COSC Final Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which would not be used to create a LAN? - CORRECT ANSWER - Monitor
Which of the following can be most likely the difference between gamer and non-gamer's hard
drives? - CORRECT ANSWER - RADI0
Which of the following tools on the internet is not used by Evan in the story "It Takes A
Village?" - CORRECT ANSWER - www.myblog.com
How does most of your information become public on the internet? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Freely given by filling in forms etc. on the web
How many bits are used to represent sound in audio CDs? - CORRECT ANSWER - 16
Starting a computer and OS is called... - CORRECT ANSWER - Booting
Which of the following is NOT a method to hide data? - CORRECT ANSWER - Create a
hash for the file
Which of the following would search for the word "news", excluding the results from the
cnn.com website? - CORRECT ANSWER - news -site:cnn.com
To get pages that have just one of several words, include ___ between the words. - CORRECT
ANSWER - OR
Which of the following would search for the word "news" ONLY on the cnn.com website? -
CORRECT ANSWER - site:cnn.com news
,Which of the following is NOT optical? - CORRECT ANSWER - Hard disk
How long did it take for Evan to find Ivanna's phone? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10 days
65 in base 10 is ___ in binary. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1000001
HTML is made up of ___. - CORRECT ANSWER - Tags
In Shirky's book HERE COMES EVERYBODY the best choice for the main point of the story
is... - CORRECT ANSWER - The internet can be a powerful tool and aid in justice
When searching the web for words DOG and CAT, the AND requires... - CORRECT
ANSWER - BOTH words be on the page
Which of the following is not a computer professional's obligation? - CORRECT
ANSWER - None of the above
Which of the following is not part of the codes of conduct for computer professionals? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Professional attire
This type of malware collects information about the computer secretly. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Spyware
Running more than one task simultaneously in a single program is called... - CORRECT
ANSWER - Multithreading
In the computer, mathematical functions are done in the... - CORRECT ANSWER -
Arithmetic/Login Unit (ALU)
, Using TCP, information is sent in multiple ___ across internet connections. - CORRECT
ANSWER - IP Packets
Running one program at a time. - CORRECT ANSWER - Singletasking
Running more than one program at a time. - CORRECT ANSWER - Multitasking
___ has more than one CPU and runs more than one instruction at a time. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Multiprocessing
The usual configuration to create wifi home is to connect a ___ to the ISP's modem. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Router
Which of the following is NOT one of the possibilities that Prof. Kevin Warwick has shown in
the video? - CORRECT ANSWER - Eugenics
Which program might be best used to EDIT the file myfile.jpg? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Photoshop (image editing)
Which of the following are functions a computer can do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Input,
Loop
Which of the following includes both digital video connectors? - CORRECT ANSWER -
HDMI and DVI
If you posted something on facebook that was not true about a friend, which of the computer
ethical 10 commandments might you break? - CORRECT ANSWER -5
Which of the following types of caching is used especially when users from another continent try
to make a request to the web server? - CORRECT ANSWER - Edge
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which would not be used to create a LAN? - CORRECT ANSWER - Monitor
Which of the following can be most likely the difference between gamer and non-gamer's hard
drives? - CORRECT ANSWER - RADI0
Which of the following tools on the internet is not used by Evan in the story "It Takes A
Village?" - CORRECT ANSWER - www.myblog.com
How does most of your information become public on the internet? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Freely given by filling in forms etc. on the web
How many bits are used to represent sound in audio CDs? - CORRECT ANSWER - 16
Starting a computer and OS is called... - CORRECT ANSWER - Booting
Which of the following is NOT a method to hide data? - CORRECT ANSWER - Create a
hash for the file
Which of the following would search for the word "news", excluding the results from the
cnn.com website? - CORRECT ANSWER - news -site:cnn.com
To get pages that have just one of several words, include ___ between the words. - CORRECT
ANSWER - OR
Which of the following would search for the word "news" ONLY on the cnn.com website? -
CORRECT ANSWER - site:cnn.com news
,Which of the following is NOT optical? - CORRECT ANSWER - Hard disk
How long did it take for Evan to find Ivanna's phone? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10 days
65 in base 10 is ___ in binary. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1000001
HTML is made up of ___. - CORRECT ANSWER - Tags
In Shirky's book HERE COMES EVERYBODY the best choice for the main point of the story
is... - CORRECT ANSWER - The internet can be a powerful tool and aid in justice
When searching the web for words DOG and CAT, the AND requires... - CORRECT
ANSWER - BOTH words be on the page
Which of the following is not a computer professional's obligation? - CORRECT
ANSWER - None of the above
Which of the following is not part of the codes of conduct for computer professionals? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Professional attire
This type of malware collects information about the computer secretly. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Spyware
Running more than one task simultaneously in a single program is called... - CORRECT
ANSWER - Multithreading
In the computer, mathematical functions are done in the... - CORRECT ANSWER -
Arithmetic/Login Unit (ALU)
, Using TCP, information is sent in multiple ___ across internet connections. - CORRECT
ANSWER - IP Packets
Running one program at a time. - CORRECT ANSWER - Singletasking
Running more than one program at a time. - CORRECT ANSWER - Multitasking
___ has more than one CPU and runs more than one instruction at a time. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Multiprocessing
The usual configuration to create wifi home is to connect a ___ to the ISP's modem. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Router
Which of the following is NOT one of the possibilities that Prof. Kevin Warwick has shown in
the video? - CORRECT ANSWER - Eugenics
Which program might be best used to EDIT the file myfile.jpg? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Photoshop (image editing)
Which of the following are functions a computer can do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Input,
Loop
Which of the following includes both digital video connectors? - CORRECT ANSWER -
HDMI and DVI
If you posted something on facebook that was not true about a friend, which of the computer
ethical 10 commandments might you break? - CORRECT ANSWER -5
Which of the following types of caching is used especially when users from another continent try
to make a request to the web server? - CORRECT ANSWER - Edge
