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Final Exam Study Guide - Computer Concepts | CSCE 101, Exams of Computer Science

University of South Carolina (USC) - ColumbiaComputer Science

Material Type: Exam; Class: INTRO-COMPUTER CONCEPTS; Subject: Computer Science & Engineering; University: University of South Carolina - Columbia; Term: Spring 2008;

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CSCE 101 – Spring 2008
Final Exam Study Guide
Please refer to all material relevant to the topics below in your textbook, lecture slides, and notes. I have
supplied some sample questions for some of the topics. These questions in addition to questions on the
lecture slides and at the end of every chapter in your textbook are good examples of the questions you will
see on the test. If you do not have notes on some of the topics covered on the slides, please get notes from a
classmate or lookup the material on the Web.
Chapter 1 (only sections 1.4, 1.5)
Five Categories of computers and an example of what they are used for (pg 20–24)
How computers work (3 concepts) (pg 24-26)
Define hardware and software and be able to classify items as either hardware or software
Chapter 2 (only sections 2.2, 2.6)
Data transmission concepts (packet, bandwidth, upload/download)
Understand Client/Server roles
Understand what a protocol is
Spam, Snooping, Spoofing, Phishing, Pharming, Cookies and Spyware
Chapter 3 (only sections 3.1 – 3.3, 3.6)
Distinguish between application and system software
Components of system software: What are the four components of system software? (pg 119)
Operating Systems: What is an operating system? What are its principal functions? (pg 119-124)
Booting: Briefly describe the stages of booting. What is the difference between a warm and a cold
boot? (pp 120-121)
Kernel: What does the kernel do? (pg 121)
Types of Task Management: What is its purpose? Types of Task Management (pg 122-123)
Device Drivers: What are they and why are they important? (pg 124)
GUI & command-driven operating systems: What are the three main features? What are the
title bar, menu bar, toolbar, taskbar and window? (pg 130-132)
Hardware & software platforms (pg 135)
Types of software with respect to terms of use: commercial SW, freeware, shareware, public
domain SW, and abandonware. What are the differences between these? Are they all copyrighted?
Are there any special copyright considerations for abandonware? (pp 145-147)
Software licenses: What are the different types of software licenses? How do they differ from
each other? (pp 145-146)
Chapter 4 (The whole chapter)
Integrated circuits & microprocessors: What are they? (pg 191)
Binary encoding schemes: Only ASCII & Unicode (pg 197)
Multicore processors: What are they? What is their main benefit? (pg 205)
Chipset (pg 204)
Intel processors for Macs: How can Macs benefit from running on Intel processors? (pg 205)
The system clock: What is its purpose? (pg 206)
Processing speeds: What are the units used to express the processor speed of different categories
of computers? (pp 206-207)
Word size: What is the word size? Is it better to have a higher word size or a lower one? Explain.
(pg 208)
Components of the CPU (ALU, buses, control unit, registers): What is each component
responsible for? (pp 208-209)
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CSCE 101 – Spring 2008

