NEW
Font size
WorksheetsCOS 101 FINAL MOCK 2025
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
In Lecture Note3, what is the volatility status of CMOS memory?
Volatile
Nonvolatile
Semipermanent
Temporary
According to Lecture Note3, which input device is listed alongside the touchpad under “Notebook pointing devices”?
Trackball
Stylus
Pointing stick
Joystick
According to Lecture Note3, where is the hard drive “most often” located?
On the motherboard
Outside the system cabinet
In the system cabinet
Inside the CPU
In Lecture Note3, what is another name for “liveware”?
Firmware
Middleware
Orgware
Wetware
In Lecture Note3, how is data represented on optical laser discs like CD-ROM?
Magnetic spots
Electric charges
Pits and lands
Binary grooves
According to Lecture Note3, which memory type includes “virtual memory” as a subtype?
ROM
Cache
RAM
CMOS
In Lecture Note3, what is the primary function of the ALU?
Decode instructions
Manage I/O signals
Perform arithmetic and logical operations
Store BIOS
According to Lecture Note3, what does CMOS stand for?
Central Memory Operating System
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
Computerized Module Output Standard
Cache Memory Optimization System
In Lecture Note3, what is the function of the bootstrap loader in ROM?
Load user apps
Format storage
Start computer operation at power-on
Initialize GPU
According to Lecture Note3, which is a “softcopy” output device?
Printer
Plotter
Monitor
Speaker
In Lecture Note2, what was the main internal memory technology in first-gen computers?
RAM chips
Magnetic drums
Core memory
Floppy disks
According to Lecture Note2, who invented the transistor?
Jack Kilby
Robert Noyce
William Shockley
John von Neumann
In Lecture Note2, when was UNIVAC delivered to the U.S. Census Bureau?
1946
1951
1959
1964
In Lecture Note2, what time unit describes third-gen processor speed?
Microsecond
Millisecond
Nanosecond
Picosecond
According to Lecture Note2, which language is *not* listed for second-gen computers?
FORTRAN
COBOL
BASIC
C
According to Lecture Note2, which OS is listed for fourth-gen computers?
UNIX
Windows 95
MS-DOS
Linux
In Lecture Note2, what defines fifth-gen computers?
VLSI
Transistors
ULSIC
AI
According to Lecture Note2, which input device is linked to fifth-gen computers?
Punch card
Light pen
Scanner
Joystick
In Lecture Note2, which computer is listed under third generation?
ENIAC
IBM-1600
IBM 360
Apple II
According to Lecture Note2, what was missing in first-gen OS?
No high-level languages
No compilers
No operating system
No storage
In Lecture 4, how is an algorithm defined?
A full program
Machine code
A group of steps with a particular function
A data structure
According to Lecture 4, which is *not* a listed characteristic of good software?
Portability
Maintainability
Scalability
Testability
In Lecture 4, which is *not* listed as a core OS component?
Kernel
User interface
Device driver
API
According to Lecture 4, what does a compiler do?
Converts line by line
Converts whole HLL program at once
Executes code directly
Links libraries only
In Lecture 4, which utility optimizes hard drive data arrangement?
Disk cleanup
Backup software
Disk defragmenter
File compressor
According to Lecture 4, what is “tailor-made software” also called?
Off-the-shelf
General-purpose
Customized
Shareware
In Lecture Note3, what is the main role of the Control Unit?
Do math
Store data
Coordinate all computer activities
Output video
According to Lecture Note3, which ROM stores the bootstrap loader?
PROM
EPROM
ROM
EEPROM
In Lecture Note2, which generation introduced “multi-programming”?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
According to Lecture Note2, when did keyboards/monitors first appear?
Second gen
Third gen
Fourth gen
Fifth gen
In Lecture 4, which translator works line by line?
Compiler
Assembler
Interpreter
Linker
According to Lecture Note3, what is ROM’s volatility status?
Volatile
Nonvolatile
Semipermanent
Temporary
In Lecture Note3, what describes floppy disks?
Rigid metal platters
Removable flexible plastic disks
Glass substrate
Solid-state chips
According to Lecture Note2, what was second-gen external storage?
Floppy disk
Magnetic tape and disk
CD-ROM
USB
In Lecture 4, which OS supports multiple users simultaneously?
Single-user
Real-time
Multi-user
Embedded
According to Lecture Note3, what is cache memory used for?
Archiving
Fast access to frequent instructions
BIOS storage
Backup
In Lecture Note2, which generation used “microsecond” speeds?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
According to Lecture 4, which software “runs in the background” and is “essential”?
Application
Utility
System
Programming
In Lecture Note3, which is a “hard copy” output device?
Monitor
Speaker
Projector
Printer
According to Lecture Note2, what distinguishes fifth-gen computers?
GUI
AI
Microprocessors
Networking
