PREASSESSMENT 120-1
    (An OPPORTUNITY to detect and correct things you don't understand!)
 Assessment 1 in COSC 120 will cover Learning Modules I and II.  The assessment will be derived directly from the following preassessment questions.  I will take 10 questions directly from the preassessment questions or proficiency evaluation questions and place them as questions 41 - 50 on Assessment 1.   Then I will rewrite questions 1 - 40; I may change some answers, but the correct answer to the question will remain, e.g. the correct answer to question 1 on Assessment 1 will be one of the four you see below.  So, you have the answers; you just don't know the questions.  (However, DO NOT assume that this will be "easy"; it will be a challenging learning exercise!)  In order to prepare for the Assessment, do the following (as we cover the relevant material....NOT the night before it is due!) and submit the Scantron with your answers on the date specified in the Class Schedule.  Don't turn in your PREASSESSMENT questions; keep them to study.)
  1. Answer the following questions on the Scantron Answer Sheet provided. Mark the most appropriate answer to the multiple-choice questions. (There may be more than one "correct" answer to the question!)
  2. LEARNING EXERCISES USING MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: Play "CYBER JEOPARDY " with the three incorrect answers for each question, i.e. think up a question to which each is the correct answer. This way you should have sufficient questions that require you to "think" and thus prepare yourself for the coming test! (Besides, you will be doing exactly what I will be doing when I create Assessment 1!)
  3. Note that the following questions are more difficult than typical "test questions". This is by design because this is NOT A TEST; it is an exercised designed TO PREPARE YOU FOR AN ASSESSMENT!  Because many of the multiple choice answers are (by design) similar to one another, selecting the correct answer requires that you know the DIFFERENCE between the four choices, i.e. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO KNOW THE DEFINITIONS of the words; you must UNDERSTAND what they represent. You probably will not be able to answer all (or even most!) of the following questions without rereading the text and my notes. Don't feel bad; that is the purpose of a "PREassessment! It is designed to help you GO BEYOND KNOWLEDGE to UNDERSTANDING!
  4. TPQ: Eliminate the "best answer" and see if other answers apply.
    LEARNING MODULE I (OVERVIEW OF CYBERSPACE PART)
  1. Computers "execute" precise instructions called: a) information b) programs c) data d) files
  2. Which of the following is performed by disk drives? a) input/output b) processing c) storage d) communications
  3. Use of secondary storage involves: a) remote I/O b) indirect I/O c) executable files d) data files
  4. The conversion,  by a computer, of keyboard characters to digital data (ASCII) is called: a) encoding b) decoding d) input d) output
  5. That part of the microprocessor that performs mathematical calculations is the: a) CPU  b) ALU  c) RAM  d) ROM  e)DVD
  6. One uses __________ software to access a program made available on a network. a) service b) client c) server d) client-server
  7. Which is the most different from the others? a) LAN b) MAN c) VAN d) WAN
  8. Dedicated communication lines are used in a : a) switched network b) nonswitched network c) online service d) distributed computer system
  9. The POTS is an example of: a) circuit switching b) message switching c) packet switching d) all of these
  10. Which of the following is most unlike the others? a) internet b) Internet  c) intranet d) extranet
  11. Which of these is not a protocol? a) TCP/IP b) ISP c) IMAP d) all are protocols
  12. An e-mail protocol of the Internet is: a) SLIP b) SMTP c) PPP d) ASP  e) all of these
  13. Web pages are "programmed" using: a) URL b) HTTP c) HTML d) VRML
  14. Which of the following facilitates interactive communication between Internet users? a) IRC b) POP c) FTP d) all of these
  15. Which of the following must be subscribed to? a) Chat b) Whiteboard c) Internet News d) Mailing lists.
  16. A standard for transmitting multimedia over digital lines using existing telephone networks is: a)EFT b) ISDN c) EDI d) GPS  e) USB
  17. Which of the following is public network that is no longer utilized?  a) Telnet b) UseNet c) botnet d) BITNET
  18. Of the following, which is a general name for all the others?  a) virus  b) worm  c) Trojan horse  d) spyware  e) malware
  19. Which of the following has nothing to do with the abuse of computer networks?  a) cookie  b) firewall  c) bomb  d) logic bomb  e) time bomb
  20. Of the following, which is a specific type of one of the other answers?  a) Phishing  b) spoofing  c) smurfing  d) denial of service attack  e) keylogger
LEARNING MODULE II (COMMUNICATIONS & NETWORKING)
  1. Which of the following contains all of the others? a) telecommunications b) data communications c) teleconferencing d) telecommuting
  2. Data communications are transmitted via a a) source b) noise c) channel d) code.
  3. In order to have full interactive communications, between computers, of text, graphics, video, and audio the data representing these must all be: a) digital b) analog c) bits d) bytes
  4. Which of the following is most susceptible to interference? a) AM b) PM c) CPM d) FM
  5. Television would be classified as what type of communications channel? a) simplex b) half-duplex c) full-duplex d) all of these
  6. Which of the following is ONLY associated with satellite communications? a) geosynchronous b) terrestrial c) wireless d) all of these
  7. Wireless communication is accomplished via ________ signal. a) an electronic b) an electromagnetic c) a carrier d) POTS
  8. In order to send data TO a satellite, one must establish an: a) downlink b) download c) uplink d) upload
  9. Which of these is an example of one of the other answers? a) serial b) parallel c) SCSI d) T3
  10. An internal _____ is part of the motherboard. a)bus b) port c) interface d) Mbone
  11. Which of the following is a measure of data transmission speed? a) bandwidth b) baseband c) broadband d) voiceband
  12. In general, which transmission technique communicates with the largest number of people? a) anycast  b) unicast  c) multicast  d) broadcast
  13. Which of the following is a switching technology? a) TDM b) FDM c) ATM  d) DSL
  14. Which of the following includes one of the others? a) concentrator b) multiplexer c) codec d) modem
  15. Which of the following is a type of one of the others? a) CATV b) twisted pair c) coaxial d) fiber optics.
  16. In order to make your keyboard behave like those of the computer you are accessing on a network, you must use __________ software. a) terminal. b) terminal emulation c) data-encryption d) frame relay
  17. The least sophisticated of the following is a: a) gateway b) repeater c) router d) bridge.
  18. Which of the following is, necessarily, a multiuser computer? a) host b) hub c) firewall d) switch.
  19. Another word for a hierarchical network is a __________ networks. a) star b) ring c) bus d) hybrid
  20. Which word doesn't belong, i.e. which is most unlike the others? a) polling b) node c) contention d) token

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    NOT USED:
    kilohertz;  kbps; bps; binary; FDDI; Frame relay; T1; backbone