CSE 3
Sample Midterm
Samples of Short Answer Questions

1. What is an operating system? Define it. Do not just give examples.
2. What is a pixel?
3. What is bandwidth?
4. Suppose you have two pictures of the same thing, one with high resolution, the other with somewhat lower resolution. You want to display the picture on your website. Explain why you might want to use the picture with the lower resolution rather than the one with the higher resolution.
5. Give two or more considerations that you might use to judge the credibility of a website.
6. Give three or more examples of how a company can legally invade the privicy of your computer using your computer's Internet connection..

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January 26, 2003