Wed, Oct 13, 2010
NAME:
___________________________________________
DO NOT put your student number on THIS page. Marks will be deducted if a student number is found here.
Lab Section you normally attend (it is okay to just put the day and time):
___________________________________CSC 105 Midterm 1
Wed, Oct 13, 2010
You are allowed 50 minutes
Name:_____________________________
Student Number:_______________________ S
Write your name and student number in the space provided above.
This is a closed book exam. No notes or written material of any kind are allowed.
No electronic devices are allowed for this exam without prior permission of the Instructor, except for a basic calculator.
This exam is divided into three sections:
Section 1 consists of 25 multiple choice questions worth 1 mark each for a total of 25 marks. Please mark your answers on the Mark Sense form provided.
Your total mark for Section 1 will appear on Connex
Section 2 consists of 5 questions worth 10 marks in total. Answer on the exam.
Section 3 consists of 1 question worth 10 marks in total. Answer on the exam.
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AT THE END OF THE EXAM TURN IN THE EXAM PAPER AND ANY SCRATCH PAPER YOU MIGHT HAVE USED.
Section 1 Mark for this section will only appear on Connex (25)
Section 2 (10)
Section 3 (10)
Total (45)
Section 1
25 Multiple Choice questions worth 1 mark each
1. Serial, parallel, and keyboard ports are also known as
a. SCSI ports.
b. FireWire ports.
c. Plug & Play ports.
d. Legacy ports.
e. Next-gen ports.
2. What happens when you boot up a PC?
a. Portions of the operating system are copied from disk into memory.
b. Portions of the operating system are copied from memory onto disk.
c. Portions of the operating system are compiled.
d. Portions of the operating system are emulated.
e. None of the above.
3. Which of the following is true about Unicode code?
a.