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Problem Solving And Program Design
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Analyze the problem
Compiler
C Language
Graphical user interface
2. Named collection of data stored on a disk
File
Reserved word
bit
Memory cell
3. A word that has special meaning in C
GB (Gigabyte)
TB (Terabyte)
Central processing unit
Reserved word
4. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Personal computers
World wide web (WWW)
Object file
High-level language
5. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Flash drive
File server
Stepwise refinement
TB (Terabyte)
6. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Compiler
Abstraction
Object file
B (Byte)
7. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Algorithm
Assignment statement
Mainframes
Object file
8. sequences of 0s and 1s
byte
TB (Terabyte)
Binary numbers
Supercomputers
9. Step #5 in the software development method
High-level language
Flash drive
High-level language
Test and verify the completed program
10. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Wide area network (WAN)
Computers
Machine language
Compiler
11. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Register
World wide web (WWW)
Secondary storage
Personal computers
12. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
TB (Terabyte)
Microprocessor chip
Wide area network (WAN)
Main memory
13. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Personal computers
Implement the algorithm
Main memory
TB (Terabyte)
14. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Assembly language
Supercomputers
Personal computers
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
15. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
World wide web (WWW)
Personal computers
High-level language
16. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
GB (Gigabyte)
Supercomputers
Register
Secondary storage
17. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
File server
Mainframes
Specify the problem requirements
Computers
18. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Personal computers
C Language
Stepwise refinement
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
19. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
File
Optical drive
MG (Megabyte)
Flash drive
20. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
USB
World wide web (WWW)
Stored program concept
Main memory
21. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Stored program concept
Stepwise refinement
High-level language
Supercomputers
22. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Secondary storage
Optical drive
Source file
23. Stores programs or data permanently
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Preprocessor directives
Compiler
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
24. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Computers
Main memory
C Language
Stored program concept
25. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
World wide web (WWW)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Hardware
Operating system
26. sequences of 0s and 1s
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Personal computers
Binary numbers
Analyze the problem
27. Step #3 in the software development method
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Data type char
28. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Mainframes
Microprocessor chip
Optical drive
Assignment statement
29. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Memory cell
Machine language
Supercomputers
Assembly language
30. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Central processing unit
High-level language
Local area network (LAN)
Object file
31. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Binary numbers
Local area network (LAN)
MG (Megabyte)
Computers
32. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Local area network (LAN)
Local area network (LAN)
constant macro
Microprocessor chip
33. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
B (Byte)
Machine language
Microprocessor chip
Test and verify the completed program
34. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Central processing unit
Computer chip
Flash drive
Data type double
35. Stores programs or data permanently
Stored program concept
Wide area network (WAN)
Test and verify the completed program
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
36. Universal Serial Bus
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Assembly language
USB
Reserved word
37. An individual storage location in memory
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Memory cell
Object file
38. Step #6 in the software development method
Central processing unit
Maintain and update the program
Abstraction
Reserved word
39. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Preprocessor
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Linker
Operating system
40. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Hardware
Computers
Computers
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
41. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Stored program concept
Maintain and update the program
Flash drive
Computer chip
42. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
USB
Stepwise refinement
bit
Desk checking
43. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
B (Byte)
Specify the problem requirements
Top-down design
TB (Terabyte)
44. A list of steps for solving a problem
Microprocessor chip
Algorithm
Assembly language
Flash drive
45. 1024 bytes (2^10)
KB (Kilobyte)
Local area network (LAN)
B (Byte)
Top-down design
46. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Operating system
MG (Megabyte)
Computer chip
Binary numbers
47. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
TB (Terabyte)
Flash drive
Implement the algorithm
Optical drive
48. A list of steps for solving a problem
Algorithm
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Machine language
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
49. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Source file
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Memory cell
Software
50. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Secondary storage
Source file
Compiler
Microprocessor chip