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1
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Which architecture had two data and program buses?

A

Harvard

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2
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T/F - Today modern computers follow the Modified Harvard Architecture

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True

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3
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According to the lecture, the order of the booting process is:

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Power button, POST, MBR, NTLD (Operating System)

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4
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Which cache’s sit on the CPU in modern computers?

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L1, L2, and L3

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5
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According to the lecture, what sort of computer uses a terminal? (Keyboard and monitor?)

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Mainframe

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6
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Which one of these components is not on the motherboard
Keyboard
Ram Slot
BIOS
Power Supply

A

Power Suppy

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7
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What is a core processor?

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A physical processing unit that runs independently inside of a CPU

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8
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According to the lecture, which of the following key is used to get to the Phoenix BIOS?

A

F10

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9
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T/F - Both Optical Drives and DVD/CDs are considered secondary storage

A

True

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10
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What are the three parts of the CPU?

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Arithmetic Logic Unit, Control, Store/Register

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11
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MBR Partition support up to____ TB or less

A

2

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12
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The first sector of a hard drive is

A

MBR (Master Boot Record)

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13
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T/F - These days some CPUs have up to 8 MB of Dynamic RAM

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False

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14
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T/F - Virtual memory enhances performance by providing greater memory capacity, without the expense of adding main memory. Instead, a portion of a disk drive serves as an extension of the main memory

A

True

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15
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What is a thread?

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The smallest instruction that a CPU executes

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16
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IDE hard drive has ___ pins and SATA hard drive has ___ pins

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IDE 40, Sata 7

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17
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T/F - PROM -Programmable Read Only Memory can be altered

A

False

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18
Q

To alter the programming on an erasable or electronically erasable PROM chip you expose the chip to

A

ultraviolet rays

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19
Q

a SCSI hard drive has __ to __ pins

A

50 to 68

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20
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What is it called when the hard drive head touches the platter?

A

Head crash

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21
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On a hard drive the tracks are the _______ and the cylinders are the _______

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concentric circles on the disk, the vertical platters from the side view

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22
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What is the seek time?

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The time it takes for the disk arm to move into position over the desired cylinder

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23
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What is the rotational delay?

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The time it takes for the desired sector to move into position under the head

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24
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What is Seektime + Rotational delay?

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Access time

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25
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How many pins does a IDE floppy drive have? (note - different from IDE drive)

A

34

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26
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T/F - A CD ROM has a spiral track as opposed to a hard drive which has a circular track

A

True

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27
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Which RAID number covers disk mirroring?

A

RAID 1

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28
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What is RAID 0? What is it called

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Disk Stripe set - Identical data in partitions, increases reading and writing performance.

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29
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What is RAID 5? What is it called?

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Stripe with parity. Requires 3 or more drives, writes data to each drive horizontally

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30
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T/F - Virtual memory is typically implemented using a hard drive; it extends the address space from RAM to the hard drive

A

True

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31
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What type of memory is used for your computer BIOS?

A

EEPROM

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32
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Emulation,.. - Name 2 more virtualization techniques.

A

Full-virtualization, Para-virtualization

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33
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Name 2 types of Hypervisor

A

Host, Bare Metal

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34
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Which type of hypervisor software is slower in performance?

A

Hosted VMM

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35
Q

NTFS stands for

A

New Technology File System

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36
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After partitioning the drive, you must ______ the drive

A

Format

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37
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In windows, physical disk numbers begin from _, _, _

A

0, 2, 3

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38
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Name the 3 Windows partitioning methods

A

MBR, GPT, Windows dynamic storage

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39
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The first physical sector of every hard drive contains the

A

MBR

40
Q

The MBR supports up to _ bootable partitions

A

4

41
Q

_ primary parition(s) can be active

A

1

42
Q

T/F - You can boot to an extended drive

A

False

43
Q

You can have _ extended partitions

A

1

44
Q

How many logical partitions can you have within an extended partition?

A

24

45
Q

What naming pattern do partitions follow on Windows? What comes first?

A

Letters of the alphabet. First is C

46
Q

What does “GUID” in the GUID Partition Table stand form?

A

Global unique identifier

47
Q

How many partitions can a GPT handle?

A

128

48
Q

What is the theoretical limit of space a GPT can handle?

A

9 Zettabytes

49
Q

Unlike MBR/Partition tables, the GPT uses

A

a GPT header

50
Q

Name the 2 main Disk partitioning software packages

A

DiskPart (Windows 2k an dup) and FDISK (Everything else)

51
Q

What is an operating system?

