Sample CCR Exam

2009 Tutoring for the CCR exam is available on Nov 2, Nov 4, Nov 9, and Nov 16.

Please contact brade004@cougars.csusm.edu  for information about times and locations.

ETHICS and VIRUS section: Some sample questions

Answers can be found in the Study Materials for Ethics & Viruses (see the left side bar)

1) Single use software license gives you the rights to ?

2) The difference between a multi-user license and a site license is ?

3) What restrictions are usually placed on you when you buy software ?

4) What is a  computer virus ?

5) What does a phishing email do?

6) What does Spyware do ?

7) Computer viruses are usually disguised and can enter your computer when you ?

8) What does Adware do?

9) A common way of getting a computer virus is ?

10) When you buy software, do you own or license the software ?

11) A common symptom of a computer virus is ?

12) What are the possible consequences of violation of the software copyright laws ?

13) What does a computer virus called a Worm do ?

14) Phishing is ?

15) Is it possible to copyright the implementation of an electronic spreadsheet ?

16) Who is covered by the software copyright laws ?

17) Identify one common symptom of a computer virus.

18) Define software piracy.

19) How can you identify a phishing email?

20) If I wish to modify the code of my new software program, is this OK ?

21) When you buy software, what rights do you have ?

22) Software piracy laws are important because ?

23) Phishing relies on what mailing technique ?

24) Define a computer virus.

25) What does a computer virus do ?

26) You have a project due in your Statistics class.  You have to use MiniTab to complete the porject.  Is it OK to take a copy of MiniTab home from the University to install on your home computer ?

27) Describe one way to protect your computer from viruses.

28) How does a computer virus enter your computer?

29) Is it possible to protect your computer from viruses ?

30) What is true about a  software copyright ?

31) What rights are provided to you with a multi-user software license ?

32) A phishing email attempts to do what ?

33) You have a project that is due in your class.  You have software that is vital to the completion of the project.  Is it OK to bring the software from home and install it on a school computer for use on your project?

34) A software license agreement is a contract where you agree to what ?

35) What is the estimated percent of software that is used illegally in the United States?

36) Is is possible to copyright the idea of an electronic spreadsheet?

37) You have a  major project for your class. Your friend has software that you need in order to finish the project.  Is it OK to borrow the software and install it on your computer in order to complete the project?

38) What rights are usually provided to you with a single machine software license.

39) How do software copyright laws apply to educational institutions and their students?

40) What does a single-user software license allows you to dp?

41) Your boss has just given you a major project.  Is it OK to take the software that you need to complete the project, home to install on your personal computer so that you can meet your deadline ?

42) Who is usually the owner of a software copyright?

43) What does a Trojan Horse virus do?

44) What kind of web site does a phishing group use ?

45) How can you protect yourself from phishing emails?

46) Are you allowed to install your new software on any computer you wish to ?

47) What rights are provided to you with a software site license?

48) How long does a software copyright last?

49) List all of the common symptoms of a computer virus.

50) What is the most important way to protect yourself from computer viruses?

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If you wish to try a WebCT practice exam   for the Ethics & Virus section of the CCR exam:

You can self-register -->

1) Go to the main WebCT homepage: http://webct6.csusm.edu

2) Choose the "Course List" button

3) Choose the "Computer Competency Requirement (CCR)" link

4) Click on the little green arrow next to the "Computer Competency Requirement" catagory

5) When you see "CCR Practice Exam" listed under the previous category, look to the far right for an icon of a person with a + sign next to their head --it is under the "Actions" column.  Click on that Action icon.

6) Enter your UserID (i.e.smith030) and password

7) Choose the "Register" button.

8) The course will now be listed in "MyCourses" in WebCT

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Internet and the World Wide Web Skills Test:  Some Sample Questions

Answers can be found in the Study Materials for the Internet (see the left side bar)

1) Is the Internet less than 10 years old?

2) Is the Internet accessed by millions of people?

3) Is the Internet maintained and administered by the Federal Government?

4) Web documents are written in _______?

5) Is it true that the Hypertext links in some Web documents may be shown in different colors depending on whether or not the links have been previously accessed?

6) Is it true that Hyperlinks in a Web document may access documents on different computers?

7) Is it true that Hyperlinks in a Web document may appear as underlined text?

8) What is a likely Web address of IBM's homepage?

9) Will different search engines return different results from the same query?

10) Will the same search engine return the same results from a query every time?

11) What is the best search engine?

12) What does a spider program do?

13) Which will return the most results from a search, a) "tiger" or "woods" b) "tiger woods" ?

14) Explain each part of the URL http://www.prenhall.com/grauer/win2000/index.html

15) What is the general rule regarding the use of information that was downloaded from the Internet?

Use the World Wide Web to answer the following:

Do you know the names of your elected representatives, such as your U.S. Congressional Representative from your district, your two U.S. Senators from your state, your State Representative from your district to your state's House of Representatives, or your State Senator from your district to your state's Senate?

List at least three bills that are currently under discussion in the U.S. Congress.

What is the current population of the United States?

What is the National Debt?

What is the National Debt per person?

What was the score and team of the most recent San Diego Padres Game?

What is the current temperature in New York City?

What is the latest Dow Jones industrials stock average?

What is the population of California?  of North Dakota?  of Oregon?

What is the minimum grade point average to apply as a freshman at UCSD?  at Oregon State?

What are the hours for the CSUSM Kellogg Library?

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Word Processing and Spreadsheet Skill Tests

Word Processing skills exam requires that you 1) create a document similar to the one given, 2) correct any spelling or grammar errors, 3) supply the correct reference footnote as appropriate, 4) put ones' own name and ID and the exam date as requested, and 5) submit the finished document.  

Spreadsheet skills exam requires that you 1) create a document similar to the one given, 2) enter and format text data, 3) enter and format numerical data, 4) enter and format a correct spreadsheet formula and/or expression (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) as appropriate, 5) put ones' own name and ID and the exam date as requested, and 6) submit the finished document.

Study materials for the Word Processing and Spreadsheets Skills test may be found at the third floor check-out desk of the Kellogg Library.  Ask for one of the CCR Microsoft Office skill books or the EXCEL 2007 book.

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