CSC 110 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is spam - Answer-spam: electronic junk mail
What is spoofing - Answer-spoofing: using fake email sender names so the message
appears to be from another source, so you will trust it.
What is phishing - Answer-phishing: sending forged email directing recipient to fake
website.
Two main categories of software? - Answer-Application software is software that has
been developed to solve a particular problem for users—to perform useful work on
specific tasks or to provide entertainment.
System software runs at the most basic level of your computer and enables the
application software to interact with the computer and helps the computer to manage its
internal and external resources, as well as manage the hardware.
What are basic components of system software? - Answer-1. Operating systems: An
operating system is the principal component of system software in any computing
system.
2. Device drivers: Device drivers help the computer control peripheral devices.
3. Utility programs: Utility programs are generally used to support, enhance, or expand
existing programs in a computer system.
What is a device driver? - Answer-Device drivers: Device drivers help the computer
control peripheral devices.
What is booting? - Answer-Booting
The process of loading an OS into the computer's main memory
What management jobs does an operating system do? - Answer-Answer: CPU
management, memory management, task management, file management, security
management
What is productivity software? examples? - Answer-Productivity software: Purpose is to
make users more productive at particular tasks.
Word processing, spreadsheets, database managers
May be bundled in office suite
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is spam - Answer-spam: electronic junk mail
What is spoofing - Answer-spoofing: using fake email sender names so the message
appears to be from another source, so you will trust it.
What is phishing - Answer-phishing: sending forged email directing recipient to fake
website.
Two main categories of software? - Answer-Application software is software that has
been developed to solve a particular problem for users—to perform useful work on
specific tasks or to provide entertainment.
System software runs at the most basic level of your computer and enables the
application software to interact with the computer and helps the computer to manage its
internal and external resources, as well as manage the hardware.
What are basic components of system software? - Answer-1. Operating systems: An
operating system is the principal component of system software in any computing
system.
2. Device drivers: Device drivers help the computer control peripheral devices.
3. Utility programs: Utility programs are generally used to support, enhance, or expand
existing programs in a computer system.
What is a device driver? - Answer-Device drivers: Device drivers help the computer
control peripheral devices.
What is booting? - Answer-Booting
The process of loading an OS into the computer's main memory
What management jobs does an operating system do? - Answer-Answer: CPU
management, memory management, task management, file management, security
management
What is productivity software? examples? - Answer-Productivity software: Purpose is to
make users more productive at particular tasks.
Word processing, spreadsheets, database managers
May be bundled in office suite
