Computer Science 152 – Spring 2003

02/14/03 Midterm Exam #1 Test Form A

Name:

Instructions:

Answer ALL questions on the answer sheet provided.

Hand in TEST, and Answer Sheet, each with your name on it.

Remember to put the letter of your test form on your answer sheet.

Completion (3 points each)

1. On the WWW, some sites are designed in a way to attract people to start out at that site or spend a lot of time at the site. Such ________ sites offer a variety of services including some of: e-mail, search capability, links, and “content” – news, sports, financial results (stocks etc).

2. A(n) ________ is a series of instructions that tells the hardware of the computer what to do.

3. A(n) ________ is a special window that a program displays to communicate with a user – frequently to get the user’s choices on some questions, but sometimes to provide information that the user should see. Sometimes, the user must respond to this window before they can do anything else in the program they are working in.

4. In doing a search for information, ________ operators such as AND, OR, and NOT can be used to broaden or narrow searches in order to get more of fewer resulting citations.

True / False (2 points each)

5. As an international network, the Internet is regulated by NATO.

6. Desktop publishing software is an example of application software.

7. Newspapers are generally more credible sources than journals, because they are published by large media companies.

8. In Microsoft Windows, an advantage of using the Windows Explorer instead of “My Computer” to copy files is that you can easily see both the source location and target location at the same time.

Multiple Choice (3 points each)

9. The microprocessor is located in the:

A) hard disk

B) system unit

C) memory

D) monitor

E) keyboard

10. When you specify that you are interested in a topic, and an Internet organization delivers news/information related to that topic to you without you having to actively seek that information, that is an a instance of

A) information push

B) newsgroups

C) information pull

D) information filters

11. Wizards are __________.

A) answers to questions the people frequently ask about an application

B) the electronic equivalent of a user manual, usually integrated into an application software package

C) step-by-step instructions using real examples to show how to use an application

D) automated assistants that help complete a task by asking questions and performing actions based on the answers

12. If Xerox sells toner for its commercial copiers via its website to companies, this is an example of what?

A) B2C e-commerce

B) C2C e-commerce

C) B2B e-commerce

D) Illegal Collusion

E) None of the above

13. In Microsoft Windows Explorer, in the left panel, a + sign means

A) that the folder has files inside

B) that the folder is currently “write-protected”

C) that the folder has other folders inside it and they are not currently being shown in the folders panel

D) that the folder’s contents are currently being displayed in the right panel

E) none of the above

14. Accessibility features in Windows 2000 are designed for individuals who are impaired in what way?

A) mobility

B) hearing

C) vision

D) all of the above

E) none of the above

Short Answer (6 points each)

15. In the “Information Cycle”, how do ideas that scientists have researched become more widely known?

16. Briefly explain the differences between primary memory (such as RAM) and secondary memory (such as a hard disk).

17. What is a FAQ? And why is one useful?

18. What is context-sensitive help? And why is it valuable?

Computer Tasks (points as shown)

(15 points)

19. Do the following:

a) Create a folder called Midterm1 on your floppy disk.

b) Within that folder, create a folder named Clock

c) Find the folder named Clock within sampledir\examples, somewhere within c:\docs probably.

d) Copy the files ClockFrame.java and README.txt from the Clock folder to the Clock folder on your floppy disk. Be careful about which ClockFrame file you get, there are different extensions.

e) Rename the README.txt file “Important Info Please Read.txt”

f) Answer the following question on the answer sheet: “ When was the ClockFrame.java file last modified? “

g) Answer the following question on the answer sheet: “ How many files and folders, and how many bytes on disk for the whole examples folder? “

h) Make sure you turn in the floppy disk with your test.

(8 points)

20. Change the background for your desktop to have a picture of a winter scene (“Snow Trees”). Have one picture fill the whole screen, not just the center, and not repeated versions of the picture. Make sure you show me your environment before you log off.

(15 points)

21. Your topic is: Should restaurants be held accountable for obesity due to large servings and fatty food provided, much as tobacco companies were held liable for the dangers of tobacco?

http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/pressrelease.cfm?ID=542

(go to it). Evaluate its credibility, as discussed in the CARDS criteria.