Rob Filippi Final Exam Questions
Chapter 9
1. The program counter is a register in a computer that stores the address of the next instruction
to be executed.
2. A computer is a device that deterministically follows instructions to process information.
3. An Operating System is software that performs tasks for the computer.
4. T/F: Instruction Fetch is the first step in the Fetch/Execute Cycle. TRUE
5. T/F: Silicon is used as a semiconductor. TRUE
6. T/F: Canal is the physical medium over which signals are set. FALSE – CHANNEL
7. EX stands for:
a. Instruction Execution
b. Extreme
c. Ex-compute
d. Erase Xross
8. What determines the rate of the Fetch/Execute Cycle?
a. Cycle
b. Speed
c. Clock
d. Frequency
Chapter 11
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The sampling rate is the number of samples per second.
The term binary means having two related components
Latency is the time required to deliver or generate information.
T/F: The DAC creates an electrical wave by interpolation between the digital values. TRUE
T/F: In terms of file extensions, MPG stands for miles per gallon. FALSE
T/F: Frequency is the number of waves per second. TRUE
A representation in which numbers are used to give the length of consecutive sequences of 0s
and 1s:
a. Bit encoding
b. Run-length encoding
c. Fast encoding
d. Efficient coding
8. Which of the following is a valid binary number
a. 0010
b. 100L
c. C93H
d. 02001
Chapter 18, 19
1. In HTML a form is used to collect user input.
2. A memory address is a whole number that designates a specific location in a computer’s
memory.
3. In JavaScript (and other programming languages), modulus divides two integers and returns the
remainder.
4. T/F: Feedback on a GUI is an indication that the computer is working or has completed a
request. TRUE
5. T/F: JavaScipt has event-based programming – TRUE
6. T/F: Angle brackets are called place-brackets – FALSE meta-brackets.
7. An organizing mechanism for database entities
a. Divs
b. Headers
c. Tables
d. Branches
8. JavaScript is
a. A type of coffee
b. A product of Apple
c. A piece in a play
d. A programming language
Chapter 14, 15
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Inconsistency is the same information stored differently in rows or tables.
A database query is an operation that creates a database view.
A tuple is a set of values for the attributes of an entity; also called a row.
T/F: One-to-one is a relation where many rows of one table refer to one row of a second table.
– FALSE Many-to-one
T/F: In databases, a field is a property of an entity; also called an attribute. TRUE
T/F: A table with a name and column headings, but no rows is called a header table – FALSE
empty table.
A _________ database is when the tables are stored on the disk drive
a. Logical
b. Physical
c. Special
d. Spatial
In databases, inconsistent data is called:
a. Garbage
b. Loss data
c. Inverted data
d. Spaghetti
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Chapter 16, 17
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GUI stands for graphical user interface.
Identity theft is the crime of posing as someone else for fraudulent purposes.
Decrypt means to recover the original information from a digitally encrypted representation.
T/F: The candidate key is a relational database field that could potentially be chosen as the
table’s key. – TRUE
T/F: The twenty-seven-way cipher is a form of encryption that cannot easily be reversed. – False
the one-way cipher
T/F: Password a sequence of characters that one must input to gain access to a file, application,
or computer system. – TRUE
A correspondence between two tables of a database is called
a. A friendship
b. A pair
c. A relationship
d. A feud
Information stored on a Web client computer by an HTTP server computer is called
a. A cookie
b. A cake
c. A waffle
d. A cell