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The document provides information about computer components and their functions such as the control unit, ALU, ROM, and RAM. It also discusses storage devices like floppy disks and hard disks. Other topics covered include websites, email, computer fraud, auditors, data communications, and teleconferencing.

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It Exam Prep

The document provides information about computer components and their functions such as the control unit, ALU, ROM, and RAM. It also discusses storage devices like floppy disks and hard disks. Other topics covered include websites, email, computer fraud, auditors, data communications, and teleconferencing.

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IT EXAM PREP

 A) Control Unit function is to control the flow of data as well as the devices and
resources of the computer. Example: memory, or registers, hard drive, sends instruction,
fetches / saves data, etc.

B) ALU function is to perform arithmetic operations. This is because it handles the


computer language binary because humans do not speak binary. It acts somewhat like a
translator.

C) ROM (Read Only Memory) function is to store information. Deals with the booting up
of a computer. storage medium that stores information permanently. It is also the
primary memory unit of a computer along with the random-access memory (RAM). It is
called read only memory as we can only read the programs and data stored on it but
cannot write on it.

D) RAM function is temporary storage of data

 A) one similarity between ROM and EPROM is that they both have the same function
and one difference is that ROM is permanent and EPROM is erasable.

B) Both binary digits, but Word is a variable amount, and the Byte is a fixed amount.

C) Floppy disks and hard disks both storage devices but hard disks have much more
storage. Also, floppy disks are a flexible magnetic material, whereas hard disks are solid
and rigid, also with magnetic material.

 A) One direct access secondary storage device, is a USB Flash Drive (can directly go and
pick up the data, and a serial access secondary storage device is magnetic tape, cassette,
tape recording, etc. It is sequential, cannot directly pick out of a list.

 A website is essentially a computer server that can be rented to house web pages. It’s a
server that allows you to store webpages that have content that you want to view. A
web browser will then allow you to go to a website on the server so you can access the
data on those web pages.

 Electronic mail is a system for sending messages from one computer to another.
Whereas internet relay chat is a messaging service which goes to a server which
forwards the message to a recipient. Examples of this is Facebook messaging.

 Computer fraud is when someone involves themselves with an illegal activity which
involves computers. Such as using information to gain some kind of wealth or asset that
doesn’t belong to them. Two reasons with actions to carry out to verify that a technician
is on official business is to ask for some kind of credentials, ID and to verify he is who he
says he is. Another action you could do is to check with your manager or boss to verify
that someone is even scheduled to come and fix the computers.
 Auditors ensure information is correct, audits the financial books of a company to
ensure what has been submitted is actually true, and verifies the data.

 A Data communications specialist deals with the movement of data within a network or
computer system. In charge of making sure that some devices have only certain access
to certain data and information. They can organize data restrictions and allowances
amongst a server.

 Teleconferencing is meetings over communication medium. Internet, telephone, etc.

 Advantages of teleconferencing is that it allows for meetings to still take place with long
distances. Discussions are done in real time, and it is an easy way to display
presentations of data and analysis.

 Write an algorithm to

 Read in two values

 Multiply both and add ten to the results

 Square both values and add the squares

 Check if answer is greater than the answer to previous.

Program numbers

Write enter the first value


Read (value1)
Write enter the second value
Read (value2)

ProductValue1:= value1 * 10
ProductValue2:= value1 * 10
Sum = Productvalue1 + Productvalue2

SquaredValue1 := value1 * value1


SquaredValue2 := value2 * value2
SquaredSum := SquaredValue1 + SquaredValue2

IF Sum > SquaredSum THEN

Write The squares have won

Else

Write the products have produced a win


 Mnemonics – three letter commands which higher level languages use

 Data Communication – Data is being transferred by different channels. These channels


are categorized according to their bandwidth. Or the volume of data which can be
transferred each second. Narrow Band, Voice Band, and Broad Band.

 Narrow Band – Slow speed (10 characters per second)

 Voice Band – Roughly 8000 Characters per second

 Broad Band- Fibre optics cable, microwave and satellite which is hundreds of thousands
of character pes second.

 Internet – full access to world wide web.

 Intranet – When there is no connection to the world wide web but rather a private
network.

 Extranet – Only assigned devices allowed to restricted or full access to internet

 Guest Networks also exist too

 Functions – Predetermined rules to perform calculations within various cells

 A network is a series of computers connected together via communication node.

 Librarian manages files and ensures there are backups of important data

 Trace tables are known as bench tests for algorithms

 VOIP – Voice over internet protocol. Is analog voice calls are converted into packets of
data. The packets travel like any other type of data, such as e-mail, over the public
Internet and/or any private Internet Protocol (IP) network. Using a VoIP service, you can
call landline or cell phones.

 DSL – Digital Subscriber Line

 Audio in itself is in analogue format.

 IRC – Internet Relay Chat

 TCP – Transfer communication Protocol

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