Final Exam Study Guide

Please refer to all material relevant to the topics below in your textbook, lecture slides, and notes. I have supplied some sample questions for some of the topics. These questions in addition to questions on the lecture slides and at the end of every chapter in your textbook are good examples of the questions you will see on the test. If you do not have notes on some of the topics covered on the slides, please get notes from a classmate or lookup the material on the Web. Chapter 1 (only sections 1.4, 1.5)  Five Categories of computers and an example of what they are used for (pg 20–24)  How computers work (3 concepts) (pg 24-26)  Define hardware and software and be able to classify items as either hardware or software Chapter 2 (only sections 2.2, 2.6)  Data transmission concepts (packet, bandwidth, upload/download)  Understand Client/Server roles  Understand what a protocol is  Spam, Snooping, Spoofing, Phishing, Pharming, Cookies and Spyware Chapter 3 (only sections 3.1 – 3.3, 3.6)Distinguish between application and system softwareComponents of system software: What are the four components of system software? (pg 119)  Operating Systems: What is an operating system? What are its principal functions? (pg 119-124)  Booting: Briefly describe the stages of booting. What is the difference between a warm and a cold boot? (pp 120-121)  Kernel: What does the kernel do? (pg 121)  Types of Task Management: What is its purpose? Types of Task Management (pg 122-123)  Device Drivers: What are they and why are they important? (pg 124)  GUI & command-driven operating systems: What are the three main features? What are the title bar, menu bar, toolbar, taskbar and window? (pg 130-132)  Hardware & software platforms (pg 135)  Types of software with respect to terms of use: commercial SW, freeware, shareware, public domain SW, and abandonware. What are the differences between these? Are they all copyrighted? Are there any special copyright considerations for abandonware? (pp 145-147)  Software licenses: What are the different types of software licenses? How do they differ from each other? (pp 145-146) Chapter 4 (The whole chapter)Integrated circuits & microprocessors: What are they? (pg 191)  Binary encoding schemes: Only ASCII & Unicode (pg 197)  Multicore processors: What are they? What is their main benefit? (pg 205)  Chipset (pg 204)  Intel processors for Macs: How can Macs benefit from running on Intel processors? (pg 205)  The system clock: What is its purpose? (pg 206)  Processing speeds: What are the units used to express the processor speed of different categories of computers? (pp 206-207)  Word size: What is the word size? Is it better to have a higher word size or a lower one? Explain. (pg 208)  Components of the CPU (ALU, buses, control unit, registers): What is each component responsible for? (pp 208-209)

The machine cycle (fetch, decode, execute, store): What happens in each step? How long does each step take? (pg 208)  RAM, ROM, CMOS, cache: Is each memory volatile or non-volatile? For what is each often used? Is it better to have a larger amount of RAM and cache? Why or why not? (pp 210)  Virtual memory: What is the purpose of virtual memory? (pg 212)  Processing enhancement methods (pipelining, interleaving, bursting, hyperthreading): Briefly describe each. What is their main benefit? (pp 212-213)  Expansion slots and cards (pp 217, 219-220)  Hard disks, head crash: Is the technology used to store data on hard disks the same as that used for storing data on optical disks? Can data affected by a head crash be restored? (pp 222-223)  Optical disks: all topics discussed in lecture and noted on the slides, refer to textbook  High density disks (pp 236-237)  Practical Action boxes on pg 233 and pg 203 Chapter 5 (only sections 5.1 – 5.4)Input and Output: What is the difference between the two? (pg. 253) o Classify devices into input or output hardware  Terminals: What is the difference between dumb terminals, intelligent terminals and internet terminals? (pg. 256)  RFID: What are some applications of RFID technology? What are the security and privacy concerns of this technology? (pg. 276)  Biometrics: What is it and what are some applications of the technology?  Speech recognition: What is it and how does it work?  Screen clarity (dot pitch, resolution (dpi), color depth, and refresh rate): Is it better for each to be lower or higher? What does each measure?  Softcopy vs HardcopyErgonomics: What is it and why is it important? What are some medical conditions that can result from computer usage? (pg 289-291) Chapter 6The benefits of networks (pg 316)  Types of networks (pp 316-317)  Types of LANs: What are the major differences between P2P and client/server network models?  Components of networks: What basic elements are required to create a network? What does each component do? (pp 320-322)  Network topologies: What are the advantages and disadvantages of the bus, ring, and star network topologies? What is the graphical representation of each topology? (pp 322-324)  Twisted-pair wire, fiber optic cables, homePlug, homePNA, communication satellites, GPS, WiFi, and Bluetooth  What is each of the above and what are their advantages and disadvantages?  What is the name of the protocol used for WiFi communications? Chapter 8Basic Concepts: What is a database? What is a primary key? What are the benefits of database management systems? (pg 408-416)  Database Models: What are the different types of database models? How do they differ? (pg 416-

Data Mining: What is data mining? Why is it important? What are the steps involved in the data- mining process? Give examples of data mining applications. (pg 424-427)  E-Business & E-Commerce: What are the three types of e-commerce? (pg 429-431)  Information Systems: What are the different types of computer-based information systems? Explain each of them. (pg 435-439)  Artificial Intelligence: Explain each of the research areas in AI. Explain the three components of an expert system. What is the difference between weak AI and strong AI? What is the Turing Test? (pg 439-449)