CS 008 UCR CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS

CS 008 UCR CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS

____ bit is not very useful, but a string of bits can represent more values correct
answer single


_____ & _____ from the basis of how networking and the internet works correct
answer server
client


_____ used to measure transfer rates (such as internet connection) correct
answer Bits


1 Gigabyte (G) correct answer 1,000,000,000 (1 billion bytes)


1 Kilobyte (K) correct answer 1,000 (1 thousand bytes)


1 Megabyte (M) correct answer 1,000,000 (1 million bytes)


1 Petabyte (P) correct answer 1,000,000,000,000,000 (1 quadrillion) bytes


1 Terabyte (T) correct answer 1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion) bytes


2 bits = ____ values
3 bits = ____ values

, 8 bits = ____ values
(base 2 equation) correct answer 4
8
256


Ada Lovelace (19th c.) correct answer -created programs (on punched cards for
Analytical Engine)
considered to be the first programmer


Alan Turing (20th c.) correct answer -father of AI (artificial intelligence)
-turning test
-helped break Nazi communication codes during WW2


all data entered into a computer must be converted into _________ (binary
digits) correct answer Bits (numbers, characters, images, audio, video)


ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) correct answer - to
represent characters, each symbol (letter, digit, etc)
- developed for english, later expanded for similar "romance" languages
- uses 8 bits (1 byte) for each character
- cannot be used to represent other languages


Binary Number System (Base-2 Number System) correct answer computers use
transistors and switches, which allow for 2 possible values and a transistor can
either hold electricity (1) or not (0)- only two possible values