Midterm Exam MIS 202 Study Guide - R. D. Piccard

Examination Outline

The Midterm Examination will be structured with multiple-choice, short-essay, and matching sections. Given my experience with previous classes, I am confident that you will have plenty of time to think and plenty of time to write.

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Links to Introductory and Followup Pages

Bear in mind that these Web pages are not intended to constitute a balanced presentation on the topic. Rather, they are intended to fill in gaps that I expected (the introductions) or observed (the supplements) in the materials that you found and presented.

1. PC Introduction

   PC Supplement

   
   

2. Networking Introduction

   Networking Supplement

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Topics

The topics listed here are not necessarily a complete list.

Personal Computer Technology

• Personal computer hardware
• System Performance
• Personal computer operating systems
• Personal computer application software
• User support
• Computer purchase process




Telecommunications and Networking

• Local Area Network hardware
• Network (server and client) operating system software
• Wide Area Networks
• The Internet
• Intranets

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Terms and Acronyms

• application server
• bridge
• browser
• bus network
• CGI
• CISC
• coax
• crosstalk
• ethernet
• fiber
• file server
• FTP
• JAVA
• LocalTalk
• millisecond
• modem
• nanosecond
• NIC
• parallel port
• parity
• print server
• ring network
• RISC
• router
• serial port
• server (machine)
• server (software)
• SMP
• SVGA
• telnet
• twisted-pair
• VGA

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Definitions and Concepts

• A closed network, in which the connection runs from one machine to the next, and on to the next, and eventually from the last back to the first.

• A computer network designed to transfer programs from one computer to another for execution.

• A CPU design that provides machine language instructions for almost any task.

• A CPU design that provides a limited set of machine language instructions, but executes each of them very suddenly.

• A device connected between a computer's serial port and a telephone line to permit the exchange of data with a distant system.

• A device connected between a computer's internal bus and an external network.

• A display system providing 640 pixels horizontally by 480 pixels vertically.

• A display system providing at least 800 pixels horizontally by 600 vertically.

• A high-speed network connection that may use coaxial cable or twisted-pair wires to transmit information at a rate of up to 10,000,000 bits/sec.

• A medium-speed network connection that is used to connect Macintosh computers to each other and to printers, at a speed of up to 270,000 bits/sec.

• A physical connection for transferring data between a computer and an attached device that involves a single wire carrying information in each direction.

• A physical connection for transferring data between a computer and an attached device that involves multiple wires carrying information in each direction.

• A physical device that connects separate network segments, transferring all data packets from each one onto the other.

• A physical device that connects separate network segments, transferring data packets only to the segment that includes the machine they are addressed to.

• A reasonable unit for measuring the delay time to retrieve information from a hard disk.

• A reasonable unit for measuring the delay time to retrieve information from RAM.

• An agreed method for communicating between two computer systems for the purpose of transferring files from one to the other.

• An agreed method for communicating between two computer systems for a user of the "local" system to establish an interactive user session on the "remote" system.

• An open network in which the connection runs from one machine to the next, and on to the next, without connecting the first and last machines directly to each other.

• Client software for accessing information provided by servers, especially web.

• Data connection that uses glass or plastic to guide infrared or visible light waves carrying the signal.

• Interference that can occur during electronic data transfers if the circuits are not properly shielded.

• Wire for data transmission that uses two separately insulated conductors wrapped around a common axis.

• Wire for data transmission that uses a central conductor surrounded by a layer of insulation, an outer conductor, and a final layer of insulation.

Dick Piccard revised this file (http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~piccard/mis300/study1.htm) on October 6, 1998.

Please E-Mail comments or suggestions to "piccard@ohio.edu".