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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. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Preprocessor directives
Stepwise refinement
High-level language
Optical drive
2. The set of programs associated with a computer
byte
Software
Algorithm
Graphical user interface
3. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
bit
File
Machine language
Assembly language
4. Stores programs or data permanently
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Linker
GB (Gigabyte)
Computer chip
5. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
bit
Stepwise refinement
B (Byte)
Flash drive
6. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
KB (Kilobyte)
Object file
MG (Megabyte)
Local area network (LAN)
7. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable
B (Byte)
Abstraction
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Assignment statement
8. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Compiler
Source file
Flash drive
Specify the problem requirements
9. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program
Wide area network (WAN)
Flash drive
Declarations
Algorithm
10. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Linker
Reserved word
B (Byte)
Address of a memory cell
11. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Computer chip
Computers
Desk checking
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
12. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
byte
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Stepwise refinement
Binary numbers
13. Step #4 in the software development method
Top-down design
Compiler
KB (Kilobyte)
Implement the algorithm
14. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
File
TB (Terabyte)
Standard identifiers
MG (Megabyte)
15. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Secondary storage
Analyze the problem
Mainframes
Object file
16. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
GB (Gigabyte)
Desk checking
High-level language
Register
17. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Software
Compiler
Local area network (LAN)
World wide web (WWW)
18. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Register
MG (Megabyte)
Top-down design
Computer chip
19. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Assembly language
Flash drive
Contents of a memory cell
Implement the algorithm
20. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Data storage
Top-down design
Address of a memory cell
Compiler
21. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
GB (Gigabyte)
Microprocessor chip
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
File
22. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Assembly language
File server
Secondary storage
Secondary storage
23. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Computers
TB (Terabyte)
Central processing unit
Integrated development environment (IDE)
24. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Object file
Operating system
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Compiler
25. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Address of a memory cell
Data type char
Secondary storage
Graphical user interface
26. Step #2 in the software development method
Analyze the problem
Object file
MG (Megabyte)
Desk checking
27. Stores programs or data permanently
Stored program concept
Assignment statement
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
28. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
File
Computer chip
Contents of a memory cell
Preprocessor directives
29. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Hardware
Stored program concept
Source file
GB (Gigabyte)
30. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Local area network (LAN)
Assembly language
Supercomputers
MG (Megabyte)
31. Step #1 in the software development method
Specify the problem requirements
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
GB (Gigabyte)
32. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Computer chip
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Machine language
Contents of a memory cell
33. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Preprocessor directives
Memory cell
File
High-level language
34. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Wide area network (WAN)
Top-down design
Source file
35. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
World wide web (WWW)
Supercomputers
Microprocessor chip
Desk checking
36. Step #6 in the software development method
Computers
File server
Maintain and update the program
Address of a memory cell
37. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
File server
Optical drive
Machine language
Data storage
38. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
KB (Kilobyte)
Microprocessor chip
Compiler
Secondary storage
39. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Main memory
World wide web (WWW)
Stepwise refinement
Standard identifiers
40. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Implement the algorithm
File server
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
High-level language
41. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
File server
File
Specify the problem requirements
Secondary storage
42. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Supercomputers
Algorithm
Binary numbers
Stored program concept
43. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Supercomputers
Central processing unit
bit
Mainframes
44. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Operating system
GB (Gigabyte)
Contents of a memory cell
Hardware
45. The amount of storage required to store a single character
GB (Gigabyte)
byte
Software
Data storage
46. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Local area network (LAN)
Data type char
World wide web (WWW)
Data retrieval
47. Step #1 in the software development method
TB (Terabyte)
Algorithm
Specify the problem requirements
Mainframes
48. sequences of 0s and 1s
Binary numbers
Declarations
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Algorithm
49. 1024 bytes (2^10)
KB (Kilobyte)
Supercomputers
Main memory
B (Byte)
50. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Assembly language
Source file
Address of a memory cell
Object file