COSC 111 Final Exam questions with
100% correct answers
Data - correct answer ✔✔Raw, unorganized data
Information - correct answer ✔✔organized facts
Output device - correct answer ✔✔hardware component that conveys info from a computer to
person/people
Memory - correct answer ✔✔Secondary storage. Electronic components that instructions waiting to be
executed and the date for the instructions
Storage memory - correct answer ✔✔where a computer stores info
Internet - correct answer ✔✔worldwide collection of computer networks that connects business,
government, education, and people
Web - correct answer ✔✔subset of internet containing documents/pages
Transition schemes - correct answer ✔✔way nodes connect to the internet
Types of wired internet - correct answer ✔✔DSL and FTTP
Hot spot - correct answer ✔✔wireless network that provides Internet connections to mobile computers
and devices
ISP - correct answer ✔✔a business that provides access to the Internet
, IP address - correct answer ✔✔sequence of numbers that uniquely identifies each computer or device
connected to the Internet
Domain name - correct answer ✔✔text-based name that corresponds to the IP address
FTP - correct answer ✔✔(File Transfer Protocol) Internet standard that permits file uploading and
downloading to and from other computers on the Internet
Kilo - Mega - Giga - Tera - correct answer ✔✔1,000 - 1,000,000 - 10^9 - 10^12
Virtualization - correct answer ✔✔sharing or pooling computing resources, such as servers and storage
devices
Mainframe - correct answer ✔✔large, expensive, powerful server that can handle hundreds or
thousands of connected users simultaneously
Embedded computer - correct answer ✔✔special-purpose computer that functions as a component in a
larger product
POCCD - correct answer ✔✔Plan, organize, coordinate, control, direct
Spyware - correct answer ✔✔program placed on a computer without the user's knowledge that secretly
collects info about the user and communicates it to outside source
Disk defragmenter - correct answer ✔✔is a tool that reorganizes the files and unused space on a
computer's hard disk so that the operating system accesses data more quickly and programs run faster
Types of digital security risks - correct answer ✔✔hacker, cracker, script kiddie, corporate spies,
cyberextortionist
Malware - correct answer ✔✔consists of programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately
alter the operations of computers and mobile devices
100% correct answers
Data - correct answer ✔✔Raw, unorganized data
Information - correct answer ✔✔organized facts
Output device - correct answer ✔✔hardware component that conveys info from a computer to
person/people
Memory - correct answer ✔✔Secondary storage. Electronic components that instructions waiting to be
executed and the date for the instructions
Storage memory - correct answer ✔✔where a computer stores info
Internet - correct answer ✔✔worldwide collection of computer networks that connects business,
government, education, and people
Web - correct answer ✔✔subset of internet containing documents/pages
Transition schemes - correct answer ✔✔way nodes connect to the internet
Types of wired internet - correct answer ✔✔DSL and FTTP
Hot spot - correct answer ✔✔wireless network that provides Internet connections to mobile computers
and devices
ISP - correct answer ✔✔a business that provides access to the Internet
, IP address - correct answer ✔✔sequence of numbers that uniquely identifies each computer or device
connected to the Internet
Domain name - correct answer ✔✔text-based name that corresponds to the IP address
FTP - correct answer ✔✔(File Transfer Protocol) Internet standard that permits file uploading and
downloading to and from other computers on the Internet
Kilo - Mega - Giga - Tera - correct answer ✔✔1,000 - 1,000,000 - 10^9 - 10^12
Virtualization - correct answer ✔✔sharing or pooling computing resources, such as servers and storage
devices
Mainframe - correct answer ✔✔large, expensive, powerful server that can handle hundreds or
thousands of connected users simultaneously
Embedded computer - correct answer ✔✔special-purpose computer that functions as a component in a
larger product
POCCD - correct answer ✔✔Plan, organize, coordinate, control, direct
Spyware - correct answer ✔✔program placed on a computer without the user's knowledge that secretly
collects info about the user and communicates it to outside source
Disk defragmenter - correct answer ✔✔is a tool that reorganizes the files and unused space on a
computer's hard disk so that the operating system accesses data more quickly and programs run faster
Types of digital security risks - correct answer ✔✔hacker, cracker, script kiddie, corporate spies,
cyberextortionist
Malware - correct answer ✔✔consists of programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately
alter the operations of computers and mobile devices
