Exam Review

Exam Layout - TO BE DETERMINED

Review Day 1:  Digital Logic and Number Systems

• Electronic Components Definition, Appearance, and Schematic Symbols

• How to Connect Components and Build Circuits Using a Breadboard

• Integrated Circuits and Logic Gates (6 Types)

• Truth Tables and Boolean Logic

• Identifying Resistors

• Adder Circuits

• Number Systems - Binary, Decimal, Hexadecimal - Understand and Convert Between Each

• Binary Addition

• Representing Negative Numbers with Two's Complement

• Binary Subtraction Using Two's Complement

• Selected Review Questions

Review Day 2:  P5.js and Arduino Programming

• Processing:

  • Processing Program Structure - setup() and draw()

  • Drawing Shapes - Ellipse, Rect, Triangle, Quad, Custom Shapes

  • Using Variables

  • Using For Loops to Draw Shape Patterns

  • Using If Statements, Else If, and Else Clauses to Perform Conditional Actions

  • Mouse Input Using mouseX, mouseY, mousePressed

  • Keyboard Input Using keyPressed, key, and keyCode

  • Motion of Shapes Using Variables and Smart Coding Strategies

• Arduino:

  • Arduino Program Structure - setup() and loop()

  • Basic Control Commands - pinMode, digitalRead, digitalWrite, analogRead, analogWrite, delay

  • Controlling LEDs to Follow Timed Patterns

  • Reading Inputs from Digital Inputs (eg. Buttons) and Analog Inputs (eg. Potentiometers)

  • Combining Inputs and Outputs in Creative Ways

• Selected Review Questions - ANSWERS

Review Day 3:  

• Software

  • Lots of Terminology - Application, Assembly, Compiler, Interpreter, High Level Language, Low Level Language, Machine Language

  • Basic Linux CLI Commands

  • GUI vs CLI Comparisons

  • The Roles of an Operating System

  • The Stages of the Boot Process

  • Understand and Discuss Intelligently one Type/Piece of Malware or Attack Using Malware

• Hardware

  • Hardware compatibility standards

  • Visual identification of parts and connectors

  • Hard Disk Drive Part Identification

• Networking

  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Networked vs non-Networked Computers

  • More Terminology - Protocol, IP Address, DHCP, HTTP, Switch vs Hub vs Router vs Modem

  • IP Structure, Net IP vs Device IP, Subnet Mask

  • Network attacks - DoS, DDoS, Spoofing, Man-in-the-middle

  • Size Classifications - LAN, MAN, WAN

  • Network Architectures - P2P vs Client-Server

  • Network Typologies - Bus vs Ring vs Mesh vs Star

  • Constructing an Ethernet Cable

  • CLI Commands for Network Info - ping, tracert (traceroute), netstat

• Selected Review Questions

Review Day 4:

• Interfacing Unit - Using a Breadboard to Connect, and Using Arduino Code to Control:

  • LEDs

  • Buttons

  • Potentiometers

  • And More...

• Read the Labs and In Particular, Complete the Lab Questions

• Good Semester Everyone! Now it's in your hands!