COSC 100 FINAL EXAM 2025

This type of malware collects information about the computer secretly - Correct Ans-spyware Computer forensics is trying to find data that people are trying to hide. - Correct Ans-TRUE A browser is used to view web pages. - Correct Ans-TRUE How does most of your information become public on the Internet? - Correct Ans-The information is freely given by filling in forms etc on the web L1 Cache is high speed memory that may be found on the CPU - Correct Ans-TRUE If the closing tag is /font what would the opening look like? - Correct Ans-font Google analytics can track the time a person stays on a page. - Correct Ans-TRUE A good web page has lots of annimation, such as horses continually galloping across a screen. - Correct Ans-FALSE If the opening is body what would the closing look like? - Correct Ans-/body A copyright lasts for 70 years. - Correct Ans-FALSE Strong AI is where computers can think as well as humans and may be estimated to be about 30 years away - Correct Ans-TRUE The location of the person requesting the webpage can be monitored on a large website. - Correct Ans-TRUE At least how many bits do we have to use in order to represent all of the symbols on an American Keyboard? - Correct Ans-7 The operating system communicates with the I/O devices via the device driver. - Correct Ans-TRUE 10011 in binary is _____ in base 10 - Correct Ans-19 Which of the following tools on the internet is not used by Evan in the story "It takes a village". - Correct Ans-Correct If you posted something that was not true about a friend on Facebook, which of the computer ethical 10 commandments might you break ? - Correct Ans-5 A text editor can be used to create a web page. - Correct Ans-TRUE Google analytics can be used to track ecommerce activities such as sales and performance. - Correct Ans-TRUE Bit is short for binary digit. - Correct Ans-TRUE Which of the following would search for the word "news" ONLY on the website? - Correct Ans-site: news Computers can only perform about 100 different instructions, such as ADD, MULT and DIV, etc. - Correct Ans-TRUE A new way of storing massive amounts of data is to store it using the 4 building blocks of - Correct Ans-DNA Google Analytics can collect what browser a person is using - but cannot collect the page the person came from to get there. - Correct Ans-FALSE The fines for downloading and sharing music can go as high as $22,500 for each song. - Correct Ans-TRUE An early computing machine was an abacus - where was it invented? - Correct Ans-China The number of times the outline is traced when printing a 3D object is called a - Correct Ans-shell Computers can directly translate high-level programming languages into binary machine language. - Correct Ans-FALSE ROM, cache and registers are all volatile. - Correct Ans-FALSE A typical computer screen has over 600 pixels per inch. - Correct Ans-FALSE To search for an exact set of words, use - Correct Ans-quotes " " Which of the following is not a factor to consider for a video card? - Correct Ans-None of the above The first step in forensically copying a hard drive is to boot the computer to see how big the hard drive is and how much data is on it. - Correct Ans-FALSE In the TED talk "Data is the new soil" means that data is dirty and is corrupting us. - Correct Ans-FALSE A bus moves data on the motherboard from ram to the CPU. - Correct Ans-TRUE Ubiquitous computing means - Correct Ans-Many computers for one person Digital information is represented as strings of bits. - Correct Ans-TRUE Which of the following is NOT on the motherboard of the computer? - Correct Ans-Flash Drive Edge servers and caching help people browsing websites to receive the information (web page) faster. - Correct Ans-TRUE EPIC is an organization that - Correct Ans-promotes online (electronic) privacy and civil liberties Which of the following is not a computer professional's obligation? - Correct Ans-None of the above Which of the following statements about spyware is not correct? - Correct Ans-None of the above. Which of the following are volatile? - Correct Ans-RAM All computer software has bugs. - Correct Ans-TRUE A packet can be lost before arriving at the destination. In this case, the recipient will request a resend. - Correct Ans-TRUE Computer forensics experts can pull data (that people try to hide) off computers, CD's, DVD's, iPods, phones, etc. - Correct Ans-TRUE In most cases, the more RAM and cache in a computer the faster the computer can process data. - Correct Ans-TRUE The university can guarantee the privacy of files, emails, or confidential information stored or transmitted on UT IT resources. - Correct Ans-FALSE Ten bits make 1 byte. - Correct Ans-FALSE A virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. - Correct Ans-TRUE Your email at the University of Tennessee is