CIS Midterm

A collection of millions of web sites

World Wide Web

T/F - A desktop is a portable computing device featuring a touch-sensitive screen that can be used for input as well as for output.

False

T/F - Correctly installed antivirus software will prevent all intrusions

False

T/F - It is not possible to encrypt a windows hard drive volume

False

T/F - ROM is temporary and volatile, RAM is more permanent and non-volatile

False

T/F - Search history is the same as browser history

False

T/F - The web is synonymous with the internet

False

T/F - Your search history is the same as your browser history

False

A virus __________ usually arrives as an email message that contains warnings about a supposedly new virus. (signature, payload, hoax, dropper)

Hoax

Applications that run on smartphones and tablet computers

Mobile Software

T/F - A Solid State Drive can be used as a substitute for a hard drive disk

True

T/F - A copyright holder has complete control over how a work may be used

True

T/F - A hard disk drive is an example of magnetic storage

True

T/F - Any data entering digital a device could be malware

True

T/F - Crowdsourcing is based on contributions from groups of individuals, but it differs from collaborative work.

True

T/F - In a display device, response rate is the time it takes for one pixel to change from black to white then back to black.

True

T/F - In some academic settings, Wikipedia is not regarded as a reliable source of info

True

T/F - Lossy compression techniques discard some data from an image and shrink its file size

True

T/F - Most computer ads specify the speed of a microprocessor in gigahertz

True

T/F - Plain, unformatted text is sometimes called ASCII text

True

T/F - Processing is handled by a computers central processing unit (cpu)

True

Compressed files normally have a ______ at the end of the filename (.zip, .exe, .txt, none of the above)

.zip

Digital audio is stored in a variety of file formats, including ___________. (MP3, WAV, WMA, all of the above)

All of the above

Which is a component of a search engine? (Web Crawler, Indexer, Query Processor, all of the above)

All of the above

The best defense against malware is____________.

Antivirus Software

Commonly held expectations of privacy include which of the following? (Freedom from intrusive surveillance, the expectation that individuals can control their own personally identifiable information, both of the above, neither of the above)

Both of the above

Which of the following would be considered essential software for both laptop computers and a tablet computer? (Word processor, VoIP client, Office Suit, browser)

Browser

A group of eight bits

Byte

Which of the following is considered a form of spyware? (antivirus ware, keylogger, firewall, all of the above)

Keylogger

Applications that are installed on your computer's hard drive

Local Software

The first graphical web browser released in 1993

Mosaic

Which type of software must include the source code, which allows programmers to modify and improve the software? (Software, hardware, open source)

Open Source

Applications that are stored on and run from removable storage devices like CDs, DVDs, or Flash Drives

Portable Software

Which is considered to not be intellectual property (Trademark, Copyright, Patents, Public Domain)

Public Domain

Which of the following is the technique for improving the ranking and visibility of a Web site? (Search engine indexer, query processor, link popularity, search engine optimization)

Search engine optimization

Which of the following is a VoIP service? (Snapchat, Facetime, Google Talk, All of the above)

Snapchat, Facetime, Google Talk

_____________ are online services that facilitate communication and interaction among people who want to share information. (Email, Crowd Sourcing, Social Media, Geolocation)

Social Media

Another term for Short Message Service (SMS), messages of less than 160 characters sent via a cellular network

Text Message

A hypertext markup language (html) document

Web Page

A collection of related web pages connected by hyperlinks

Web Site

Applications that you can access over the internet

Web-Based Software