MISY160 Final Exam Practice – Flashcards
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Unix
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All of the following operating systems support P2P networking, EXCEPT ______
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HAN
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A ______ is a network located in your home that connects to all your digital devices
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Twisted-pair cable
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Normal telephone cable is a type of ______
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Piggybacking
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Using a network without the network owner's permission is known as ______
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Purchasing initial equipment for the network
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All of the following involve tasks for network administration, EXCEPT ______
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Packets
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Data are sent through a network on bundles called _____
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A time bomb
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Which type of virus was the famous Michelangelo virus?
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A DDoS attack
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______ floods a computer with requests until it shuts down and refuses to answer any requests for information
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People pretending to represent official organizations
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FBI-related scams involve _____
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Placing a found virus in a secure area on the hard drive
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With regard to computer protection, quarantining is defined as ________
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Cybercrime
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Which of the following is formally defined as any criminal action perpetrated primarily through the use of a computer?
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Theft of a cell phone
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All of the following are considered cybercrimes, EXCEPT _____
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Grayware
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Adware and spyware are referred to collectively as ______
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Time bomb
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A _____ is a virus that is triggered on a certain date
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Pharming
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When malicious code is planted on your computer and alters your browser's ability to find Web addresses it is known as _____
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Worm
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A _____ takes advantage of file transport methods to spread their own
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JavaScript
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_____ is a scripting language that's often used to add interactivity to Web pages
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Visual
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Some programmers include scroll bars, title bars, buttons, and menus in a program simply by adding them to a layout through a process called _____ programming
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Shipped with OS X
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Where will you find Xcode?
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Design
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During which phase of the system development life cycle are flowcharts and data-flow diagrams developed?
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Beta
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Before its final commercial release, software is often provided free or at a reduced costs in a _____ version to certain test sites or to interested users
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Compilation
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The process by which program code is converted into machine language is called ______
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Fourth
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SQL is an example of a ____-generation language
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Describing the problem
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Which of the following is the first stage of the program development life cycle (PDLC)?
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Tool that helps programmers write and test their programs
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An integrated development environment (IDE) is a _____
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Visual Basic
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_______ is a powerful programming language used to build a wide range of windows applications
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Normalization
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______ is the process of reducing data redundancy by recording data only once
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Unstructured
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Nontraditional data such as audio clips, video clips, pictures and very large documents are called _____ data
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Numeric
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In a database, _____ fields store numbers used to perform calculations
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Exporting
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______ involves putting data into an electronic file in a format that another application can understand
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Administrator
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An individual trained in the design and building of databases is called a database ______
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Data mine
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Which of the following is NOT a data source for a data warehouse?
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Primary key
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Each record must have a unique field called a _____ field
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Access
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Microsoft ____ is a database management system
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Real-time
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In a transaction-processing system (TPS), if the TPS database is queried and updated while the transaction is taking place, this is called _____ processing
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Consistency
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A _____ check compares the values of data in two or more fields to see whether those values are reasonable
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EMI
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Which of the following causes interference when a cable is exposed to strong electromagnetic fields?
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Ring
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If fair allocation of network access is a major requirement of the network, choose a _____ topology
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Network
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A _____ allows multiple users to connect to the Internet through one connection
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Protocol
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A _____ is a set of rules for how information and communication are exchanged
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Client/server
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______ networks contain servers as well as computers that individual users access and use
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Duplex
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For business networks, which of the following is NOT a main cable type?
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10
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P2P networks become difficult to manage when they are expanded beyond _____ users
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HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
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Which is NOT a networking protocol?
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Jam
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In a network that uses the star topology, the signal that is sent to indicate a signal collision is called a _____ signal
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Electromagnetic
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_______ interference is a type of signal interference in wired transmission media that can be caused by fluorescent lights or machinery with motors or transformers
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Control (Ctrl) key
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The _____ is used in combination with other keys to perform shortcuts and special tasks
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DVI
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The computer port that is used to connect televisions and DVD players is the ____
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Network Interface Card (NIC)
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A _____ enables your computer to connect to other computers or to the Internet
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Flexible
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_____ keyboards can be rolled up and put in your backpack
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Webcam
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A _____ sits on your computer monitor or is built into a laptop and is used primarily for transmitting live video
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RAM
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All of the following are examples of permanent storage, EXCEPT ______
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Port
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A ______ is where a peripheral device can attach to a computer so that data can be exchanged between it and the operating system
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Supercomputer
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A _______ is a specially designed computer that can perform complex calculations extremely fast
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URL
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The unique address for a particular Web site is the _____
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Dotted period
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The unique identification number assigned to your computer when you connect to the Internet is known by all of the following, EXCEPT ______
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Google Goggles
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A visual search engine that uses pictures from our smartphone to search the Web for more information is know as _____
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Buddy list
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You can keep track of IM contacts by using a _____
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Breadcrumb trail
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A list of pages within a Web site that you have visited an that usually appears at the top of a page is referred to as a ________
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Firefox
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The name of the free Internet browser from Mozilla is ____
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C2B
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All of the following are a type of e-commerce business, EXCEPT ______
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Really Simply Syndication
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Podcasts deliver their content using _____
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Client
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A computer connected to the Internet that asks for data is a _____
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Microsoft OneNote
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All of the following are examples of software suites, EXCEPT _____
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Word processing software
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The appropriate software to use for creating research papers is ______
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Image-editing
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Adobe Photoshop and Corel PaintShop Photo Pro are examples of ______ software
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is at column C, row 5 of the worksheet
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The cell address C5 indicates that the cell _____
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Custom
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A _____ software installation enables you to decide which features you want to install on the hard drive
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Productivity software
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All of the following are types of multimedia and entertainment software, EXCEPT _____
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EverQuest
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All of the following are examples of educational and reference software EXCEPT _____
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Wizard
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A _____ is a Microsoft Office feature that walks you through steps to complete a complicated task
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Tables, records, fields
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In databases, information is organized in _____
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Operating system
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The ______ is the group of programs that controls how your computer functions
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*
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All of the following can be used in a Windows file name, EXCEPT _____
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Google
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More than 50% of smartphones use an operating system developed by _____
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Device driver
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Each device attached to your computer comes with a special program called a _____ that facilitates communication between the device and the OS
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MS-DOS
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Which of the following was the first widely used operating system installed in personal computers?
