CSC 152 Spring
2001 Midterm
#1 Key
Test Form A
- Microprocessor
- Window
- Boolean
- Toolbar
- TCP/IP
- Memory
- Database
- B
- C
- B
- System
Software runs the computer, applications software does a task that is
useful to somebody (in itself)
- In
moving, the file is no longer in the previous place. In copying it is in
both places, the new and the previous.
- WWW,
FTP (Gopher is correct too).
- Horizontal
portal is a general interest site, with articles on a variety of topics. A
vertical portal is a special interest site – with many articles on a
narrow range of topics.
- Most
of what you find via library searches is from a credible source – having
been edited (newspapers) or reviewed (journals and books).
- No
author identified (hence no credentials). (Dr. Atkins is NOT an author of
the site). Contact info is only of a commercial nature – ordering,
customer service. It is highly unlikely that these would yield somebody
who could comment with any knowledge. Page is likely biased – the page is
on a site of a company selling a product – nutritional supplements.
Clearly, it presents only one side of the issue. I do not know the
credibility/reputation of the company itself, but its obvious agenda of
selling products consistent with the diet affects its credibility on this
topic. Overall, this site does not seem to be very credible despite the
list of references. A controversial topic covered without any discussion
of the other side.
(BTW, I asked only for Credibility
in order to save you time on the test. Other criteria were ignored in grading
if supplied)
- Graded
individually, each article is different.
- Graded
Individually, files and folders must be correct.
- Mail
was received from everybody in attendance at the test.