CSE 180 Final Exam Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions 2025
Perfect reproduction is a property of: - ✔✔digital information
Perfect reproduction is capable only with digital information.
The primary reason for consistency across computer applications is that certain operations are
fundamental to processing information no matter what the application is. - ✔✔True
The mouse was invented by: - ✔✔Douglas Engelbart and others at Stanford Research Institute
To indicate that the computer is continuing to perform a time-consuming operation, the cursor is
replaced by an icon such as a(n) - ✔✔all of the above
Should be all of the above.
A good way to learn how to use a new application or piece of software is to - ✔✔click around
A good way to learn a new application or piece of software is just clicking around.
Which metaphor features file cabinets and wastebaskets as typical components? - ✔✔desktop
metaphor
Desktop metaphor features file cabinets and wastebaskets as typical components.
Look up the following file extensions and select the associated file type. - ✔✔xlsx - Excel 2007, 2010 &
2013 workbook file (for Excel 97-2003, the extension is .xls)
bmp - An uncompressed image file format used to store bitmap digital images, especially on Microsoft
Windows and OS/2 operating systems. Typically are much larger than compressed imaged file
, jpg - JPEG/JIFF Image (image file can be read by many applications: e.g. all drawing and photo editing
programs)
zip - A computer file whose contents of one or more files are compressed for storage or transmission
purpose.
pdf - Acrobat Portable Document Format (read with Adobe Acrobat Reader - a free download, or
read/edit in Adobe Acrobat - not free)
html or htm - Hypertext Markup Language (can be viewed in any browser and edited by any text editor)
avi - Audio Video Interleave File (video with sound, can be played in many applications, some free: e.g.
RealPlayer and Quicktime)
mp3 - MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III (audio file can be read by many audio programs)
swf - Flash Format File (Adobe Flash, browser plug-in)
doc - Word Document (can be used with MS Office, OpenOffice, Google Docs, etc.)
Which of the following is an example of the computer providing feedback to the user? - ✔✔All of the
above
All of the above are good examples of the GUI providing feedback to the user.
When GUIs are built using metaphors similarly (e.g. buttons and sliders), the result is a - ✔✔consistent
interface
Read about consistent interfaces in Chapter 2. This is what enables us to know what to do in a new
application we've never seen before.
Perfect reproduction is a property of: - ✔✔digital information
Perfect reproduction is capable only with digital information.
The primary reason for consistency across computer applications is that certain operations are
fundamental to processing information no matter what the application is. - ✔✔True
The mouse was invented by: - ✔✔Douglas Engelbart and others at Stanford Research Institute
To indicate that the computer is continuing to perform a time-consuming operation, the cursor is
replaced by an icon such as a(n) - ✔✔all of the above
Should be all of the above.
A good way to learn how to use a new application or piece of software is to - ✔✔click around
A good way to learn a new application or piece of software is just clicking around.
Which metaphor features file cabinets and wastebaskets as typical components? - ✔✔desktop
metaphor
Desktop metaphor features file cabinets and wastebaskets as typical components.
Look up the following file extensions and select the associated file type. - ✔✔xlsx - Excel 2007, 2010 &
2013 workbook file (for Excel 97-2003, the extension is .xls)
bmp - An uncompressed image file format used to store bitmap digital images, especially on Microsoft
Windows and OS/2 operating systems. Typically are much larger than compressed imaged file
, jpg - JPEG/JIFF Image (image file can be read by many applications: e.g. all drawing and photo editing
programs)
zip - A computer file whose contents of one or more files are compressed for storage or transmission
purpose.
pdf - Acrobat Portable Document Format (read with Adobe Acrobat Reader - a free download, or
read/edit in Adobe Acrobat - not free)
html or htm - Hypertext Markup Language (can be viewed in any browser and edited by any text editor)
avi - Audio Video Interleave File (video with sound, can be played in many applications, some free: e.g.
RealPlayer and Quicktime)
mp3 - MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III (audio file can be read by many audio programs)
swf - Flash Format File (Adobe Flash, browser plug-in)
doc - Word Document (can be used with MS Office, OpenOffice, Google Docs, etc.)
Which of the following is an example of the computer providing feedback to the user? - ✔✔All of the
above
All of the above are good examples of the GUI providing feedback to the user.
When GUIs are built using metaphors similarly (e.g. buttons and sliders), the result is a - ✔✔consistent
interface
Read about consistent interfaces in Chapter 2. This is what enables us to know what to do in a new
application we've never seen before.
