CS101 - Living with Computers - Final Exam Study Guide
Study Material
Chapters 1-16 of Computer Confluence including labs
Test Format
50 Multiple Choice (2 pts each)
20 Matching (2 pts each)
Short Answer Questions
Specifically Study
| parts of a computer system | Computer Taxonomy |
| Network Revolution | Living with computers |
| Hardware Basics | CPU |
| computer memory | peripherals |
| types of input devices | types of output devices |
| types of storage devices | programming |
| operating systems | user interfaces |
| wordprocessing | desktop publishing |
| spreadsheets | statistical software |
| simulation | graphics |
| hypermedia | multimedia |
| 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 | |
| AI | Can machines think? |
| Types of AI | Natural Language comm. |
| Expert Systems | Computers in the Workplace |
| Robotics | Automation |
| Computers in Education | Computers in the Home |
| Computer Crime | Computer Security |
| Privacy Issues | Future of Computing |
Terminology and Concepts
| mainframe | minicomputer | microcomputer | supercomputer | |
| bit | byte | CPU | RISC | microprocessor |
| RAM | ROM | bus | port | |
| VDT | pixel | resolution | DAT | |
| GUI | algorithm | booting | bug | |
| OS | VR | menu | shareware | |
| wordprocessor | spreadsheet | CAD/CAM | CIM | |
| clip art | WYSIWYG | |||
| 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 | ||
| AI | expert system | heuristic | ||
| knowledge base | neural network | OCR | ||
| pattern recognition | syntax | semantics | ||
| Turing test | robot | automation | ||
| information system | MIS | DSS | ||
| groupware | paperless office | paradigm shift | ||
| telecommuting | CAI | authoring tool | ||
| courseware | distance education | smart card | ||
| access control software | backup | encryption | ||
| firewall | hacker | logic bomb | ||
| software piracy | Trojan horse | virus | ||
| worm | agent | bot | artificial life |