This Week In AP Computer Science, 8/25 thru 8/29

	Period 3 - AP Computer Science
Mon 8/25 All	Review Management Plan & Course Requirements Pass Out Textbooks Review Log-In Procedures HW: Read the text, p. 1-7 and answer the following questions: 1. What are the main components of a computer system? 2. What is the difference between an operating system and an application? 3.What is the difference between an analog signal and a digital signal? 4. What is the CPU and where is it located?: 5. What is a GIU and what function does it perform? Required Materials due Tues 9/2/08
Tue 8/26 Even	NO CLASS
Wed 8/27 Odd	Collect Homework Introduction to computer systems (Chapter One) Introduction to using an IDE and the JAVA Development Kit Work on Exercise 1A HW: Read the text, p. 7-9 and answer the following questions: 1. What is the sampling rate in a digital system? 2. What is ASCII and what does it refer to? 3.What is the difference between an binary, octal, decimal and hexadecimal numbering systems? 4. What are the decimal values of the following binary numbers: a. 101 b. 11110 c. 101010111 5. What are the binary equivalents of the following decimal numbers: a. 10 b. 23 c. 401 Quiz on Mon 9/2/08 Required Materials due Mon 9/2/08
Thu 8/28 Even	NO CLASS
Fri 8/29 Odd	Review Homework Introduction to computer systems (Chapter One) (continued) Start Lab Exercise 1B HW: Read the text, p. 7-9 and answer the following questions: 1. What would be the minimum required binary numbers necessary to represent the standard English alphabet? Explain. 2. How many binary digits are represented by one bit? one byte? one kilobyte? 3. A typical hard drive uses what medium to digitize a signal. 4. How many different ways are there to represent N number of bits. Prove it. 5. Explain what the CPU does. Lab Exercise 1A due (checked off in class) Quiz on Mon 9/2/08 Required Materials due Mon 9/2/08