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CISC 310 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Data - ANSWERSsymbols that represent people, events, things, ideas Information - ANSWERSdata presented in format that humans use Lossless compression - ANSWERSno data loss Lossy Compression - ANSWERSthrow away some data during compression Digital Audio File Formats - ANSWERSAAC, MP3, Ogg, WAV, WMA Vector Graphics - ANSWERScan be resized better, less storage space, not as realistic, easier to edit Resolution - ANSWERSwidth x...

cisc final exam questions & answers 2024/2025 The two major types of system software programs are utility programs and the - ANSWERSoperating system The ___ of the operating system enables users to communicate with the computer system - ANSWERSuser interface OS X is the operating system developed by - ANSWERSapple All of the following are examples of network operating systems EXCEPT - ANSWERSMS-DOS UNIX was developed by Ken Thompson and Dennis Richie, who worked at - ANSWERSAT a...

CISC 120 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Which is NOT a technology that has been used to deliver assistance during times of crisis? a. Ushahidi b. QR codes c. Social networking d. e-mail - ANSWERSb. QR codes Cognitive surplus means that we now find many people with a. more money than free time. b. limited access to the Internet. c. excess time and free tools for collaboration. d. mobile devices. - ANSWERSc. excess time and free tools for collaboration. Collaborative c...

Cisc 115 prep final exam questions & answers 2024/2025 The computer can do such a wide variety of tasks because: - ANSWERSIt can be programmed Computer programming is: An art A science Both of the above neither of the above - ANSWERSBoth of the above Another term for programs is: - ANSWERSsoftware ________ refers to the physical components that a computer is made of. - ANSWERShardware The major components of a typical computer system consist of: - ANSWERSAll of these A p...

CISC 2820 final test questions & answers 2024/2025 1. Title III of the Wiretap Act allows state and federal law enforcement officials to use wiretapping without requiring them to obtain warrants. a.True b.False - ANSWERSANSWER: False 2. The Constitution does not contain the word privacy, but the Supreme Court has ruled that the concept of privacy is protected by the Bill of Rights. a.True b.False - ANSWERSANSWER: True 3. A vehicle event data recorder (EDR) is a device that records v...

CISC 372 Exam 1 Final Questions & Answers 2024/2025 How do we write parallel programs? - ANSWERS- move away from single-core systems to multi-core processes (core = central processing unit, CPU) - divide the work among the processes/threads -- try to balance the work so each process has roughly the same amount -- minimize required communication as this is usually a bottleneck & leads to issues - arrange for a way to synchronize the different processes during both execution & complet...

CISC 124 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 primitive type - ANSWERSA variable data type in which the variable's value is of the appropriate size and format for its type: a number, a character, or a boolean value. Char byte short int long float double boolean Variable decelerations - ANSWERSint number = 6 expressions - ANSWERSpieces of code that produce a value conditions - ANSWERStrue or fales loops - ANSWERSrunning the same sequence multiple times Type Cast...

CISC 110 Final Study Guide Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 all-in-one computer - ANSWERSA compact desktop computer with an integrated monitor. bioinformatics - ANSWERSA field of study in which information technology is applied to the field of biology. client - ANSWERSA personal computer that connects to a server. computer - ANSWERSA programmable machine that converts raw data into useful information. convergence - ANSWERSThe integration of technology on multifunction devices...

CISC 121 EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024/2025 What is a Python 3 program? - ANSWERSA Python 3 program is a file that only contains text that conforms to the syntax of the Python 3 programming language How is a Python 3 file created and edited? - ANSWERSUsing a text editor, which is distinct from - and usually far less complex than - a word processing program like word. It is most common to use a text editor that includes features friendly to Python programming. These features might includ...

CISC 200 EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024/2025 Affective Computing - ANSWERScomputing that relates to emotion or that deliberately tries to influence emotion Augmented Reality - ANSWERScombines our normal sense of the world around us with and overlay of digital information, all displayed on a screen Cognitive Surplus - ANSWERSthe combination of leisure time and the tools to be creative Collaborative Consumption - ANSWERSimplies that we are joining together as a group to use a specific...