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1 Department of Computer Science CSc 1010: Test 3 Fall 2010 1. Chapters included are 7 & 8. 2. If you finish before the end of class, you may bring your test to the instructor at the front of the room. 3. There are a total of 50 multiple choice questions worth 2 points each. 4. Please record all your answers in the answer sheet provided. 5. Make sure your answer clearly indicates the result (versus your scratch work). Draw a box or a circle around your answers if needed. 6. If anything is ambiguous or unclear, ask the instructor. 7. Total time: 50 minutes. Print Name: ___________ ______________________________________________ Signed: _________________ ______________________________________________2 Multiple Choices (2 points each) Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. A (n) ____ is a narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk. a. sector c. component b. track d. cluster 2. With ____ recording, hard disks align the magnetic particles vertically, making much greater storage capacities possible. a. longitudinal c. horizontal b. perpendicular d. vertical 3. A typical hard disk has multiple ____ stacked on top of one another each of them attached to a central rotating axis. a. clusters c. tracks b. platters d. cache 4. A ____ occurs when a read/write head touches the surface of a hard disk platter, usually resulting in a loss of data and sometimes loss of the entire drive. a. disk crash c. drive crash b. head crash d. data crash 5. All of the following are characteristics of hard disks, except ____. a. write-protect notch c. sectors and tracks b. transfer rate d. capacity 6. A (n) ____ system is a set of programs containing instructions that coordinate all the activities among computer hardware resources and provide platform for software to run. a. operating c. management b. disk-based d. platform 7. Device ____ is a small program that helps the operating system to communicate with a specific device. a. driver c. utility b. monitor d. OS 8. A (n) ____ software allows a user to perform maintenance-type tasks, usually related to managing a computer, its devices, or its programs. Examples are disk defragmenter, anti-virus etc. a. driver c. utility b. scanner d. communication 9. 1 GigaByte (GB) is equal to ______ Bytes. a. 1000 x 1000 x 1000 c. 1024 x 1024 b. 1024 x 1024 x 1024 d. 1000 x 1000 10. ______ is the process of transferring items (data/ instructions/ information) from memory to processor. a. reading c. processing b. writing d. storing3 11. ______ is the process of transferring items (data/ instructions/ information) from processor to memory. a. reading c. processing b. writing d. storing 12. ____ is a multipurpose operating system because you can install it as a server or as a stand-alone operating system. a. Windows Server 2008 c. Mac OS X b. Linux d. Windows XP 13. ____ a disk reorganizes the files so that they are stored in contiguous sectors and thus speeds up disk access. a. Formatting c. Backing up b. Defragmenting d. Compressing 14. The original computer bug in Mark II computer referred to a ________. a. memory fault c. dead moth b. virus d. severe error in one of its programs. 15. ____ is a program placed on a computer without the user’s knowledge or consent that secretly collects information about the user, often related to Web browsing habits. a. Spyware c. Spam b. Anti-virus d. A filter 16. All of the following are embedded operating system except ____. a. Windows CE c. Windows Mobile b. Palm OS and Symbian OS d. NetWare 17. A worm is a malicious software that ____. a. needs a host file and can replicate itself. c. does not need a host file and cannot replicate itself b. does not need a host file and can replicate itself d. need a host file and cannot replicate itself 18. If you are a software developer and you want to see how much memory your program occupies or what percentage of processor your program is occupying which utility would you use ? a. Diagnostic tools c. Disk defragmentation b. Virtual memory d. Performance monitor 19. Removal of temporary and unused data/instructions/information from memory is called _______ . a. garbage collection c. disk cleanup b. recycle bin d. swapping 20. A file ____ utility is a utility that shrinks the size of a file(s). a. encryption c. matrix b. compression d. conversion4 21. _____ means turning a computer on from a complete power off stage. a. Warm booting c. Hot plugging b. Cold booting d. Plug and play 22. Which of the following has the fastest transfer rate? a. Memory (Random Access Memory) c. CD-ROM b. Hard disk d. Tape drive 23. Search utilities typically use a(n) ____ to assist with locating files quickly. a. queue c. spool b. page d. index 24. When a disk-controller receives a request for fetching data where does it try to find it first ? a. Disk cache c. Read-write head b. Platters d. RAM 25. A(n) ____ disc is a type of storage media that consists of a flat, round, portable disc made of metal, plastic, and lacquer that is written and read by a laser. a. magnetic c. laser-ready b. solid-state d. optical 26. ______ is the core of an operating system. a. Kernel c. BIOS b. System file d. CMOS chip 27. All of the following may scratch or damage an optical disc except ____. a. holding a disk by its edges c. touching the underside of a disc b. stacking disks d. exposing disks to any type of contaminant 28. Manufacturers measure all optical disc drives relative to original CD-ROM drives. They use an X to denote the original transfer rate of ____ KBps. a. 16 c. 150 b. 50 d. 180 29. The process of writing on an optical disc is called ____. a. ripping c. lasering b. loading d. burning 30. All of the following use direct access (random access) except ____ which uses serial access to read or write data. a. CDs c. tape b. DVDs d. hard disks5 31. Two types of system software are ____. a. application software and utility programs c. operating systems and utility programs b. web browsers and application software d. operating systems and Web browsers 32. In most cases, the operating system is installed and resides on the computer's ______. a. CMOS c. RAM b. hard disk d. BIOS 33. Most memory holds data and instructions temporarily and thus is ____. a. volatile c. nonvolatile b. cloudy d. random


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