IST 220 Course Guide
 Week 12 – QUIZ 3 Procedures

What to Expect

Study Topics

  Chapter 7 - Systems Integration and Performance

  Chapter 8 - Data and Network Communication Technology

  Chapter 9 - Networks and Distributed Systems

 

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    4. Take Exam.
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What to Expect:

Exam 3 will cover material from Chapter 7: Systems Integration and Performance, Chapter 8: Data and Network Communication Technology, and Chapter 9: Networks and Distributed Systems.

Exam 3 is worth 100 points. Each question is worth 2 points. The test consists of 50 multiple choice or true/false questions only from among those listed in the Study Questions below, Vocabulary and Review Questions from the textbook. However, the questions will not be ordered or listed as those. YOU CANNOT USE YOUR TEXT, COURSE GUIDE OR NOTES TO HELP YOU WITH THIS EXAM. Allow 2 hours to complete the exam.

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 Study Questions - Chapter 7: Systems Integration and Performance
1. What is a system bus? Pg. 246
2. What is a data bus? Pg. 246
3. What is a control bus? Pg. 246
4. What is an address bus? Pg. 246
5. What is a bus master? Pg. 247
6. What is a bus arbitration unit? Pg. 248
7. Define bus protocol. Pg. 246-248
8. What is a bus slave?  Pg. 247
9. What is the bus clock? Pg. 247
10. What is a bus cycle? Pg. 247
11. What is Direct Memory Access? Pg. 247
12. What is an Interrupt? Pg. 260
13. What is the purpose of a stack with interrupts? Pg. 262
14. What is a stack pointer? Pg. 262
15. What is a PUSH operation? Pg. 262-263
16. What is a POP operation? Pg. 262-263
17. What is a Buffer? Pg. 265
18. What is a cache? Pg. 267-272
19. What is a cache hit? Pg. 270
20. What is a cache miss? Pg. 270
21. What is the difference between L1 and L2 cache? Pg. 267-272
22. Why is data compression used? Pg. 272-275

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Study Questions - Chapter 8: Networks and Distributed Systems
  1. Describe the three signal types:
  
Analog Pg. 289
Digital Pg. 294
Optical Pg. 297
  • What is modulation?
    		•  Pg. 292
  • Describe the three characteristics of analog waves: 
    		•
    Frequency Pg. 292
    Amplitude  Pg. 292
    Phase  Pg. 293
  • Describe the three directions of data transfer: 
    		•
    Simplex  Pg. 310
    Half Duplex Pg. 311
    Full Duplex  Pg. 312
  • What is parallel transmission?
    		•  Pg. 312
  • What is serial transmission?
    		•  Pg. 313
  • What is the difference between twisted pair, coaxial cable, and fiber optic cable?
    		•  Pg. 304-305
  • What is the difference between synchronous and asynchronous transmission?
    		•  Pg. 320-321
  • What is Time Division Multiplexing?
    		•  Pg. 315
  • What is Frequency Division Multiplexing?
    		•  Pg. 316
  • What is the difference between odd, even, and Longitudinal parity checking?
    		•  Pg. 323-324
  • What is cyclical redundancy check? 
    		•  Pg. 325

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    Study Questions - Chapter 9: Networks and Distributed Systems
    1. What is a network? Pg. 339
    2. What are the benefits of a network (distribution)? Pg. 340
    3. What are the costs of a network (distribution)? Pg. 341
    4. Describe the star, bus, and ring topologies? Pg. 350-351
    5. Describe the steps of CSMA/CD? Pg. 353
    6. Describe the steps of Token Passing?  Pg. 353
    7. What is a network hub? Pg. 359
    8. What is a bridge? Pg. 361
    9. What is the function of a router? Pg. 361
    10. What is the function of a switch Pg. 362
    11. What is a Network Interface Unit? Pg. 358
    12. Describe the layers of the OSI model? Pg. 363-367
    13. What is client/server architecture? Pg. 343-345
    14. What is the function of a repeater? Pg. 350
    15. What is a tap? Pg. 351

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