Study Guide

Introduction to Computer System

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1. List eight different things knowing computer systems may mean to you.

2. Knowing about ‘firewalls’ will help you to make a purchasing decision when you are deciding between a desktop and a laptop. True or false?

3. Knowing how to create web pages is a part of this course. True or false?

4. What are computer based devices that replaced the old ‘cash registers’ called?

5. What technology can a pizza chain use to decide how a newly introduced topping affected their sales?

6. Simulators are used in exclusively in computer games industry. True or false?

7. Computer forensics is a branch computing used by criminal investigators. True or false?

8. D2L is a piece of computerized equipment used by instructors in the classroom instead of the old fashioned chalk board. True or false?

9. Nanotechnology has to do with small things or big things? How much is a nanosecond? How much is a nanometer?

10. Verichip is a brand of video card chips. True or false?

11. What is the branch of computing that is concerned about producing machines that emulate or display human intelligence? What are those machines called?

12. What are computer risks that can affect ordinary individuals? Companies? Creators of music? A nation?

13. List four major functions a computer performs.

14. What is the relation between ‘data’ and ‘information’?

15. What is the language computers can understand and work with?

16. What is a ‘bit’?, a ‘byte’? what are kilobytes (KB), MB, GB,TB,PB?

17. What are four major hardware components of a computer?

18. Can you name two major platforms for popular desktops?

19. What is the function of the CPU?

20. What are two major types of software?

21. What is a computer called that is used by many, many users to do many things simultaneously?

22. What kind of computer is used to do complex numerical calculations fast?

23. Give a couple of examples of situations where...