I need help for my BCS test on Monday ...

Hi Everyone !

As stated above, I need some help for my Basic Computer Sciences Test on Monday ... I managed to get some tests the prof. has already given out and as most of the questions are the same, I suppose these will also be asked in my test ... NO ! This is not cheating ! Every Proffessor hands out older tests for us to have a look at ...

So here goes ... most of these things we all know, but how do you define them properly in order to make your Prof. happy ? Now I'm going to write what I think is right, if I know it and I'd like to ask you to either correct me, or fill in the answer if I wasn't able to do so myself. And yes I have looked at Sausage.net and used worthless Google ... THANK YOU VERY MUCH in advance !!!


1. What is a file ?

- A unit of Information stored on a Computer

2. What is a directory ?

- A collection of files for organisational purposes. A directory is itself a file and can contain other directories.

3. What is a drive ?

- A device to store and retrieve data. Two sorts : read & write and read only. Two types of acces : random and sequential.

4. What is a window ?

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5. What is Menu Bar ?

- The Startbar for example. Contains the most commenly used applications and systemcontrol programms ?

6. What is an aplication-window ?

- The user interface of an aplication ?

7. What is a byte and how much information can be shown ?

- A byte is a collection of bits, typacally 8 bits. 256 informaions can be shown.

8. What is a break in word ? What are the characteristics of a break ?

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9. What is a section in word ? Why is it a section and not a break ?

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10. Write a functiondeclaration in C.

- I don't know s*** about C ...

11. What is a printer in C ?

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12. Given : a with "point to float". Write a command that gives float b the value of a.

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13. What categories of loops are there in C ?

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14. Which value do d and i have after going through the following programmsentences ?

int i;
double d;
d6;
i=7;
=i/d d=i*d


- I'd say d would be 42 and i would be 1,16 ?

15. What is a pointer in C ? Given : variable a pointer to double. Write a programmm that gives the double-variable b the value of a.

- Would this be right ?

include <stdio.h>
void main
{
double a
a=5
b=*a
printf("a%lf, a")
printf("b%lf, b")
printf("*b%lf, *b")
}

16. What is the difference between a pointer and a vector in C ?

- A Vector has bigger memory than a pointer ?



Now if you've made it this far, I'd really like to thank you ! Those are just 16 questions out of 100. Most of them are probably easy, but sometimes I just don't know what to write ... maybe you all know what I mean. In any case a big THANKS for your help !

Cheers

[DE]FreD_S

 

Not anyone ? I'll post the C stuff in the programming forum aswell, maybe someone there will be able to help me at least in C ... I need that C stuff ...

Cheers

[DE]FreD_S

 

Not really the place for this