CS101 Paper

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Fall 2009
CS101- Introduction to Computing s2
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Human are better than computers at:
► Efficiency
► Accuracy
► Pattern recognition
► None of the given choices

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Cray-1 was first commercial _________ computer
► Super
► Mini
► Micro
► Personal

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
URL is a/an ________
► Device
► Component
► Address
► Tool

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Mainframe Computers are also called _____
► Enterprise Servers
► Personal Servers
► Enterprise Managers
► Window Servers

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is NOT a category of Mobile Computers?
► Laptop
► Palmtop
► Desktop
► Wearable

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Preliminary exploration of possible solutions, technologies, suppliers is called

► Viability
► Feasibility
► Specification
► Integration

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
__________ give us the ability to manipulate data through reference instead of actual value.

► Constants
► Variables
► Data Types
► Operators

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Consider the following statement written in JavaScript:
str = ”Hello” + ” World”

What will be the value of str ?
► HelloWorld
► Hello World

► Hello + World
► It will result in error

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A tool that helps you to find the synonyms is called ______________.

► Language
► Paragraph
► Thesaurus
► Symbol

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Communication protocol is a __________that governs the flow of information over a network
► Set of protocols
► Set of rules
► Device
► Set of methods

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
If a computer could pass the Turing test then it would be able to:
► think like human beings
► do the things faster
► win a million dollar prize
► store more information

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The first Web browser with a GUI was generally available in:
► 1992
► 1993
► 1994
► 1995

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Web is a unique invention by humans in terms that it is:
► accessible to only the owners who control it
► accessible from particular locations only
► accessible to all humans
► accessible to only the educational institutes

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In this URL http://www.msn.com , _____identifies the domain name
► http
► www
► msn
► com

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
______ is simply a fast port that lets you connect computer peripherals and consumer electronics to your computer without restart.
► Freeware
► Shareware
► Firewire
► Firmware

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is NOT supported by PC's power supply.
► -12 and +12 V DC
► -10 and +10 V DC
► -5 and + 5 V DC
► All are supported

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In which case Cache Memory is used
► To increase RAM speed
► To overcome BUS speed
► To overcome Speed rate between RAM and CPU
► To overcome CPU speed

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
To display a single line text area on the web page, we use ___ tag
► TEXT
► TEXTBOX
► INPUT
► INPUTBOX

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
If an algorithm is syntactically correct, but semantically incorrect then this situation is
► Very good situation
► Very dangerous situation
► Not very bad
► Neutral situation

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Users communicate with the computer using a consistent user interface provided by the OS.
► True
► False

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Application developers do not need to know much about the HW, especially the microProcessor, while they are developing their application.
► True
► False

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The first spread sheet program was invented by
► Charles Babbage
► Dan Bricklin
► Paul Graham
► John von Neumann

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which representation technique of algorithm is more suitable for developer to make actual code___________.


► pseudo code
► flow chart

► both pseudo code and flow chart

► Heuristics



Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
_____________ is used to terminate all JavaScript statements.
► Colon
► Semicolon
► Underscore
► Apostrophe

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In java script cookies can be created for future use_____.


► Easily

► No facility at all

► This is not possible without Java language.
► Cookies are files so java script can not handle it.

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
When the microprocessor desires to look at a piece of data, it checks in the __________ first.
► RAM
► ROM
► hard disk
► cache


Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 )
What is the basic difference between 'magnetic tapes' and 'floppy disks' ?


Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 )
What was the name of first microprocessor built by Intel ?




Question No: 29 ( Marks: 2 )
What was the name of first super computer. When it was introduced?

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 3 )
Write a short note on blue pacific Super Computer.

Question No: 31 ( Marks: 5 )
What are JavaScript literal and what are its types?


Question No: 32 ( Marks: 5 )
Can you say that URL and semantic web sites are same? Justify your answer by defining the both terms?