MCC - CIS105 - Study Guide for Test 1
Completion of the study guide is NOT required, so it will not be turned in or submitted electronically. However, completing the study guide will help students prepare for the exam. In addition, the completed study guide may be used on the actual exam, because exams are open book and notes. If you can't find the answer to any of the questions, please feel free to ask your classmates and/or instructor.
Chapter 1 - Overview
Computer Literacy
Information Technology (IT)
Information Literacy
Information Processing Cycle
Raw Data
Information
The various computer categories
Chapter 5 - Operating System
List examples of Operating System
Platform
System Software (Operating System) Roles
Utility Programs
Examples of Utility Programs
Device Drivers
Examples of Device Drivers
Kernel
List the steps of the Boot Process
User Interface
User Interfaces Options for Operating Systems
Features of a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
List the main management functions of an operating system
Multiprogramming
Timesharing
Multiprocessing
Network Operating System (NOS)
Chapter 4 - Application Software
Application Software
Downloading Software
Software Installation
Software Uninstall
Web-Based Software
Software Piracy
Freeware
Shareware
Public Domain
Open Source
Software Suites
OLE
Difference between object Linking and Embedding
Typeface
Font
Serif
San Serif
Proportionally spaced typefaces
Mono-spaced typefaces
Chapter 3 and 13 - Internet
Internet
ARPANET
Web Browsers
World Wide Web (WWW)
HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
TCP - creates the packets and reassembling
IP - handles the addressing
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
IP Address
Domain name
Plug-ins and Helpers
Search engine
Spiders
Internet directory
SPAM
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Homepage
Portal
Intranet
Extranet
Chapter 9 - System Hardware
Decimal System
Binary System
Hexadecimal System
Bit
Byte
How many bits can be stored in a byte?
How many bits are used by the ASCII code to represent a character?
How many bits are used by the Unicode to represent a character?
Why is the binary system used by computers?
motherboard
CPU
Control Unit
Arithmetic/Logic Unit
The machine cycle steps (note the order of the steps)
MHz
GHz
pipelining
parallel processing
RAM
Cache - Level 1 (L1)
Cache - Level 2 (L2)
Cache - Level 3 (L3)
The purpose of cache
The main difference between Level 1 and Level 2 or 3 cache
CMOS
ROM
Which memory types lose their content when power is lost
System Bus
Integrated ports
How many bits transferred through a serial port at one time?
How many bits transferred through a parallel port at one time?
USB 1.0
USB 2.0
Firewire
Expansion slots:
Examples of expansion cards that are connected to expansion slots
PCI
PCIe
AGP
Windows
Windows Taskbar
Window Sizing Buttons (Max, Min, Restore, Close)
Right-clicking (function of)
Context Menu
Filenames and extensions
Word
Word Wrap
Tab styles
Default Tab Settings
How are Drag & Drop and Cut & Paste similar?
How are they different from Copy & Paste?
Short-cut editing keys (CTRL + C, X, V, A, and S)
Differences between Save and Save As
Methods of selecting consecutive text
Methods of selecting NON-consecutive text
Text and paragraph alignment options
How to create bulleted lists
Revised: 08/20/2009 - www.mesa.edu/~marquez/cis105/study_guide01.html