jeopardy k201 – the computer in business exam review 2 manjit trehan
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JeopardyK201 – The Computer In Business
Exam Review 2
Manjit Trehan
The System
Unit
Input And Output
Secondary Storage
Comm. And
Networks
Privacy And
Security
Databases
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These are three Character Encoding Schemes.
What are ASCII, EBCDIC, and Unicode?
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This number representation system uses only two digits.
What is Binary System?
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This part of the CPU performs operations like ADD, MULTIPLY, COMPARE.
What is ALU (Arithmetic-Logic Unit)?
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Memory used to improve processing by acting as a temporary high-speed holding area.
What is Cache?
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This processor is designed to handle the requirements related to 3-D images.
What is a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) or a Graphics Coprocessor?
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These link the CPU to various other components on the system board.
What are bus lines?
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This is the most frequently used output device.
What is a monitor?
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Property that indicates the number of pixel columns and the number of pixel rows that a display device has.
What is resolution?
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This is the distance between pixels on a display device.
What is dot pitch?
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This type of a monitor activates each pixel independently without scanning down the screen.
What is an Active-matrix monitor?
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Printer resolution is not measured in total number of dots on a page, instead we use this to measure this capability.
What is DPI (Dots Per Inch)?
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This type of a device combines the capabilities of a scanner, printer, fax, and copy machine.
What is a Multifunctional device (MFD)?
Secondary StorageAnswer:
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This is what happens when the read/write head of a hard-disk makes contact with the disk’s surface.
What is a head-crash?
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An enhancement that improves hard-disk performance by anticipating data needs.
What is Disk caching?
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Storage devices that have no moving parts and function somewhat like memory are known as this.
What is Solid-state storage?
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In optical storage, a laser beam detects these flat and bumpy areas on the storage medium.
What are lands and pits?
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This type of CDs can be erased and reused multiple times.
What are CD-RWs?
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These are virtual storage devices on the Web .
What are Internet Hard Drives?
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These cables consist of pairs of copper wires that are twisted together.
What are Twisted-pair cables?
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The process of converting from digital to analog signal used by a modem.
What is Modulation?
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A measurement of the width or capacity of a communication channel.
What is Bandwidth?
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Also known as low bandwidth, it is used for standard telephone communication.
What is Voiceband?
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For years, these special high speed lines have been leased by large corporations for all digital communications.
What are T1 and T3?
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This is the standard protocol for the Internet.
What is TCP/IP?
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These are standards of moral conduct.
What are Ethics?
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Files deposited on your hard disk from websites for monitoring web activities.
What are Cookies?
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Malicious programs that attach themselves to various programs and databases.
What are Viruses?
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A malicious program that does not attach itself to programs, but instead fills a computer system with self-replicating information.
What is a Worm?
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This attempts to trick Internet users into thinking that a fake but official looking site is legitimate.
What is Phishing?
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Using devices such as fingerprint and iris scanners for verifying a user’s identity.
What is Biometric scanning?
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A collection of attributes such as name, and address that describe an entity.
What is a Record
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A field that uniquely identifies records in a database table.
What is the Primary Key?
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Programming language used for maintaining and analyzing data.
What is Structured Query Language (SQL)?
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This type of a database uses tables to store data with some common information among tables.
What is Relational Database?
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Searching data warehouses to look for related information and patterns.
What is Data mining?
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This type of database stores information in several locations to make it accessible through the network.
What is a Distributed database?