CS 101 TEST 2 REVIEW

An IF function in Excel

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A. has 3 parts: less than, greater than and equal to

B.has 3 parts: condition, true and false

C.has 4 parts: conditions, A, B and C

D.has 2 parts: condition and test

A macro is

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1%

26%

0%

A.a small program attached to a document

B.a recording of actions that can be played back later

C.vulnerable to virus attacks

D.all of the above

A clustered column chart

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88%

A.has a bar for each value charted, with height of bar proportional to the value represented

B.represents the percentage of a whole that each value is

C.shows the relationship of one set of values to another set of values

A file that is JPEG format

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A.can represent 16 million colors

B.is good for charts and simple colors

C.can be compressed a lot

D.only works on PC machines

A CLI is

17%

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28%A.An interface where the user must remember

the commands and filenames, not friendly

B.An interface using a pointing device, icons, drop-down menus, a visual metaphor

C.A part of an OS which handles the memory in the computer

D.A kind of file format which allows for animation and simple colors

An operating system made by Bell Labs, open source, free, stable, is

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2%

52%

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19%A.Windows

B.Unix

C.Linux

D.iOS

E.Android

A lossless compression method would

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1%

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13%A.Be able to reproduce exactly the thing that was

compressed (when decompressed)

B.Be used by zipping programs

C.Be used by jpegs

D.Be used by mp3s

E.A and B

DRM

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12%

32%

31%A.Is considered anti-piracy

B.Is an obsolete protocol for email

C.Is used on most audio files these days

D.Can be used to record actions for later playback

Multitasking

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54%

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35%A.Requires more than one CPU

B.Can only handle 3 tasks at a time

C.Is a simulation (an illusion) if done on one CPU

D.Is not available yet, is still under research

A macro in Excel will always be in a sheet with

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5%

A.“macro” in the file name

B.an extension of xlsm

C.a chart

D.numbers

The GIF format

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10%

1%

1%

6%A.Is best used to display pictures with a limited

selection of colors and straight lines

B.Was created by IBM

C.Is a descendent of the PNG format

D.Can hold more than one frame, so there is a limited form of animation possible

E.A and D

An asynchronous communications channel would

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16%

9%

60%A.Not depend on sending and receiving

happening at the same time

B.Be faster than synchronous

C.Not be used these days, everything is synchronous

D.Be like a phone conversation

POP3 is

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17%A.A protocol for downloading files

B.A code used for characters in earlier times

C.A protocol for managing email transmission

D.A law governing the access allowed to data in a database

Encryption

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1%

0%

7%A.Helps you protect your privacy when sending

email

B.Can be used by most email clients

C.Is done using the PGP algorithm

D.All of the answers

Inserting a row or column into a spreadsheet

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9%

4%

A.has to be done one cell at a time

B.will change any formulas which exist in the sheet only if they use absolute references

C.will change a range in a formula if the insertion is inside the range or to the left of or above the formula with the range

D.is not allowed once data has been entered into the sheet