N100 Midterm

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N100 Midterm

• Success depends upon previous preparation, and
  without such preparation there is sure to be
  failure.
• -Confucius

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When Where

• SL247
• 6pm
• October 18th

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Content

• All C.C. reading assignments
• Chapters O,1,8,2,3,4,5
• All in-class material
• Slides
• Discussions

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Format

• Closed Book
• Questions (via Oncourse)
• Multiple choice
• True False
• Matching
• Short answer - extra credit
• 50 questions (2 pts)
• Time 1 hour 15 minutes
• May bring calculator can not use Windows
  calculator

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Sample What to Study?

• Textbook material
• Terminology
• Cache
• Kernel
• Boot disk
• Basic concepts
• Pipelining
• Virus vs. Trojan
• System vs. Application software
• Acronyms
• EULA
• RAM
• GUI

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Useful tools

• Course Port
• http//login.course.com
• Directions inside cover

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Sample What to Study?

• In-class material
• Conversions
• Convert Binary to Hexadecimal - 11001
• History of computing
• What was special about Jacquards Loom?
• Enigma was used for what?
• Security
• WEP is a powerful encryption standard. T/F
• What is a honey pot?

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Sample Extra credit

• Which recent public company CEO resigned because
  of the illegal use of social engineering
  techniques to gather information about the
  companys Board Members?
• U571s mission was to capture What?

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Cheat Sheet

• You will be allowed to bring one 8X11 sheet of
  paper with handwritten notes.
• No copies!
• No typing!
• One sheet only!

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Questions?