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They require significant user interaction
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All of the following are true about real-time operating systems (RTOS), EXCEPT ______
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User interface
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The _____ of the operating system enables the user to communicate with the computer system
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One Laptop per Child
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XO is the name of the computer provided by the _____ initiative
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ExpressCard
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Laptops are often equipped with an ______ slot that allows you to read flash memory cards such as CompactFlash, memory sticks, and secure digital cards
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Volatile
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RAM is an example of _____
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A desktop computer is more expensive
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Which of the following is NOT a main characteristic associated with desktop computers as compared to notebooks?
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An accumulation of temporary Internet files has no effect on your computer's overall performance
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Which statement pertaining to system reliability is FALSE?
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Solid-state disc
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All of the following are examples of optical drives, EXCEPT _____
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Video card
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A _____ is an expansion card that's installed inside that system unit to translate data into images
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ShredIt X
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Which program provides a seven-layer overwrite for the Mac operating system?
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Run key utilities only when you can observe the process
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All of the following are procedures you can follow to ensure your system performs reliably, EXCEPT _____
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Client/server
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The majority of Internet communications follow the ____ model of network communications
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Commerce
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computers that typically use special security protocols to protect personal, sensitive buyer information are known as ____ servers
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Applet
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An _____ is a small program that resides on a server designed to be downloaded and urn on a client computer
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Proprietary
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Open system Internet protocols replaced _____ system Internet protocols
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Dynamic addressing is normally handled by DHCP
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Which of the following statements concerning IP addresses is TRUE?
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SMTP
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Which protocol is used to transmit e-mail over the Internet?
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The size (in bytes) of the packet
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Which of the following information is NOT contained in a packet?
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256
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Strong encryption now calls for ____-bit keys
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Analyzing the data or information
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?
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Motherboard
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The ____ contains the central electronic components of the computer
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Hard drive
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All of the following are names for a flash drive, EXCEPT ____
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Screen resolution
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The number of pixels displayed on the screen is known as _____
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Hardware
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Any part of the computer that you can touch is called _____
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Input
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A keyboard and mouse are examples of ____ devices
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Petabyte
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Which of the following is the largest unit of measure for the size of a computer file?
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Robert Kahn
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The "fathers" of the Internet are Vinton Cerf and _____
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A large network of networks
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The Internet is ____
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Web browser
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Software that enables you to display and interact with text and other media on the Web is a _____
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Webcasts
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_____ uses continuous audio and video feeds
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Picaso
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Google _____ is a popular application that lets you edit images and helps to organize and share your digital images
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Encoding CDs to MP3 format
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CD ripping refers to _____
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Formulas
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In a spreadsheet, equations you build yourself using values and cell references are called ____
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Chromebooks
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What is Google's first attempt at a netbook where all applications and files are stored on the Web?
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USB
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All of the following are terms related to part of the boot process, EXCEPT _____
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Virtual memory
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The process of optimizing RAM storage by borrowing hard drive space is called _____
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Linux
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Which of the following is an open source operating system for personal computers?
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SuperFetch
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Windows uses a memory-management technique known as ____ to monitor which applications you use the most and preloads them into your system memory
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Overclocking
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Running the CPU at faster speed than the manufacturer recommends is called _____
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Clear out unnecessary files
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Running the Disk Cleanup utility is a quick way to _____
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Mechanical hard drive
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The ____ has the largest capacity of any storage device
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Moore's Law
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The rule of thumb that predicts that CPU capacity will double every two years is called _____
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Hyperthreading
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_____ provides high-speed information processing by enabling a new set of instructions to start before the previous set is finished
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TCP/IP
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_____ is the main suite of protocols used on the Internet
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Static address
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An IP address that does not change and is usually assigned manually by a network administrator is called a ____
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A computer protocol
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A set of rules for exchanging electronic information is called ____
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IP
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An _____ address is a unique number that identifies a computer, server, or device connected to the Internet
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Internet Society
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The _____ provides leadership for the orderly growth and development of the Internet
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IPv6
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______ is an IP addressing scheme that uses 128-bit addressing
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