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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk






2. Named collection of data stored on a disk






3. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols






4. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable






5. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program






6. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships






7. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory






8. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language






9. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds






10. The amount of storage required to store a single character






11. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable






12. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships






13. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor






14. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks






15. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.






16. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD






17. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)






18. Step #1 in the software development method






19. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler






20. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data






21. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.






22. Stores programs or data permanently






23. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)






24. computers used by a single person at a time






25. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols






26. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems






27. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory






28. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






29. 1024 bytes (2^10)






30. Universal Serial Bus






31. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






32. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources






33. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents






34. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






35. 8 bits






36. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor






37. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off






38. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program






39. The amount of storage required to store a single character






40. Named collection of data stored on a disk






41. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD






42. Step #2 in the software development method






43. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor






44. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area






45. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)






46. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler






47. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol






48. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler






49. Stores programs or data permanently






50. sequences of 0s and 1s