CSC1402 - Computing

Question 1

Command Line environment

Answer 1

A command line environment is a window in which the user can enter commands which tell the operating system to do something?

Question 2

Application

Answer 2

An application is a program which users can run on a computer by means of the operating system.

Question 3

Folders

Answer 3

Folders allow users to organise their files into groups, sub-groups, etc.

Question 4

HTML: Head Element

Answer 4

The head element contains information about the web page which is not directly visible when the page is viewed in a browser.

Question 5

Why do computers need to be shut down, rather than just turned off at the wall?

Answer 5

Because the operating system might need to copy some parts of files to disk, which have not yet been saved

Question 6

Operating System

Answer 6

An operating system is the software which manages all activity on the computer

Question 7

Why does my computer tell me that my 500 GByte disk has only 475 Gbytes of space for files?

Answer 7

The operating system needs to store quite a lot of information on the disk which it uses to manage the files.

Question 8

Backup

Answer 8

A backup is a copy of a file or collection of files to another place.

Question 9

What are the symptoms that your computer has a virus?

Answer 9

Any of the above, and possibly other behaviour which seems unusual and unaccountable.

Question 10

Headers and footers should be used in most documents because:

Answer 10

All of the above.

b. They create a context in which the meaning of the document is placed, making the document easier to digest.
c. The can be used to remind the reader repeatedly what the document is about, and why they are reading it.
d. They create a frame around the document.

Question 11

To modify a style you should:

Answer 11

Format some text the way you want it, then select update style to match selection by right-clicking on the style.

Question 12

To see the internal characters of your document which appear as white space you need to:

Answer 12

Click on the backward P in the main icon bar

Question 13

How can an MS Word document be set up to use different types of page numbers in different parts of the document.

Answer 13

Create a section break, then make the header or footer with the page number different from one section to the next.

Question 14

The key to professional word-processing is:

Answer 14

The use of styles.

Question 15

Flexible placement of images or text anywhere on a page:

Answer 15

is not normally desirable in word processing.

Question 16

Using an automatically generated table of contents is good because

Answer 16

All of the above.

It can be arranged to provide hyperlinks to the actual sections in your document

It saves the effort of typing in the text of the table of contents

It stays consistent with your actual document

Question 17

Turing is credited with

Answer 17

Introducing the first concepts of computer intelligence

b. All these answers are correct.
c. Identifying the essential features of a computer
d. Applying mechanical calculation to decryption of encrypted messages

Question 18

What is the stored program architecture

Answer 18

Stored program architecture means that the computer can run different programs depending on which program is stored in its memory.

Question 19

Charles Babbage’s contribution to computers was:

Answer 19

The design of a mechanical computer

Question 20

The Mouse was invented by:

Answer 20

Douglas Englebart of Xerox corporation

Question 21

Steve Wozniak was

Answer 21

Steve Wozniak was the other Steve who started Apple. (with Steve Jobs)

Question 22

The original product of Microsoft was:

Answer 22

An interpreter for the Basic programming language

Question 23

What is Moore’s law?

Answer 23

Moore’s law is that the total number of transistors on an integrated circuit has, and will continue, to double every 18 months for a considerable period of time.

Question 24

The fundamental element from which electronic circuits are usually made is

Answer 24

a transistor

Question 25

The Internet started as:

Answer 25

A US Defence Dept funded research project called ARPANET, in the late 1970’s.

Question 26

How big are packets in the Internet?

Answer 26

Between 40 and 1500 bytes.

Question 27

Putting all data into packets in the Internet makes is important because:

Answer 27

Packets are suitable for all the different communication services that we want to use, and hence the Internet can provide a very wide range of services

Question 28

Webmail is:

Answer 28

A service where a server receives and sends email for you, allowing you to edit outgoing messages in a web browser, and display received messages in a web page

Question 29

The basic protocols of the Internet are:

Answer 29

Internet protocol (IP), Unreliable Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Question 30

The World Wide Web is:

Answer 30

A collection of servers which are accessible using the http protocol via the Internet

Question 31

In the context of the Internet, a protocol is:

Answer 31

A set of rules or patterns of communication which enable a pair of computers to complete a frequently needed task.

Question 32

Graphics & Multimedia

Answer 32

Types of images: Bitmapped & Vector

Question 33

<strong> </strong> = Bold
<em> </em> = Italics
<u> </u> = Underlined
<h1> </h1> = Heading
  = Centered

Answer 33

= Subscript
= Superscript

<ul> </ul>

surrounds a bullteted list

<ol> </ol>

surrounds a numbered list

<li> </li>

= each item of a numbered or bulleted list

Question 34

<br></br> = goes to the start of the next line

<p></p>

= Ends a paragraph and inserts a blank line

<hr></hr>

= puts a horzontal rule (line) in the text

Answer 34

Adding a link =
<a></a>

Adding an image =
<img></img>

Question 35

How to create a table

= adds a row
= contents of a single cell

Answer 35

comments = <!-- -->

Title and Meta Tags

Question 36

Hardware

Answer 36

Internal:
Processor (CPU) 
- perform calculations
- control info that travels within the computer
Memory (RAM)
Motherboard - connector to various components
Power supply
Fans
Interfaces

Question 37

Presentation Software

Answer 37

Allows you to place items freely wherever you like
Speaker notes
Handouts