Exam 1 Review 75 points total

1
Exam 1 Review - 75 points total

• 37 M/C questions _at_ 2 points each
• Chapter 1 (Why Study Computers) 4 questions
• Chapter 2 (Hardware Designed to Meet the
  Need) 18 questions
• Chapter 3 (Software Solutions for
  Personal and Professional Gain) 15 questions

2
What, Where, When How to Study !

• Study and write out the Key Terms which you
  think will be on the exam.
• The definitions are listed by chapter on the
  textbook website at http//www.course.com/downloa
  ds/succeeding/swt/
• Remember there are only 15 18 questions per
  chapter. Focus first on the terms which we
  discussed in class.
• Review Summary of the Learning Objectives and
  answer the Test Yourself questions - at the
  end of each chapter
• Take the Practice Test on the textbook website.

3
Chapter 1 Why Study Computers

• Characteristics of valuable information
• Components of an information system.
• Characteristics of the five components.

4
Chapter 2 Hardware Designed to Meet the Need

• The motherboard is a circuit board upon which the
  processing components are mounted and/or
  connected.
• Industry standards (chapter 2) versus programming
  standards (chapter 3)
• Computers are digital, and represent data in bit
  and bytes
• Kilo, Mega, Giga, and Tera bytes
• Computer Characteristics CPU, RAM, hard drive

5
Chapter 2 - continued

• The component of the CPU are
• Control Unit ,Arithmetic-Logic Unit, Registers
• Machine Instruction Cycle
• RAM, ROM, cashe, VRAM, BIOS, CMOS, and memory
  swapping memory
• Primary versus Secondary Storage
• System Bus, Expansion Slots and Expansion Cards
• Optical versus magnetic storage
• Monitors display a grid of dots

6
Chapter 3 - Software Solutions for Personal and
Professional Gain

• Two basic types of software
• System software
• Functions of the Operating System (MicroSoft XP)
• Graphical User Interface (Windows)
• Utility Programs (defrag, file compression, etc.)
• Application software, MS Office, HR, Acct.
• Programming languages
• What is the primary function of programming
  languages?
• Program code
• Syntax
• Standard

7
Chapter 3 - continued

• Programming Language Translators
• Language translator
• Source code versus Object code
• Interpreter versus Compiler
• Programming Languages
• Machine Language The First Generation (binary
  code)
• Assembly Language The Second Generation
• High-level Languages The Third Generation an
  above
• Fourth-Generation Languages Code generators/SQL
• Fifth-generation languages Languages beyond the
  fourth generation include object-oriented
  languages such as VB.Net, C, and Java

HighLevel
8
Chapter 3 - continued

• Firmware
• Vertical vs. horizontal-market software.
• Miscellaneous terms
• Open versus Proprietary
• Portability versus Interoperability