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Jeopardy
K201 – The Computer In Business
Exam Review 2
Manjit Trehan
The System
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Input And
Output
Secondary
Storage
Comm. And Privacy And
Networks
Security
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Databases
The System Unit
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 These are three Character Encoding Schemes.
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 What are ASCII, EBCDIC, and Unicode?
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The System Unit
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 This number representation system uses only two digits.
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 What is Binary System?
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The System Unit
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 This part of the CPU performs operations like ADD,
MULTIPLY, COMPARE.
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 What is ALU (Arithmetic-Logic Unit)?
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The System Unit
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 Memory used to improve processing by acting as a
temporary high-speed holding area.
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 What is Cache?
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The System Unit
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 This processor is designed to handle the requirements
related to 3-D images.
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 What is a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) or a Graphics
Coprocessor?
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The System Unit
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 These link the CPU to various other components on the
system board.
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 What are bus lines?
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Input And Output
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 This is the most frequently used output device.
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 What is a monitor?
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Input And Output
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 Property that indicates the number of pixel columns and
the number of pixel rows that a display device has.
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 What is resolution?
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Input And Output
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 This is the distance between pixels on a display device.
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 What is dot pitch?
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Input And Output
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 This type of a monitor activates each pixel independently
without scanning down the screen.
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 What is an Active-matrix monitor?
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Input And Output
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 Printer resolution is not measured in total number of dots
on a page, instead we use this to measure this capability.
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 What is DPI (Dots Per Inch)?
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Input And Output
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 This type of a device combines the capabilities of a scanner,
printer, fax, and copy machine.
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 What is a Multifunctional device (MFD)?
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Secondary Storage
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 This is what happens when the read/write head of a harddisk makes contact with the disk’s surface.
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 What is a head-crash?
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Secondary Storage
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 An enhancement that improves hard-disk performance by
anticipating data needs.
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 What is Disk caching?
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Secondary Storage
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 Storage devices that have no moving parts and function
somewhat like memory are known as this.
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 What is Solid-state storage?
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Secondary Storage
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 In optical storage, a laser beam detects these flat and
bumpy areas on the storage medium.
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 What are lands and pits?
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Secondary Storage
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 This type of CDs can be erased and reused multiple times.
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 What are CD-RWs?
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Secondary Storage
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 These are virtual storage devices on the Web .
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 What are Internet Hard Drives?
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Communications And Networks
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 These cables consist of pairs of copper wires that are
twisted together.
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 What are Twisted-pair cables?
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Communications And Networks
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 The process of converting from digital to analog signal used
by a modem.
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 What is Modulation?
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Communications And Networks
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 A measurement of the width or capacity of a
communication channel.
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 What is Bandwidth?
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Communications And Networks
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 Also known as low bandwidth, it is used for standard
telephone communication.
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 What is Voiceband?
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Communications And Networks
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 For years, these special high speed lines have been leased
by large corporations for all digital communications.
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 What are T1 and T3?
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Communications And Networks
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 This is the standard protocol for the Internet.
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 What is TCP/IP?
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Privacy And Security
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 These are standards of moral conduct.
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 What are Ethics?
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Privacy And Security
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 Files deposited on your hard disk from websites for
monitoring web activities.
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 What are Cookies?
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Privacy And Security
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 Malicious programs that attach themselves to various
programs and databases.
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 What are Viruses?
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Privacy And Security
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 A malicious program that does not attach itself to programs,
but instead fills a computer system with self-replicating
information.
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 What is a Worm?
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Privacy And Security
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 This attempts to trick Internet users into thinking that a
fake but official looking site is legitimate.
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 What is Phishing?
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Privacy And Security
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 Using devices such as fingerprint and iris scanners for
verifying a user’s identity.
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 What is Biometric scanning?
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Databases
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 A collection of attributes such as name, and address that
describe an entity.
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 What is a Record
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Databases
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 A field that uniquely identifies records in a database table.
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 What is the Primary Key?
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Databases
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 Programming language used for maintaining and analyzing
data.
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 What is Structured Query Language (SQL)?
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Databases
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 This type of a database uses tables to store data with some
common information among tables.
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 What is Relational Database?
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Databases
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 Searching data warehouses to look for related information
and patterns.
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 What is Data mining?
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Databases
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 This type of database stores information in several locations
to make it accessible through the network.
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 What is a Distributed database?
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