N100 Midterm

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.-Confucius

When & Where

• SL247• 6pm• October 18th

Content

• All C.C. reading assignments– Chapters: O,1,8,2,3,4,5

• All in-class material– Slides– Discussions

Format

• Closed Book• Questions (via Oncourse)

– Multiple choice– True False– Matching– Short answer - extra credit

• 50 questions (2 pts)• Time: 1 hour 15 minutes• May bring calculator – can not

use Windows calculator

Sample: What to Study?

• Textbook material– Terminology

• Cache• Kernel• Boot disk

– Basic concepts• Pipelining• Virus vs. Trojan• System vs. Application software

– Acronyms• EULA• RAM• GUI

Useful tools

• Course Port– http://login.course.com

• Directions inside cover

Sample: What to Study?• In-class material

– Conversions• Convert Binary to Hexadecimal

- 11001

– History of computing• What was special about

Jacquard’s Loom?• Enigma was used for what?

– Security• WEP is a powerful encryption

standard. T/F• What is a honey pot?

Sample : Extra credit

• Which recent public company CEO resigned because of the illegal use of social engineering techniques to gather information about the company’s Board Members?

• U571’s mission was to capture… What?

Cheat Sheet

You will be allowed to bring one 8X11 sheet of paper with handwritten notes.

No copies!No typing!One sheet only!

Questions?