A STATIC, HTML VERSION OF THE
COSC 120 PROFICIENCY EVALUATION
A "PUBLIC" FINAL (EXIT) EXAM
(ENTRANCE, PREREQUISITE EVALUATION FOR COSC 330)
(An Final OPPORTUNITY to detect and correct IMPORTANT CONCEPTS you don't fully understand!)

(This pure HTML version of the final Proficiency Evaluation is intended to copied and cloned.  You should actually "take" the interactive, Online version of this evaluation.)


One of the things that upsets me most about "Formal Education" is the fact that students are not allowed to see the mistakes they make on their exams (especially their final exams) much less have the opportunity to learn from those mistakes.  (Learning from mistakes is a central feature of my teaching philosophy).  As a alternative, I have devised a mechanism that allows me to give final exam feedback to students completing the course.  It is a "public final exam" represented by this Proficiency Evaluation.  This will evolve into the "best" final exam that I can write, i.e. I will place the best questions here rather than on the gradable final exam, because here they can help you learn, whereas on a gradable final, where secrecy and security are essential,  it can only "grade" your overall mastery of the course content.   Note that this evaluation, when combined with Proficiency Evaluations 1, 2, and 3, covers essential knowledge that passing COSC 330 requires, i.e. these four proficiency evaluations, when combined, are the best, comprehensive "final exam" I can write.  Therefore, at the end of the course, you can retake these evaluations over and over until you make 100% on all 200 questions (without guessing!).  Thus, everyone can be guaranteed (as far as examination make this possible) that they have mastered the fundamentals and are therefore proficient in the course content.

To consider yourself proficient in knowledge and understanding of Cyberspace concepts, you should be able to answer all of the questions on the four Proficiency Evaluations. However, to go beyond proficiency, you should also be familiar with all the other answers that are associated with Cyberspace and be able to recognize the few answers that have noting to do with the subject.

This pure HTML version is made available so that you can copy this and edit into any form of study aid you desire.  When you are ready to take this evaluation, access the interactive, Online version.)

  1. Multimedia like an audio recording or VHS video has an _________ format that must be converted in order to be processed by a computer. (a) analog b) digital  c) bits  d) binary
  2. In order to be processed by a computer, all data must be:   a) analog  b) digital c) dialog  d) bytes
  3. A measure of transmission capacity is:     a) megabytes  b) megahertz c) bandwidth  d) linewidth
  4. One uses __________ software to access a program made available on a network. a) client  b) server  c) application  d) integrated
  5. The Web page you are reading is stored on a:   a) client b) server c) client-server  d) service
  6. The networks in the FSU labs are example of:   a) LANs  b) MANs c) WANs d) VANs
  7. An international network, like the Internet, would be classified as a:  a) LAN b) MAN c) VAN d) WAN
  8. The flexibility and indestructibility of the Internet is because it is a:  a) switched network  b) nonswitched network c) virtual network d) none of these
  9. The Internet is based on:   a) circuit switching b) message switching c) packet switching  d) none of these
  10. Client and server programs are in:   a) MIME files b) FILEZ files  c) executable files d) data files
  11. Which of the following would be a network of networks?    a) Internet  b) Intranet c) MAN d) All of these
  12. Remote logon, on the Internet, is accomplished via:    a) Cornet  b) Intranet  c) Telnet  d) UseNet
  13. Internet newsgroups are organized as the:   a) Newsnet  b) Intranet c) Telnet d) UseNet
  14. The protocol suite of the Internet is:   a) TCP/IP  b) TCP  c) IP d) none of these
  15. The Internet protocol that facilitates the packaging of data packets is:  a) TCP/IP b) TCP c) IP d) none of these
  16. The Internet protocol that facilitates the routing of data packets is:   a) TCP/IP  b) TCP c) IP  d) none of these
  17. An e-mail protocol of the Internet is:   a) SLAP  b) SMTP  c) POP d) PAP
  18. The address of a Web page is specified, in text form, by its:   a) URL  b) HTTP  c) HTML  d) VRML
  19. The protocol of the World Wide Web is:   a) URL  b) HTTP  c) HTML d) VRML
  20. Web pages result from the execution of _______ programs.   a) Java  b) JavaScript  c) HTTP  d)  HTML
  21. Which of the following facilitates uploading and downloading files?   a) IRC  b) IRK c) FTP   d) FIP
  22. Mass distribution of e-mail to subscribers is accomplished by:   a) Newsgroups  b) Gopher  c) Internet News  d) Mailing lists
  23. A Web client is usually called a:    a) server  b) page c) browser d) none of these
  24. That part of the Internet that involves multimedia is:   a) Web  b) WAIS  c) UseNet  d) all of these
  25. Any HTML file accessible ONLY via the Internet is called a:   a) HTML page  b) Web page  c) home page  d) front page
  26. HTTP is an example of:    a) a service b) an application  c) a language  d) a protocol
  27. In order to access the Internet using the telephone network one must use a:  a) telephone  b) multiplexer c) codec d) modem
  28. A computer that connects an Ethernet network with the Internet is called a:    a) gateway  b) repeater  c) router. d) bridge.
  29. HTML documents are formatted using:   a) tags  b) marks  c) markers d) mark-up
  30. The "entry point" to a Web site is usually called its:  a) First page  b) Web page c) home page  d) pager
  31. The Web is best described as:   a) hypermedia  b) hyperlinks c) hypertext  d) hypertension
  32. The Netscape browser is:   a) Messenger c) Navigator  c) Internet Explorer d) Composer
  33. Microsoft's browser is:  a) Mosiac  b) Navigator c) Internet Explorer  d) Web Explorer
  34. A GIF file is an example of a ______ file type.   a) MIME  b) MINE  c) JPEG  d) MPEG
  35. The platform-independent very high-level programming language associated with the Web is:  a) JavaScript  b) Java  c) Visual Basic d) VBScript
  36. Computer programmers use programming languages to create: a) source code b) object code c) machine code d) all of these
  37. An advantage of the Java programming language is that it is: a) object oriented b) platform independent c) distributed d) all of these
  38. The generic MIME file format for video is:  a) MPEG  b) JPEG  c) MOV  d) MP3
  39. The beginning of an FTP URL is:   a) ftp:  b) ftp//  c) ftp://   d) ftp//:
  40. To access a newsgroup, via a browser, one begins a URL with:   a) news:   b) news://   c) newsgp: d) newsgp://
  41. To link to a graphic that is in the same folder, a URL must begin with:  a) file:///   b) file://  c) html:///  d)html://
  42. The new Web based e-mail server at FSU is:   a) www.fsu.umd.edu   b) goliath.frostburg.edu  c) www.fsu.umd.edu/mail  d) mail.frostburg.edu
  43. Web pages are "programmed" using:    a) URL b) HTTP c) HTML  d) VRML
  44. Wireless communication is accomplished via ________ signal.     a) an electronic  b) an electromagnetic c) a carrier  d) POTS
  45. The name of a computer that relates text-based Internet addresses with numeric IP addresses is:    a) AU b) WAVc) DNS d) URL
  46. In a URL the words between slashes, "/", specify the:   a) domain name  b) file directory  c) type of organization d) file name
  47. WS-FTP is a:    a) a protocol  b) a service c) an application d) all of these
  48. A ________ system implements the idea that "the network is the computer. "   a) multiplexing  b) multimedia c) distributed d) protocol
  49. An example of a high-level language is:   a) JavaScript  b) Java  c) Visual Basic  d) all of these
  50. Java programs that can be accessed directly from a Web site are called:   a) applets  b) pluglets c) plugins  d) applications