CS100 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
digital divide - ANSWER A worldwide gap giving advantage to those with access
to technology
Net Neutrality - ANSWER the principle that Internet service providers should
enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and
without favouring or blocking particular products or websites.
Cognitive Surplus - ANSWER combination of leisure time and the tools to be
creative
Web 2.0 - ANSWER a set of economic, social, and technology trends that
collectively form the basis for the next generation of the Internet
autonomy - ANSWER independence
mastery - ANSWER expertise
crowed funding - ANSWER Asking for small donations from a large number of
people
QR - Quick Response Codes - ANSWER let any piece of print link to online and
video content
Location Aware price comparison tools - ANSWER ShopSavvy and RedLaser -
scan the barcode of the item and compare prices at nearby stores
Crowed Sourcing - ANSWER The phenomenon of consumers checking in with
the voice of the crowd before making purchases
collaborative consumption - ANSWER joining together as a group to use a
specific product more efficiently
Access Versus Ownership - ANSWER subscriptions vs one-time purchases
Information Technology (IT) - ANSWER field of study focused on the
management and processing of information and the automatic retrieval of
information
,Big Data - ANSWER Very large data sets that are analyzed to reveal patterns,
trends, and associations.
Data Mining - ANSWER process by which great amounts of data are analyzed
and investigated
The Abacus - ANSWER a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by
manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
Z1 - ANSWER In 1939, Konrad Zuse created this programmable electronic
computer. Binary electrically driven mechanical calculator with limited
programmability
Atanasoff-Berry Computer - ANSWER Conducted digital calculations including
binary arithmetic and Boolean logic
colossus - ANSWER First programmable, electronic, digital computer.
Programmed with plugs and switches
Mark I - ANSWER This was the very first electronic computer. It was designed by
Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper. It could automatically solve differential
equations and prepare mathematical tables.
ENIAC - ANSWER Worlds first General Purpose Computer
UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer) - ANSWER the first general-purpose
commercial computer
Vacuum Tubes (1940's) - ANSWER They were electronic devices that controlled
the flow of electricity in and out of a computer. They looked like long light bulbs.
Transistor - ANSWER A small electronic device used in a circuit as an amplifier
or switch.
integrated circuit - ANSWER A group of tiny transistors and electric wires built
on a silicon wafer, or chip.
Microprocessor - ANSWER The central processing unit that is generally made
from a single integrated circuit.
Moore's Law - ANSWER the observation that computing power roughly doubles
every two years.
Four major functions of a computer - ANSWER input, process, output, storage
, Bits - ANSWER Binary digits; a set of individual binary digits, each of which is 1
or 0
Bytes - ANSWER used to measure the amount of information a device can store
binary number system - ANSWER A system with two numeric values of 0 and 1,
which are also referred to as off or on.
ASCII - ANSWER a code for representing English characters as numbers, with
each letter assigned a number from 0 to 127
Unicode - ANSWER A character code that enables most of the languages of the
world to be symbolized with a special character identification.
Byte - ANSWER 8 bits
Kilobyte (KB) - ANSWER 1000 bytes
Megabyte (MB) - ANSWER 1 million bytes
Gigabyte (GB) - ANSWER 1 billion bytes
Terabyte (TB) - ANSWER 1 trillion bytes
Pentabyte (PB) - ANSWER 1 quadrillion bytes
CPU (Central Processing Unit) - ANSWER The internal operating unit or "brain"
of a computer.
Instruction Set - ANSWER set of all operations that can be executed by a
processor
backward compatibility - ANSWER Allows newer processors to follow
instructions designed for an older processor
Computer clock speed is measured in - ANSWER units called gigahertz (GHz) -
billions of machine cycles per second
multicore processor - ANSWER Single chip that contains multiple CPUs or cores
which run simultaneously
Simultaneous Multithreading - ANSWER The process of a single core executing
several processes at the same time
single-core processor - ANSWER A CPU with one processor on the chip.
