CS101 - Living with Computers - Test 2 Study Guide
Study Material
Chapters 8-11 of Computer Confluence including labs
Test Format
25 Multiple Choice (2 pts each)
10 Matching (2 pts each)
Short Answer Questions
Specifically Study
| Uses of a database | Database anatomy |
| Database operations | DBMS (Types and features) |
| Computers and Privacy | Network Basics |
| Uses of Modems | |
| Telecommunication Trends | The Internet and its Applications |
| Designing Programs | Computer Languages |
| Systems Analysis and Systems Life Cycle |
Terminology
| database | DBMS | hierarchical vs. network vs. relational vs. object-oriented |
| fields, records, files | batch processing | centralized database |
| client-server | GIS | bit & byte |
| PIM | SQL | modem |
| LAN & WAN | ATM & EFT | bps |
| protocol | ||
| NIC | groupware | twisted pair, coaxial, fiber-optic |
| telnet | gopher | |
| www | ftp | HTML |
| URL | TCP/IP | netiquette |
| compiler | assembly language | 4GL |
| pseudocode | machine language | CASE |
| algorithm | program | OOP |
| logic error | software engineering | systems analyst |