CS-20J Readiness Self-Assessment

Instructions: For each item, answer Yes if you understand the concept or can perform the task with confidence. Otherwise, answer No. If you answer No to more that one question in any one area, you may not be adequately prepared for this course.

Yes No Computer Basics

Turn on and shut down your computer correctly

Identify the make and model of your computer

Identify the operating system and version number

Determine the amount of RAM memory in your system

Determine the space available in your hard disk drive

Read text from a computer screen

Type text using the keyboard

Install and remove programs

Yes No File Management

Identify types of file system objects (file, folder, program)

Copy or move a file or folder to another folder or disk

Create, rename, or duplicate a file or folder

Find a file or folder by its name or location

Delete a file or folder

Yes No Text Editing

Create and save a new text file

Open an existing document, change it, and save the changes

Delete text

Print a document

Yes No E-mail

Use e-mail to open and read a message

Use e-mail to create and send a message

Attach files to an e-mail message

Yes No Web Browser

Explain the terms: browser, bookmark, link, search engine

Open a URL when you know the location

Move forwards and backwards through web-pages

Use a search engine

Yes No Mathematics (With Review)

Functions and graphs including polynomial, absolute value, radical, rational, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric.

Understand the relationship between a function and its inverse function..

Composition of functions including graphic implications.

Trigonometric identities.

Theory and application of complex numbers.

Yes No Programming Skills (In Any Language)

Can compile source code and run programs

Able to assign values to variables

Can use control structures: conditionals and loops

Can pass arguments to a method

Can construct a method (function)

Know the difference between a class and an object

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Yes	No	Computer Basics
		Turn on and shut down your computer correctly
		Identify the make and model of your computer
		Identify the operating system and version number
		Determine the amount of RAM memory in your system
		Determine the space available in your hard disk drive
		Read text from a computer screen
		Type text using the keyboard
		Install and remove programs

Yes	No	File Management
		Identify types of file system objects (file, folder, program)
		Copy or move a file or folder to another folder or disk
		Create, rename, or duplicate a file or folder
		Find a file or folder by its name or location
		Delete a file or folder

Yes	No	Text Editing
		Create and save a new text file
		Open an existing document, change it, and save the changes
		Delete text
		Print a document

Yes	No	E-mail
		Use e-mail to open and read a message
		Use e-mail to create and send a message
		Attach files to an e-mail message

Yes	No	Web Browser
		Explain the terms: browser, bookmark, link, search engine
		Open a URL when you know the location
		Move forwards and backwards through web-pages
		Use a search engine

Yes	No	Mathematics (With Review)
		Functions and graphs including polynomial, absolute value, radical, rational, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric.
		Understand the relationship between a function and its inverse function..
		Composition of functions including graphic implications.
		Trigonometric identities.
		Theory and application of complex numbers.

Yes	No	Programming Skills (In Any Language)
		Can compile source code and run programs
		Able to assign values to variables
		Can use control structures: conditionals and loops
		Can pass arguments to a method
		Can construct a method (function)
		Know the difference between a class and an object