| ARC550 Advanced Computer Applications in Architecture Pretest |
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| Define the following terms in the simplest and most direct terms. |
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1. COMPUTER PRINCIPLES. Questions pertaining to computing in general. 1. ASCII a. What is it? b. When is it appropriate to save a file in ASCII and only ASCII? 2. What is .. a. a computer? b. BASIC? c. an operating system? d. Name two operating systems. e. An application program? f. ROM? g. a computer language? h. name three computer languages. i. an interpreter? j. a compiler? k. booting a computer? l. a bit? m. a byte? n. a kilobyte? o. a megabyte? p. primary memory? q. second memory? r. a network? 4. What happens when you read a file? 5. What happens when you write a file? 6. What happens when you delete a file? 7. What happens when you move a file? 8. What happens when you execute a file? 9. What happens when, with information A in primary memory and information B in secondary memory, the power is turned off? |
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2. COMPUTER GRAPHICS. Questions pertaining to computer graphics in general. 10. bitmap a. What is a bitmap? b. What are three graphic file formats that we have presented? c. When is it appropriate to use each? 11. What is a graphic element? 12. Color definition. The color cube provides three methods of defining color values. a. What are two of them? b. When is it most appropriate to use each? |
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3. CAD. Questions pertaining to Computer Aided Design in general. Example: Q. How does a CAD program understand a node or point? A. A location in space, with x, y, and z values. It has no physical properties. 13. What is a line? 14. What is a polygon? 15. What is a pixel? 16. What happens when you digitize an image? 17. What is a command file or script file? 18. What is a wire frame view? 19. What is VRAM, or a screen buffer, or frame buffer and what does it do? 20. What is a symbol or a block? 21. What is a view? 22. What is screen resolution? 23. What is a descriptive attribute? 24. What is an organizational attribute? 25. All CAD programs use the concept of layers. There are many strategies for employing layers in an architectural project. a. What are the two strategies? b. What are the advantages of each? |
| Part 5. WWW 26. URL a. What does it stand for? b. What is it? 27. What does http stand for? 28. What does html stand for? 29. What is a tag? |
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