Correct Answers
digital divide - ANSWER A worldwide gap giving advantage to those with access
to technology
Net Neutrality - ANSWER the principle that Internet service providers should
enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and
without favouring or blocking particular products or websites.
Cognitive Surplus - ANSWER combination of leisure time and the tools to be
creative
Web 2.0 - ANSWER a set of economic, social, and technology trends that
collectively form the basis for the next generation of the Internet
autonomy - ANSWER independence
mastery - ANSWER expertise
crowed funding - ANSWER Asking for small donations from a large number of
people
QR - Quick Response Codes - ANSWER let any piece of print link to online and
video content
Location Aware price comparison tools - ANSWER ShopSavvy and RedLaser -
scan the barcode of the item and compare prices at nearby stores
Crowed Sourcing - ANSWER The phenomenon of consumers checking in with
the voice of the crowd before making purchases
collaborative consumption - ANSWER joining together as a group to use a
specific product more efficiently
Access Versus Ownership - ANSWER subscriptions vs one-time purchases
Information Technology (IT) - ANSWER field of study focused on the
management and processing of information and the automatic retrieval of
information
,Big Data - ANSWER Very large data sets that are analyzed to reveal patterns,
trends, and associations.
Data Mining - ANSWER process by which great amounts of data are analyzed
and investigated
The Abacus - ANSWER a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by
manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
Z1 - ANSWER In 1939, Konrad Zuse created this programmable electronic
computer. Binary electrically driven mechanical calculator with limited
programmability
Atanasoff-Berry Computer - ANSWER Conducted digital calculations including
binary arithmetic and Boolean logic
colossus - ANSWER First programmable, electronic, digital computer.
Programmed with plugs and switches
Mark I - ANSWER This was the very first electronic computer. It was designed by
Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper. It could automatically solve differential
equations and prepare mathematical tables.
ENIAC - ANSWER Worlds first General Purpose Computer
UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer) - ANSWER the first general-purpose
commercial computer
Vacuum Tubes (1940's) - ANSWER They were electronic devices that controlled
the flow of electricity in and out of a computer. They looked like long light bulbs.
Transistor - ANSWER A small electronic device used in a circuit as an amplifier
or switch.
integrated circuit - ANSWER A group of tiny transistors and electric wires built
on a silicon wafer, or chip.
Microprocessor - ANSWER The central processing unit that is generally made
from a single integrated circuit.
Moore's Law - ANSWER the observation that computing power roughly doubles
every two years.
Four major functions of a computer - ANSWER input, process, output, storage
, Bits - ANSWER Binary digits; a set of individual binary digits, each of which is 1
or 0
Bytes - ANSWER used to measure the amount of information a device can store
binary number system - ANSWER A system with two numeric values of 0 and 1,
which are also referred to as off or on.
ASCII - ANSWER a code for representing English characters as numbers, with
each letter assigned a number from 0 to 127
Unicode - ANSWER A character code that enables most of the languages of the
world to be symbolized with a special character identification.
Byte - ANSWER 8 bits
Kilobyte (KB) - ANSWER 1000 bytes
Megabyte (MB) - ANSWER 1 million bytes
Gigabyte (GB) - ANSWER 1 billion bytes
Terabyte (TB) - ANSWER 1 trillion bytes
Pentabyte (PB) - ANSWER 1 quadrillion bytes
CPU (Central Processing Unit) - ANSWER The internal operating unit or "brain"
of a computer.
Instruction Set - ANSWER set of all operations that can be executed by a
processor
backward compatibility - ANSWER Allows newer processors to follow
instructions designed for an older processor
Computer clock speed is measured in - ANSWER units called gigahertz (GHz) -
billions of machine cycles per second
multicore processor - ANSWER Single chip that contains multiple CPUs or cores
which run simultaneously
Simultaneous Multithreading - ANSWER The process of a single core executing
several processes at the same time
single-core processor - ANSWER A CPU with one processor on the chip.