A

An operating system is a large program that manages hardware and software resources

52
Q

Java, .net, Aneroid —————— C, Shell, C++

Which set of languages is OS dependent? Which set is independent?

A

C, Shell, and C++ are dependent. Java, .net, and Aneroid are independent.

53
Q

When it comes to program execution, what is the order from hard drive to execution?

A

Hard drive>Ram>Processor>Ram>execution

54
Q

Machine language works with ___ and _____ numbers

A

Binary and hexadecimal

55
Q

What is this an example of?
MOV EAX,1 SHL EAX, 5 MOV ECX, 8 SUB EAX, EAX

A

Assembly language

56
Q

Every operating system has 3 parts, what are they?

A

Kernel, UI, API layer

57
Q

What does the Kernel do?

A

It manages memory, the processor, I/O, and File Management

58
Q

What does the API layer do?

A

It allows devices to talk to the OS

59
Q

What was the first operating system?

A

Unix

60
Q

What is a file system?

A

A system to organize and store data

61
Q

What does DLL stand for? What are they?

A

Dynamic Link Libraries. They’re system files, usually system commands like save file, etc.

62
Q

What is special about NTFS?

A

You can apply access permissions on the files

63
Q

For partitions, all of Windows supports ___, but not all of Windows supports ___

A

MBR, GPT

64
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You must have _ TB of space to have a GPT partition

A

2TB

65
Q

The file structure in windows is a ________

A

Hierarchy

66
Q

What are the illegal file name characters in Windows?

A

\/?:*><|

67
Q

What is the sector size of an NTFS file system?

A

4KB

68
Q

No clue what this means but remember NTFS and the number 11

A

NUMBER 11! NTFS!

69
Q

CTRL+ESC

A

Displays the start menu

70
Q

ALT+ESC

A

Cycles through items in the order that they have been opened

71
Q

ALT+ENTER

A

Open the properties for the selected object

72
Q

ALT+SPACE

A

Displays system menu for active window (Lets you minimize, maximize)

73
Q

Windows explorer shorcuts: F2, F3, F4

A

F2 - Rename object
F3 - Search
F4 - Display address bar list

74
Q

Windows explorer shortcuts: F6

A

F6 - Cycle through screen elements in a window (sort of like tab by itself)

75
Q

Windows explorer shortcuts: Shift+F10, Shift + delete

A

Shift + F10 - Display shortcut menu for selected item
Shift+Delete - Delete selection immediately, skipping recycle bin

76
Q

Which of the following attempts to capture personal data including
passwords, SIN numbers, and bank accounts through deception?

Worm
Trojan
Virus
Phishing

A

Phishing

77
Q

which key combination do you use to get into the Windows settings Screen?

A

Windows key + I

78
Q

Electronic Recycling is also known as

A

Urban mining

79
Q

How many tons of E-waste is produced each year?

A

50 million

80
Q

When was the WEEE (Waste electrical and Electronic Equipment) program established?

A

2009

81
Q

When electronics are not recycled they are shipped to which countries?
Options
Japan
China
Haiti
Honduras
Kenya
Ghana

A

China, Haiti, Ghana

82
Q

Prompt: Control of Trans-Boundary movements of hazardous wastes

A

Basel Convention

83
Q

When did Canada join the Basel Convention?

A

1989

84
Q

__ tons of earth must be removed to recover 1 troy ounce of gold

A

6

85
Q

Nigerian Widow Scam AKA

A

419 scam

86
Q

Parallel ports can send _ bits at a time, serial ports can send _ bits at a time

A

8 bits, 1 bit

87
Q

What is the key to access the BIOS/UEFI called?

A

Name key or Access key

88
Q

Explain what abstraction means in reference to computer science

A

Abstraction means the simplification of information from a larger dataset.

89
Q

“Full Speed Port”. What colour?

A

USB 1.1, White

90
Q

“SuperSpeed”, What colour?

A

USB 3.0, Blue

91
Q

“Hi-Speed port”, What colour?

A

USB 2.1, Black

92
Q

A Hypervisor is also known as a

A

Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)

93
Q

Full Virtualization Examples

A

IBMs VM family, VMWare Workstation

94
Q

in Full Virtualization the host OS _____ _______

A

Emulates hardware

95
Q

OS-Level virtualization Examples

A

FreeBSD Jails, Solaris, Virtuzzo

96
Q

OS-Level virtualization Examples

A

FreeBSD Jails, Solaris, Virtuzzo

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