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Problem Solving And Program Design
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Named collection of data stored on a disk
File
Linker
Reserved word
Desk checking
2. 1024 bytes (2^10)
KB (Kilobyte)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Graphical user interface
Assembly language
3. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Operating system
GB (Gigabyte)
Operating system
Data storage
4. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Secondary storage
Wide area network (WAN)
File server
Executable statements
5. Stores programs or data permanently
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
byte
bit
Data retrieval
6. sequences of 0s and 1s
TB (Terabyte)
Local area network (LAN)
constant macro
Binary numbers
7. computers used by a single person at a time
Personal computers
GB (Gigabyte)
USB
High-level language
8. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
TB (Terabyte)
Top-down design
Assembly language
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
9. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Abstraction
Computers
Executable statements
Wide area network (WAN)
10. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Operating system
Algorithm
Main memory
Local area network (LAN)
11. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Desk checking
C Language
Linker
Executable statements
12. Program lines that are converted to machine language instructions and executed by the computer
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
bit
Source file
Executable statements
13. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Executable statements
Flash drive
World wide web (WWW)
Data storage
14. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Main memory
Secondary storage
Assembly language
Compiler
15. sequences of 0s and 1s
Binary numbers
Abstraction
TB (Terabyte)
Graphical user interface
16. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
Binary numbers
bit
Wide area network (WAN)
Machine language
17. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
USB
Address of a memory cell
KB (Kilobyte)
Contents of a memory cell
18. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
GB (Gigabyte)
Abstraction
Integrated development environment (IDE)
19. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
TB (Terabyte)
Microprocessor chip
Stored program concept
20. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Central processing unit
Memory cell
C Language
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
21. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Abstraction
Computers
Address of a memory cell
Contents of a memory cell
22. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
TB (Terabyte)
Software
Hardware
Graphical user interface
23. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program
Operating system
Object file
Declarations
File
24. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Mainframes
Stepwise refinement
TB (Terabyte)
File
25. Step #1 in the software development method
Analyze the problem
Specify the problem requirements
Mainframes
Secondary storage
26. The set of programs associated with a computer
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Software
High-level language
File server
27. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Data storage
Linker
B (Byte)
Optical drive
28. A list of steps for solving a problem
Algorithm
Supercomputers
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
byte
29. The set of programs associated with a computer
Abstraction
Software
Computer chip
USB
30. The set of programs associated with a computer
Software
Operating system
Data storage
Address of a memory cell
31. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Operating system
Hardware
Main memory
Implement the algorithm
32. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Hardware
Local area network (LAN)
Stepwise refinement
Data storage
33. Step #5 in the software development method
Data type double
constant macro
Test and verify the completed program
Address of a memory cell
34. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Main memory
Data type char
Abstraction
35. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Stored program concept
Compiler
Object file
36. Step #6 in the software development method
Integrated development environment (IDE)
KB (Kilobyte)
Microprocessor chip
Maintain and update the program
37. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Object file
World wide web (WWW)
File
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
38. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Stepwise refinement
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Register
Specify the problem requirements
39. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Register
Operating system
Register
40. Step #3 in the software development method
MG (Megabyte)
C Language
Compiler
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
41. Step #2 in the software development method
Analyze the problem
Data type char
USB
Stored program concept
42. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable
Data type int
Central processing unit
Assignment statement
Local area network (LAN)
43. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Source file
Executable statements
Wide area network (WAN)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
44. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
C Language
Computer chip
Stepwise refinement
Supercomputers
45. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
High-level language
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
MG (Megabyte)
Supercomputers
46. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Object file
Top-down design
byte
GB (Gigabyte)
47. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Microprocessor chip
KB (Kilobyte)
Contents of a memory cell
Stepwise refinement
48. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Abstraction
Computers
File
bit
49. Universal Serial Bus
USB
Computer chip
Flash drive
Operating system
50. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
MG (Megabyte)
Source file
Operating system
Mainframes