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Problem Solving And Program Design
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
TB (Terabyte)
Assembly language
Graphical user interface
2. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Test and verify the completed program
Operating system
Assembly language
Optical drive
3. computers used by a single person at a time
Stepwise refinement
Specify the problem requirements
Personal computers
Source file
4. Step #4 in the software development method
Binary numbers
Algorithm
Implement the algorithm
Microprocessor chip
5. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Implement the algorithm
World wide web (WWW)
Stored program concept
Computer chip
6. An individual storage location in memory
Computer chip
Object file
Preprocessor
Memory cell
7. Data type is used to represent integers in C (-32767 to 32767)
Assembly language
Computer chip
constant macro
Data type int
8. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
High-level language
Source file
Local area network (LAN)
Data storage
9. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
File server
C Language
Computers
Operating system
10. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Source file
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
High-level language
11. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Central processing unit
Abstraction
MG (Megabyte)
Main memory
12. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Desk checking
TB (Terabyte)
Secondary storage
13. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Memory cell
USB
Contents of a memory cell
Register
14. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Data type double
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
B (Byte)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
15. sequences of 0s and 1s
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Central processing unit
Preprocessor
Binary numbers
16. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
bit
Computers
Computer chip
Supercomputers
17. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
MG (Megabyte)
Memory cell
Operating system
Data storage
18. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
C Language
Binary numbers
Preprocessor directives
19. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
High-level language
Object file
Test and verify the completed program
Abstraction
20. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
High-level language
Machine language
Binary numbers
Graphical user interface
21. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
High-level language
File server
Abstraction
22. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Computers
Binary numbers
Personal computers
23. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Data storage
Data retrieval
Memory cell
Computer chip
24. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Analyze the problem
C Language
Stepwise refinement
Stored program concept
25. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable
Operating system
MG (Megabyte)
Analyze the problem
Assignment statement
26. Stores programs or data permanently
Local area network (LAN)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Data type char
Specify the problem requirements
27. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Stored program concept
Implement the algorithm
Supercomputers
Analyze the problem
28. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Operating system
Implement the algorithm
Register
Stored program concept
29. Step #6 in the software development method
Address of a memory cell
USB
Software
Maintain and update the program
30. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Flash drive
Optical drive
Software
byte
31. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Local area network (LAN)
MG (Megabyte)
Compiler
Integrated development environment (IDE)
32. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Secondary storage
Central processing unit
Linker
Flash drive
33. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
MG (Megabyte)
File
Supercomputers
Stepwise refinement
34. Step #3 in the software development method
Abstraction
Software
Source file
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
35. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
GB (Gigabyte)
Supercomputers
Microprocessor chip
Integrated development environment (IDE)
36. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Stored program concept
Microprocessor chip
World wide web (WWW)
High-level language
37. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Preprocessor
Assembly language
byte
Register
38. Universal Serial Bus
Object file
C Language
KB (Kilobyte)
USB
39. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
C Language
Graphical user interface
Desk checking
Source file
40. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Wide area network (WAN)
World wide web (WWW)
Top-down design
41. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Test and verify the completed program
Algorithm
Graphical user interface
File
42. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Desk checking
Personal computers
Linker
Graphical user interface
43. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Graphical user interface
Stepwise refinement
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Personal computers
44. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
File server
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Specify the problem requirements
Compiler
45. 1024 bytes (2^10)
KB (Kilobyte)
Memory cell
GB (Gigabyte)
TB (Terabyte)
46. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Contents of a memory cell
C Language
Wide area network (WAN)
Computer chip
47. Universal Serial Bus
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
USB
Computers
Central processing unit
48. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Desk checking
File server
Data storage
Contents of a memory cell
49. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Stored program concept
Local area network (LAN)
Machine language
Machine language
50. Step #2 in the software development method
Maintain and update the program
Microprocessor chip
Analyze the problem
Optical drive