PRACTICE EXAM

DLBCSICS01 3012
EXAMID: 530205
MASTERSOLUTION

QUESTION 1 OF 10
Marked out of 3.00

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Computer science is related to web development.

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One of the technologies that is related to web development is …

a
Select one:

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C++.
OLAP.

e
FORTRAN.

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PhP. ta
The correct answer is: PhP.
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QUESTION 2 OF 10
IU

Marked out of 3.00

am

A UI designer deals with creating the user interface, which is also referred to as the …
Ex

Select one:

front end.
e

database.
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middle layer.
ac

back end.
Pr

The correct answer is: front end.

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QUESTION 3 OF 10
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in
What is the symbol for a conjunction in propositional logic?

rn
Select one:

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⇒
∨
¬

e
∧

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The correct answer is: ∧
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QUESTION 4 OF 10
IU

Marked out of 3.00

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How is XOR different from an OR gate?

Select one:
Ex

An XOR is true when both inputs are true.

e

An XOR is just a negation of an OR gate.

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An XOR is always true.

An XOR is not true when both inputs are true.
ac

The correct answer is: An XOR is not true when both inputs are true.
Pr

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QUESTION 5 OF 10
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in
A device driver receives a request to communicate with a device.
It then passes the request to the …

a rn
Select one:

Le
hard disk.
operating system.

e
RAM.

nc
BIOS.
ta
The correct answer is: BIOS.
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QUESTION 6 OF 10
IU

Marked out of 3.00

am

In the logic formula (p ∨ ¬q) ∧ (r ∨ s) how many possible combinations of different

inputs are there?
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Select one:
e

14
tic

12
16
ac

32
Pr

The correct answer is: 16

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QUESTION 7 OF 10
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g
in
If you were performing a bubble sort on a list of 5 elements, what is the maximum
amount of swaps that would be required to sort the list?

a rn
Select one:

Le
10
15

e
4

nc
8
ta
The correct answer is: 10
is
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QUESTION 8 OF 10
IU

Marked out of 6.00

am

How does the 8-bit RGB color system represent colors in binary?
Ex
e
tic

It uses:
1. Three bits for red, then
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2. three bits for green, then finally

3. two bits for blue.
Pr

(2 points for each item.)

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QUESTION 9 OF 10
Marked out of 8.00

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in
Describe the three main functions of an operating system.

a rn
Le
An operating system provides an interface (3 points) that is needed for a user to control the

e
hardware (3 points) and run applications (2 points).

nc
ta
QUESTION 10 OF 10
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Marked out of 10.00
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Describe the communication process in layers between application, operating system,

IU

BIOS, and hardware.

am
Ex

The application interacts directly with the user, it makes requests to access hardware through the
operating system. (2.5 points)
e

The operating system uses a driver to talk to the BIOS chip, which handles things like hardware
tic

addressing. (2.5 points)

The BIOS passes commands along to hardware, (2.5 points) and then passes the results back up
ac

to the application. (2.5 points)

Pr

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