IS 201 CIS Fall 2002 Test One

os_interactions (3K)
  1. With reference to the above diagram, what is the role of the operating system kernel?





  2. With reference to the above diagram, what is the role of the hardware drivers?





  3. There is an error in the following HTML tag, what is the error?
    <img src="http://shark.comfsm.fm/~dleeling/pohnpei/020814shanhead.jpg alt="Mosquitoes!">



  4. Circle the following terms that are actual computer terms:
    1. Daughterboard
    2. Fatherboard
    3. Motherboard
    4. Motherinlawbored
    5. Sonboard
  5. Which of the following is a measure of CPU speed?
    1. 64 Megabytes
    2. 28 bits per second
    3. 350 MegaHertz
    4. 512 Kilobytes
    5. 64 bit bus
  6. What does ALU stand for in a CPU diagram?





  7. __________ How many bytes is 512 bits?

  8. __________ How many bytes are in a megabyte?

  9. _____________ Which runs faster, the central processing unit or the system bus that connects to RAM and the hard drive?
  10. What is vertical market software?





  11. What does the a in the HTML hyperlink tag stand for?



  12. What does the img in the HTML picture tag stand for?



  13. There is a set of aluminum spikes on the top of the CPU, what is their function?





  14. Why does the computer have a small round battery inside?



  15. In the following tag set, what is the anchor that the user sees on the source web page and can then click upon?
    <p><a href="http://www.drgreene.com/21_38.html"><img src="http://shark.comfsm.fm/~dleeling/pohnpei/020814shanhead.jpg" alt="Mosquitoes!"></a></p>