CMSC 131 Exemption Exams
What does CPU stand for? - answer Central Processing Unit
What is an I/O device - answer Input/Output - Mouse, Keyboard
What does IDE stand for? - answerIntegrated Development Environment
What does the acronym CVS stand for? - answer Concurrent Versioning System
Give some examples of hardware. - answer Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor, Printer, USB,
CD Drive, RAM, Hard Drive, Joystick, Scanner, DVD, CPU, Motherboard
Give some examples of software. - answerWindows, Android, Drivers, C, C++, Java,
Compiler, Applications
Is an operating system an example of hardware or software? - answerSoftware
What is virtual memory? - answerVirtual memory is a memory management capability of
an operating system (OS) that uses hardware and software to allow a computer to
compensate for physical memory shortages by temporarily transferring data from
random access memory (RAM) to disk storage
What is the difference between machine code and byte code? - answerthe machine
code is a set of instructions in machine language or binary that can be directly executed
by the CPU while the bytecode is an intermediate code generated from compiling a
source code which can be executed by a virtual machine.
What is a bit? - answer~Binary Digit
~the smallest amount of digital storage
~a bit is bistable ; it has a value of either zero or one.
How many bits in a byte? - answer8 bits in a byte
How many bytes in a kilobyte? - answer1000-1024
If you had a 4-bit unsigned number, what is the smallest and largest value it could be
used to represent? - answer0sub10 to 15sub10
Convert the base 10 number 78 into base 2 (binary). - answer1001110
Convert the binary (base 2) number 1011010 into base 10. - answer90
What does CPU stand for? - answer Central Processing Unit
What is an I/O device - answer Input/Output - Mouse, Keyboard
What does IDE stand for? - answerIntegrated Development Environment
What does the acronym CVS stand for? - answer Concurrent Versioning System
Give some examples of hardware. - answer Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor, Printer, USB,
CD Drive, RAM, Hard Drive, Joystick, Scanner, DVD, CPU, Motherboard
Give some examples of software. - answerWindows, Android, Drivers, C, C++, Java,
Compiler, Applications
Is an operating system an example of hardware or software? - answerSoftware
What is virtual memory? - answerVirtual memory is a memory management capability of
an operating system (OS) that uses hardware and software to allow a computer to
compensate for physical memory shortages by temporarily transferring data from
random access memory (RAM) to disk storage
What is the difference between machine code and byte code? - answerthe machine
code is a set of instructions in machine language or binary that can be directly executed
by the CPU while the bytecode is an intermediate code generated from compiling a
source code which can be executed by a virtual machine.
What is a bit? - answer~Binary Digit
~the smallest amount of digital storage
~a bit is bistable ; it has a value of either zero or one.
How many bits in a byte? - answer8 bits in a byte
How many bytes in a kilobyte? - answer1000-1024
If you had a 4-bit unsigned number, what is the smallest and largest value it could be
used to represent? - answer0sub10 to 15sub10
Convert the base 10 number 78 into base 2 (binary). - answer1001110
Convert the binary (base 2) number 1011010 into base 10. - answer90
