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Problem Solving And Program Design
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Subject
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
MG (Megabyte)
Data retrieval
Stepwise refinement
Secondary storage
2. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Register
Stepwise refinement
Optical drive
Compiler
3. Step #4 in the software development method
Top-down design
Optical drive
File server
Implement the algorithm
4. Step #6 in the software development method
Analyze the problem
Wide area network (WAN)
Maintain and update the program
Secondary storage
5. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Contents of a memory cell
Personal computers
Graphical user interface
constant macro
6. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Supercomputers
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Register
TB (Terabyte)
7. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Data storage
Flash drive
Contents of a memory cell
Assignment statement
8. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Source file
bit
TB (Terabyte)
9. Named collection of data stored on a disk
File
Compiler
Main memory
Implement the algorithm
10. A word having special meaning but one that a programmer may redefine (but redefinition is not recommended!)
Abstraction
Standard identifiers
Abstraction
Contents of a memory cell
11. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Machine language
Algorithm
Desk checking
12. Stores programs or data permanently
Algorithm
Main memory
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Abstraction
13. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Supercomputers
Stored program concept
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
High-level language
14. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
B (Byte)
Supercomputers
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Register
15. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Analyze the problem
Preprocessor
Data storage
16. computers used by a single person at a time
Stepwise refinement
Personal computers
Memory cell
Test and verify the completed program
17. Step #3 in the software development method
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Machine language
Compiler
Mainframes
18. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
TB (Terabyte)
Stored program concept
Optical drive
Computers
19. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Graphical user interface
Operating system
Software
Microprocessor chip
20. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Abstraction
Address of a memory cell
21. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Binary numbers
Data retrieval
22. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Computers
Computer chip
Top-down design
Central processing unit
23. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Abstraction
C Language
KB (Kilobyte)
byte
24. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
File server
Main memory
Operating system
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
25. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Machine language
Main memory
B (Byte)
Data type char
26. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Implement the algorithm
Main memory
TB (Terabyte)
B (Byte)
27. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Assignment statement
GB (Gigabyte)
Microprocessor chip
Preprocessor directives
28. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Desk checking
Mainframes
File
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
29. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Stepwise refinement
Local area network (LAN)
C Language
30. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Compiler
byte
Contents of a memory cell
Assignment statement
31. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Data retrieval
Assembly language
bit
Address of a memory cell
32. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Contents of a memory cell
Assembly language
Implement the algorithm
Hardware
33. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Supercomputers
KB (Kilobyte)
Abstraction
byte
34. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Linker
KB (Kilobyte)
Wide area network (WAN)
Optical drive
35. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
Preprocessor directives
Local area network (LAN)
TB (Terabyte)
Data type int
36. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
World wide web (WWW)
Top-down design
GB (Gigabyte)
Central processing unit
37. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Source file
Object file
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Source file
38. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Assembly language
High-level language
Linker
Wide area network (WAN)
39. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Executable statements
Machine language
Software
Central processing unit
40. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Maintain and update the program
Source file
Mainframes
Implement the algorithm
41. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Declarations
Abstraction
B (Byte)
42. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
byte
Specify the problem requirements
C Language
File server
43. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
World wide web (WWW)
Personal computers
Computer chip
Address of a memory cell
44. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
World wide web (WWW)
TB (Terabyte)
B (Byte)
Machine language
45. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
constant macro
Local area network (LAN)
Optical drive
Graphical user interface
46. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Maintain and update the program
Mainframes
Binary numbers
Wide area network (WAN)
47. Step #2 in the software development method
World wide web (WWW)
Analyze the problem
Central processing unit
Computer chip
48. 1024 bytes (2^10)
File
B (Byte)
KB (Kilobyte)
Stepwise refinement
49. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Flash drive
Computer chip
Object file
Source file
50. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Source file
Register
GB (Gigabyte)
World wide web (WWW)