Preparing
for the Candidate Exam on «Fundamentals of IT»
Research Paper
Please note the
following requirements for the research paper:
1. A Title Page
with:
– The University title and the Department title
– The paper title
– The name of the author
– The professor's name (reviewer)
– Registration and admission to the exam
– Year and location of the paper completion
2. A Table of
Contents with:
– Subheadings that appear in the text
– Page number of these headings
3. A Research
Paper with:
a) An Introduction. An introduction should contain:
– Justification of the relevance of the paper topic;
– Aim and
Objectives;
– Subject and Object definition;
– Description of the methods and means used.
b) A Body. Body should be divided into Sections and
Subsections
c) A Conclusion or Summary. In this section, it is
necessary to analyze briefly the research done and to formulate conclusions,
recommendations and generalizations.
d) A Reference or Bibliography (at least 7 cited
sources)
e) An Appendix with the data used to illustrate the
research results or other information not cited in the text.
Requirements for producing the final printed work:
The text needs
to be 25-28 pages long (the title page, outline and works cited are not included in the total number of pages)
Margins: top –
2, left – 2.5cm, bottom – 2 cm, right –
1.5 cm; 14 point font, Times New
Roman; 1.5 spaced lines; The text should be justified.
Sections and subsections divided by one blank line; no blank lines between paragraphs in the same section; references should be enclosed in square brackets indicating the source number; number all pages except the Title Page
Sections and subsections divided by one blank line; no blank lines between paragraphs in the same section; references should be enclosed in square brackets indicating the source number; number all pages except the Title Page
Grading: This
paper will be graded on content, style, grammar, writing ability, and
accuracy of research. Remember that the content of the paper must be
relevant to the information technology area. If the content of the paper has a
poor quality, the final grade of the paper will be lower.
The Presentation of the Research Paper
Requirements
1. A Title Page
– The paper
title
– The name of
the author
2. A Table of
Contents with navigation system.
3. A Body
divided on sections according to the presentation structure (25-28 slides).
4. Animation
elements, audio and video files.
5. Internet References on the topic of your presentation with hyperlinks.
6. The last
slide of the presentation should contain small resume of the author with
his/her photo.
EXAM QUESTIONS
1.
Concepts
of Information and Information Technology
2.
Computer
Organization. Processing components. Primary storage. Peripherals.
3.
Data
representation. Binary system. Units of measurement. Coding systems. Graphic
and Multimedia data.
4.
Information
System Concepts. Types of Information Systems
5.
Systems
Software. Operating systems. Utilities. User interfaces
6.
Application
Software.
7.
Databases.
Levels of hierarchy. Database models. Data mining/analytics
8.
Computer
graphics basics. Color Models. Graphic file formats
9.
The
concept of vector graphics. Processing methods.
10.
Raster
graphics. Image Processing
11. Three-dimensional computer graphics. 3D Modeling.
12. Computer animation. 2D and 3D animation.
13. Using computer graphics in deferent spheres of human activity
14. History of computer Graphics
15.
Networks.
Network access. Network architectures.
16.
Data
communications. Infrastructure. Protocol.
17.
Safety
and security. Antivirus software.
18.
Software
Licensing. Shareware, freeware, enterprise, open source, software as a service.
Digital signature
19.
History of the computer development. Computer
classification.
20.
Word processing and desktop publishing.
21.
Spreadsheets
22.
Presentation software
23.
Multimedia
24.
Computer animation. 2D and 3D animation.
25.
Basics of Web Design. Website builders.
26.
Internet resources. Access to Internet
resources. Navigating the Internet.
27.
Audio
Processing. Audio editors.
28.
Computer
music. Music production software.
29.
Musical sound effects (reverb, delay, vibrato,
flanger, vocoder, etc.) Analog and digital sound processing.
30.
Microsoft Access: creating database. Tables
and relationships. Data integrity.
31.
Microsoft
Access: mining data in tables. Design a database query. Query types.
32.
World
Value Survey Database. Tools of on-line analysis. Design a database queries.
33.
Using
MS Excel for statistical analysis.
34.
Internet
resources for culture and art.
35.
Information
system. Types of information system. Computer
information system.
36.
Information
technology: using in culture.
37.
Information
technology: using in education
38.
Internet
services: e-mail, WWW, teleconference service, etc.
39.
Cloud
technologies. Using CT in culture
40.
Communications
access methods. Addressing scheme in the Internet.
Some additional questions
1. What is the minimum element of information?
2. What is 1 byte?
3. Give examples of different data types.
4. How many different numbers can be encoded in one byte?
5. Give an example of multimedia information.
6. What Internet sources for making cultural research do you know?
7. What types of information technology are used in culture?
8. What types of information technology are used in education?
9. What types of information technology are used in scientific
research?
10. Provide examples of Internet resources in culture.
11. What is multimedia?
12. What kind of device is printer?
13. Give examples of system software.
14. Give examples of application software.
15. Give examples of software tool.
16. How do you protect your personal information?
17. Give examples of antivirus programs.
18. Give examples of Software Licensing in China.
19. What is the digital signature?
20. What are the main technical characteristics of your computer (how
many cores in the processor, the amount of RAM, the screen resolution, and
others).
21. What are the main input devices?
22. What are the main output devices?
23. What type of network is the internet considered to be?
24. What is a server?
25. What types of software does Android include?
26. What type of software is the scanner?
27. What type of software is Photoshop?
28. What type of software is Word?
29. Give an example of text input device?
30. What types of diagrams do you know?
31. What is a hyperlink?
32. What is the minimum element of raster graphics?
33. What are the programs for vector graphics?
34. What is fractal graphics?
35. Give an example of a geometric fractal.
36. What is the minimum element of vector graphics?
37. What are raster graphics programs?
38. What is 2d- and 3d-animation software?
39. What website builders do you know?
40. Give examples of sites in the sphere of culture.
41. What music production software do you know?
42. What music processing software do you know?
43. What sound file formats do you know?
44. What multimedia file formats do you know?
45. What electronic dictionaries do you use?
46. What archivers do you know?
47. What type of network is the university computer network?
48. What search systems do you know?
49. What Internet services do you use in your professional
activities?
50. What raster graphics file formats do you
know?
51 What vector graphics file formats do you
know?
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