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Problem Solving And Program Design
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Preprocessor directives
Abstraction
File
Computer chip
2. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
TB (Terabyte)
Address of a memory cell
Computers
Data storage
3. Step #3 in the software development method
File
Operating system
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
World wide web (WWW)
4. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
B (Byte)
Reserved word
Object file
Register
5. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Declarations
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Binary numbers
Data retrieval
6. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol
File
Register
Data type char
Contents of a memory cell
7. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
constant macro
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Computer chip
Software
8. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
World wide web (WWW)
Central processing unit
Stored program concept
Central processing unit
9. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Source file
Main memory
Implement the algorithm
MG (Megabyte)
10. Named collection of data stored on a disk
MG (Megabyte)
Computer chip
Optical drive
File
11. An individual storage location in memory
GB (Gigabyte)
Data storage
Stepwise refinement
Memory cell
12. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Optical drive
Contents of a memory cell
Flash drive
C Language
13. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Address of a memory cell
Central processing unit
Data storage
Graphical user interface
14. Step #4 in the software development method
Assembly language
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Implement the algorithm
15. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Computer chip
Supercomputers
C Language
Hardware
16. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Implement the algorithm
Data storage
Source file
Contents of a memory cell
17. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
B (Byte)
Machine language
MG (Megabyte)
Hardware
18. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Abstraction
Supercomputers
Top-down design
19. Universal Serial Bus
Assignment statement
Data storage
Hardware
USB
20. The amount of storage required to store a single character
bit
Algorithm
byte
C Language
21. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
B (Byte)
World wide web (WWW)
Stepwise refinement
22. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
File server
Integrated development environment (IDE)
GB (Gigabyte)
23. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Machine language
Analyze the problem
Optical drive
Stored program concept
24. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Data type double
Source file
Object file
Compiler
25. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Computers
File server
Central processing unit
bit
26. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Optical drive
Flash drive
Software
Supercomputers
27. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Local area network (LAN)
Desk checking
Computers
Address of a memory cell
28. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Maintain and update the program
Stepwise refinement
File server
Flash drive
29. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Memory cell
USB
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Assembly language
30. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Register
Memory cell
Source file
File server
31. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Computers
Data type char
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Graphical user interface
32. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Abstraction
Flash drive
Wide area network (WAN)
Flash drive
33. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
bit
USB
Address of a memory cell
Preprocessor directives
34. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
Address of a memory cell
Personal computers
bit
Data retrieval
35. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
byte
World wide web (WWW)
Abstraction
Desk checking
36. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Computers
Register
Algorithm
Main memory
37. An individual storage location in memory
Contents of a memory cell
Memory cell
C Language
Mainframes
38. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
Register
TB (Terabyte)
Assembly language
Hardware
39. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Top-down design
Object file
Data type int
File
40. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Linker
Computer chip
Register
Software
41. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Algorithm
Microprocessor chip
Secondary storage
KB (Kilobyte)
42. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Secondary storage
Address of a memory cell
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
43. A list of steps for solving a problem
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
KB (Kilobyte)
Algorithm
Wide area network (WAN)
44. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
B (Byte)
Contents of a memory cell
B (Byte)
TB (Terabyte)
45. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
byte
Mainframes
Register
Stored program concept
46. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Computers
Compiler
USB
Graphical user interface
47. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Secondary storage
byte
Graphical user interface
KB (Kilobyte)
48. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Test and verify the completed program
Linker
Software
Computers
49. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Data storage
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
File
Local area network (LAN)
50. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Data retrieval
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
C Language
Hardware