Was helping my sister for her CSE 1010e test. WTF is this module about? So much theory for nothing concrete? Why the need to learn these nonsense?

On the website, it says still says bring 3.5″ floppy so you can be taught Windows 2000

4. What is the difference between a compiler and an interpreter? What role would these tools have in programming with natural languages? — source

Why would you force an entire university population to learn this and vomit this in exams then forget? Just an exam for the sake of an exam.

Exam preparation question:

A server is a special type of computer that is used to provide services to other computers. In which type of computer, does a server fall into? Suggest some examples of servers.

Hmm. No f***in idea. Didn’t know a server was special.

9. What is the Front Side Bus? How can it be used to overclock a computer?

Why force people to learn? A 5 year old kid who is interested in doing it will be interested to know this. Why force the poor souls to learn?

The best for the last:

10. USB, pen drives and flash drives

(a) Have similar storage capacity like a floppy
(b) Can store less data than a standard floppy
(c) All mean the same device that can store lesser data than a standard floppy
(d) All mean the same device that can store more data than a standard floppy
(e) Are different storage devices that can store more data than a standard floppy
— source

Can you answer this?