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COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES


INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING (CS 110)

TEST 2 (SEPTEMBER, 2012)

INSTRUCTIONS

Answer all questions in the space provided. Total Mark is 100. Marks are indicated beside
each question. Time allowed is 2 Hours.

PERSONAL DETAILS

GROUP: _______ NAME: _______________________________________SID:___________

QUESTION ONE

a) List the three main components that make up a computer. [3]

b) State and briefly discuss the stages that make up the instruction cycle. [8]

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c) Explain the purpose of each of the following registers [3]
o Instruction Register

o Program Counter

o Memory Buffer Register

d) What are the three busses that make up the system bus?[3]

e) Explain how cache affects the performance of a computer. [3]

QUESTION TWO

a) Define software. [2]

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b) Using a diagram, illustrate the interaction between the users and computer hardware
showing different levels of the software hierarchy.[3]

c) Outline three basic functions of the operating system [3]

d) For each of the following, write the system utility responsible for the given task. [8]
o Divide a single drive into multiple logical drives___________________________
o Provides detailed information about the software installed on the computer and
the hardware attached to it____________________________________________
o Encrypt and decrypt files_____________________________________________
o Check the computer network and log events____________________________

e) Clearly distinguish between public domain software and open source software. [4]

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QUESTION THREE
a) In relation to networking, what do the following acronyms stand for? [3]
o DSL___________________________________________________________
o ISDN__________________________________________________________
o ISP____________________________________________________________
b) Give any three examples of commercial ISPs in Kitwe. [3]

c) Define e-commerce. [1]

d) In relation to emails, what is implied by CC? How does it differ from BCC? [3]

e) List any 6 categories of viruses [6]

f) Give 4 examples of antivirus software. [4]

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QUESTION FOUR

Imagine a reputable company has called you for interviews. You are taking the challenge. Your
Curriculum Vitae, so nicely polished, says that you are computer literate. The interviewers on the
other hand need proof. If the following questions are the ones that are going to prove that you
know just a lot about computer productivity tools, how would you answer them?

a) List any 2 email service providers other than yahoo and Gmail. [2]

b) What software application would you use to achieve each of the following? [4]
o Watch a movie on a computer (Other than windows media player)

o Edit an image

c) Other than Internet explorer and Google Chrome, give 2 alternative web browsers? [2]

d) If a computer literacy item in a vacancy requires 45WPM, what’s implied? [2]

e) What search engine would you use if google.com is down? [2]

f) What is the URL for CBU’s website?[2]

g) On a computer without Microsoft office, what would you use to type a letter? [2]

h) If an advert for a computer on sell reads “Pentium 4 inside”. What’s implied? [2]

i) What is Wikipedia? [2 ]

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QUESTION FIVE

Define the following terminologies as they relate to computing; [4 Marks each]

a) Plug and Play

b) Cyber Space

c) Telnet

d) Motherboard

e) Android

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