Final Interim Test Review

Final Interim Test Review

Mrs. Carter

To do for today...

• Discuss the schedule for the rest of the week.

• Discuss the Final Interim Benchmark Test Dates for 1st and 4th Blocks.

• 4th Block Final Interim Benchmark Test - Wednesday, Jan. 6, required that you attend the class connect session to complete the test.

• 1st Block Final Interim Benchmark Test - Thursday, Jan. 7, required that you attend the class connect session to complete the test.

• Review for the Final Interim Benchmark Test

Open Ended

Enter your first and last name.

Macs Are PCs! Can We Stop Pretending They Aren’t?

• There was a time when Macs and PCs were very different, but they’re now basically the same. Open a MacBook up and you’ll find the same hardware you’d find in a PC Ultrabook.

• Mac OS X is just another PC operating system alongside Windows and Linux.

Multiple Choice

Today's Apple Mac computers run with the same internal hardware as the Windows-based PC.

• True

• False

Microprocessor

The microprocessor is the central unit of a computer system that performs arithmetic and logic operations, which generally include adding, subtracting, transferring numbers from one area to another, and comparing two numbers. It's often known simply as a processor, a central processing unit, or as a logic chip. It's essentially the engine or the brain of the computer.

ENIAC (size)

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

ENIAC was enormous. It occupied the 50-by-30-foot (15-by-9-metre) basement of the Moore School, where its 40 panels were arranged, U-shaped, along three walls. Each panel was about 2 feet wide by 2 feet deep by 8 feet high

Multiple Choice

The key invention that enabled computers to go into every home and office is __________.

• the microprocessor

• Microsoft Windows

• the keyboard

• the Internet

confidentiality, integrity, and availability

In the information security (InfoSec) community, “CIA” has nothing to do with a certain well-recognized US intelligence agency. These three letters stand for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, otherwise known as the CIA triad.

Multiple Choice

In cybersecurity, what does CIA stand for?

• Cybersecurity, Internet, Accessibility

• Cybersecurity Investigation Agency

• Central Intelligence Agency

• Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

Privacy Policy

Under privacy law, a privacy policy is a statement or legal document that discloses some or all of the ways a party gathers, uses, discloses, and manages a customer's or client's data. Typically, companies share this customer/client data with their third-party business partners.

Multiple Choice

A privacy policy discloses:

• How a company uses your data

• How a company gathers your data

• How a company shares your data

• All of these

How to create a strong password

1. A long password is a strong password.

2. Special characters along with letters and numbers in your passwords is a really good way of making them extra secure.

3. Use a password manager to store, generate, and manage personal passwords. 

4. Choose a passphrase rather than a password.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are best practices for having a secure password?

• Creating a password that is long in length

• Creating a password that has a combination of letters, numbers, and special characters

• Using a password manager

• All of these

Multiple Choice

Everyone in the world has internet access.

• True

• False

STEM

STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach.

Multiple Choice

Which STEM field is the only one to have more annual jobs than graduates?

• Mathematics

• Computing

• Life Sciences

• Engineering

Industries that use computers

Computers are used throughout many businesses and industries. They are used to exchange information and to generate sales through websites and online products. They are used to better inform people and educate people about industry related topics.

Computers in Music

Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs.

Computers in Art

Artists and computer scientists began looking for new ways to create art with computers back in the 1950s and 1960s. They built computer-controlled robotic arms holding pencils or paint brushes.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following industries utilize computer science?

• Agriculture

• Government

• Music / Art / film

• Healthcare

• All of these

Digital Footprint

A digital footprint is a trail of data you create while using the Internet. It includes the websites you visit, emails you send, and information you submit to online services. 

Multiple Choice

A person’s digital footprint consists of the following:

• Comments you leave / pictures you post

• Topics you search / Apps you use

• Music you download

• Emails you send

• All of these

Byte

A byte is a data measurement unit that contains eight bits, or a series of eight zeros and ones. A single byte can be used to represent 2⁸ or 256 different values.

The byte was originally created to store a single character, since 256 values is sufficient to represent all lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols in western languages.

Multiple Choice

A byte contains 8 bits.

• True

• False

Portable Secondary Storage Devices

• USB Drive

• SD Card

• DVD

CPU

Stands for Central Processing Unit

Username

• a sequence of characters that identifies a user when logging onto a computer or website. — called also user ID.

• NOT and address of a computer network

Types of Hardware

• Wireless Network Router

• X-Box 360 game controller

• Flat panel monitor

• Keyboard

• Mouse

• Printer

• Scanner

Types of Operating Systems

• Snow Leopard (Mac)

• Linux

• Microsoft Windows

• iOS (iPhone)

• Android (phones)

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Web Browsers

• Internet Explorer

• Google Chrome

• Mozilla Firefox

• Apple Safari

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Crowdsourcing

• Combines the collective effort of many people to complete a task.

• One of the most famous examples of a company that utilizes crowdsourcing in this way is Waze. T- Get Report Maps by crowdsourcing travel-specific information into its product.

Disaster Recovery Plan

• A disaster recovery plan (DRP) is a documented, structured approach that describes how an organization can quickly resume work after an unplanned incident.

• Needed for computer operations. Think of your bank with the computer system down.

SPAM

• Unsolicited email, often used to advertise products and services.

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Poll

Do you think you are prepared for the Final Interim in Fundamentals of Computing?

• Yes

• No

Poll

How do you plan to prepare for the Final Interim for Fundamentals of Computing?

• Review the recording for this review Class Connect Session.

• Hope that I have learned everything by osmosis.

• Just wing it.

Review Session Posted

The recorded review session will be posted by the end of the day.

Rewatch the review to study for the upcoming Final Interim for Fundamentals of Computing.

Questions?

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