Capstone Cns Study Guide

IT320

Individual Skills Assessment

TOPIC 1: Hardware

Learning Level 3

1. You are building a LAN in a company that develops insurance management software. What hardware requirements should be taken into consideration?

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2-4 GB Ram, Network Card, 1024 x 768 capable video resolution, intel USB chipset with at least 2 powered usb ports. Windows server 2003 or 2008

Learning Level 2

1. Describe how the memory manager divides up and allocates memory.

Memory manager- involves providing ways to allocate portions of memory to programs at their request, and freeing it for reuse when no longer needed.

The memory manager must allocate that block out of the larger blocks that have been received from the operating system.

Learning Level 1

1. Identify all of the different types of input ports commonly available on a modern computer.

Input devices or PS/2 connectors, which is a female connector

USB (Universal Serial Bus) connectors, for USB devices

Ethernet port, which is used to connect network cable

The 15 pin female connector is for connecting the monitor

The 9 pin male connector is for connecting the modem

The yellow female connector is a game port and is used to connect the joystick

The purple female connector is a parallel port for connecting a printer

The last three sockets are for connecting speakers, headphones and microphones

TOPIC 2: Programming

Learning Level 3

1. Explain the difference between passing a piece of data “by value” and passing a piece of data “by reference”

When data is passed "by value" to a function, a copy of the data is passed to the function. If the function modifies the specific value than the change will affects only the copy of the datum. When data is compared "by value", the two distinct pieces of data are represent exactly as the same value. When data is manipulated "by reference," there is only one copy of that value. If a value is manipulated "by reference," then variables do...