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    PREASSESSMENT 120-3
    (An OPPORTUNITY to detect and correct things you don't understand!)
     Assessment 3 in COSC 120 will cover Learning Modules V, VI, and Labs 8-10.   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 V (FILE TYPES AND MULTIMEDIA)

  1. Which of these is a permanent storage medium?  a) secondary storage b) primary memory  c) files  d) programs
  2. Which of the following includes the others? a) hypermedia b) hyperlink c) multimedia d) hypertext
  3. Which of the following is a type of program file?  a) source code  b) executable  c) machine language  d) all of these
  4. A ______________ consists of records and fields. a) data file  b) database file  c) spreadsheet file  d) text file
  5. An HTML program is made up of: a) text b) links c) tags d) all of these
  6. A technique that allows real-time radio broadcasts over the Internet is: a) audio b) video c) streaming audio d) streaming video
  7. Which of the following is an example of one of the others? a) MIME b) MIDI c) ASCII d) SMTP
  8. Which of the following is truly platform independent? a) .htm b) .bin c) .exe a) .doc
  9. What extension is used on compressed files? a) .jpeg b) .mpeg c).txt d) .zip
  10. Which of the following is the most different from the others?  a) .au  b) .wav  c) .mid d) .gif
  11. Telnet is an example of a/an: a) plug-in b) Java Applet c) supporting application d) all of these
  12. Which of these is a numeric code? a) analog b) digital c) binary d) text
  13. Which of the following is an element of one of the others? a) bitmap b) vector c) pixel d) graphic
  14. A ___________ copies graphic images into bitmap files. a) drawing program  b) paint program  c) graphics tablet  d) scanner
  15. A disadvantage of plug-in technology is that they: a) are insecure b) are unstable c) require high bandwidth d) all of these
  16. A popular browser plugin for formatted text documents is:  a) Acrobat Reader b) Flash  c) Real Player  d) Shockwave  e) Quick Time


LEARNING MODULE VI (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES)

  1. Which one of these are written using one of the others? a) translators b) computer languages c) application programs d) none of these
  2. Computer programmers use programming languages to create: a) source code b) object code c) machine code d) all of these
  3. Professional software developers primarily use _____________ languages to develop applications a) low level b) high-level c) very high level d) all of these
  4. Which of these contains the others? a) computer language b) machine language c) assembly language d) none of these
  5. Which of the following is a protocol? a) CGI  b) Perl C) XML  d) SGML  e) VHLL
  6. Which of the following is not a "markup" language? a) HTML b) VRML c) DHTML d) SMIL
  7. _________ may be embedded directly within markup language code. a) style sheets  b) scripts  c) dynamic fonts  d) layering
  8. An HTML hyperlink can be linked to a location: a) in the same document b) in a different document c) on a different server d) all of these
  9. A category of a computer language is: a) tag b) OOP c) 3D d) NC
  10. In object oriented programming a ________ is defined, from which instances are created. a) object  b) attribute  c) method  d) class
  11. An advantage of the Java programming language is that it is: a) object oriented b) platform independent c) distributed d) all of these
  12. An example of a high-level language is: a) JavaScript  b) Java c) Visual Basic d) all of these
  13. The "middleware" that make Java a "write once, run anywhere" language is called: a) an applet b) an application c) bytecode d) none of these
  14. The abstract computer architecture modeled in the Java programming environment is the: a) JIT b) JavaOS c) JVM d) all of these


FROM THE LABS 8 AND 9

  1. (Lab 8) news.umd.edu is a: a) newsgroup b) news reader  c) news server  d) none of these
  2. (Lab 8)  _______ does not require an Internet connection? a) file:/// b) mailto: c) news: d) all do
  3. (Lab 8) Which of the following is a means of searching one of the others? a) Google Groups b) Usenet c) Messenger d) none of these
  4. (Lab 8) Which one of these can result from a breach of one of the others? a) netiquette b) cybermanners c) flaming d) FAQ
  5. (Lab 8) Which of the following is an example of one of the others? a) mailing lists b) List of Lists c) Digital Despatch d) none of these
  6. (Lab 8) Which of the following is not associated with mailing lists? a) mail exploder  b) reflector  c) moderated  d) all are
  7. (Lab 9) Which of the following is an example of one of the others?  a) domain name  b) edu  c) www  d) umd
  8. (Lab 9) Which of the following is a domain name of the World Wide Web? a) com  b) org  c) gov  d) all are
  9. (Lab 9) Which of the following is NOT a general purpose search tool a) HotBot b)  b) Excite c) Google d) Google Groups e) all are
  10. (Project)  Which of these is not a Web page?  a) project.htm  b) public_html  c) index.htm  d) index.html