employees, and its customers in order to plan and implement new or improved customer service.

Back 72

analyst

Front 73

A person who designs, codes, and tests computer programs is a _______.

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computer programmer

Front 74

A person who creates documentation for large programming projects is a technical ________.

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writer

Front 75

Careers in computer ________ focus on the design of the computer hardware.

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engineering

Front 76

A computer language that uses 0s and 1s for programming is called _________ language.

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machine

Front 77

The first electronic spreadsheet was _________.

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VisiCalc

Front 78

A database ______________ analyzes a company's data to determine the most effective way to collect and store it.

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administrator

Front 79

A ________ specialist/administrator plans,installs, and maintains one local area networks. Also provide network accounts and access rights to approved users.

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network

Front 80

A ____ designer creates, tests, posts, and modifies pages on a Website.

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web

Front 81

The type of manual calculator first used in ancient Rome, Greece, India, China, and Japan is called a/n ____.

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abacus

Front 82

The electronic device used to decode messages encrypted by the Germans was the ____.

Back 82

COLOSSUS

Front 83

The popularity of PCs was in large part brought about by the ____.

Back 83

Internet

Front 84

A set of testing conducted by a team of off-site testers is called ____.

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beta testing

Front 85

The ____ tier of the computer industry consists of large companies.

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first

Front 86

The ____ tier of the computer industry consists of companies falling below the cutoff for identifiable market share.

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second

Front 87

The ____ Act enhances the authority of Law enforcement agents to prevent various terrorist acts such as monitoring electronic communication without a warrant.

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USA Patriot

Front 88

The ____ Act makes it a criminal offense to knowingly access a computer without authorization.

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Computer Fraud and Abuse

Front 89

The ____ Act establishes an agency to monitor threats to the communication infrastructure.

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Homeland Security

Front 90

Software engineers tend to focus on ____.

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developing

Front 91

A ____ language uses command words and grammar based on human language.

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high-level

Front 92

A ____ language typically includes commands specific to a particular CPU or microprocessor family.

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low-level

Front 93

Assembly languages are considered ____-generation languages.

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second

Front 94

When high-level languages were originally conceived in the 1950s, they were dubbed ____-generation languages.

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third

Front 95

Languages which most closely resemble human languages are ____-generation languages.

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fourth

Front 96

A ____ error occurs when an instruction does not follow the grammar of the programming language.

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syntax

Front 97

A ____ error occurs when a program fails to perform as intended due to an error in the design of the program.

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logic

Front 98

Some ____ errors result from instructions the computer cannot execute.

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run-time

Front 99

During ____ execution, the first instruction in the program is executed first, followed by the second.

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sequential

Front 100

A ____ control structure tells a computer what to do based on whether a condition is true or false.

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selection

Front 101

The first widely used, standardized procedural computer language was ____.

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FORTRAN

Front 102

A form is used to ____.

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enter, edit, and view records in a database