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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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1. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Specify the problem requirements
Assembly language
Main memory
Stepwise refinement
2. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
World wide web (WWW)
Maintain and update the program
C Language
Microprocessor chip
3. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Software
Secondary storage
Assembly language
Local area network (LAN)
4. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
C Language
Assembly language
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Top-down design
5. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Supercomputers
Source file
Register
MG (Megabyte)
6. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
Data retrieval
Abstraction
Supercomputers
Preprocessor directives
7. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Machine language
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Stored program concept
High-level language
8. Step #5 in the software development method
Declarations
Object file
Test and verify the completed program
Computers
9. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
Data type char
Memory cell
MG (Megabyte)
TB (Terabyte)
10. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Stepwise refinement
Data type int
Computers
Binary numbers
11. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Test and verify the completed program
Data type int
Supercomputers
Stepwise refinement
12. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Personal computers
Main memory
Wide area network (WAN)
Operating system
13. Used to represent real numbers (including decimal points) in C
Register
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Data type double
14. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Main memory
KB (Kilobyte)
Stepwise refinement
Memory cell
15. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Local area network (LAN)
Maintain and update the program
Analyze the problem
Supercomputers
16. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Supercomputers
Compiler
MG (Megabyte)
Register
17. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Stored program concept
Source file
C Language
Stored program concept
18. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Personal computers
World wide web (WWW)
GB (Gigabyte)
Computer chip
19. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Computer chip
GB (Gigabyte)
Mainframes
Desk checking
20. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Computer chip
Central processing unit
Stepwise refinement
Address of a memory cell
21. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Algorithm
Computers
Implement the algorithm
Test and verify the completed program
22. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
File server
Data type double
Reserved word
Contents of a memory cell
23. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
GB (Gigabyte)
Graphical user interface
Main memory
Machine language
24. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Address of a memory cell
USB
USB
Graphical user interface
25. A word that has special meaning in C
Personal computers
Reserved word
Stored program concept
Algorithm
26. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
bit
Desk checking
Graphical user interface
constant macro
27. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Computer chip
Top-down design
Graphical user interface
Specify the problem requirements
28. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Secondary storage
Data storage
Preprocessor
Data type int
29. Universal Serial Bus
Binary numbers
Operating system
USB
Optical drive
30. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Optical drive
B (Byte)
Secondary storage
31. A list of steps for solving a problem
Algorithm
Computers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Operating system
32. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Personal computers
Computers
Flash drive
Stepwise refinement
33. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Compiler
bit
Graphical user interface
Abstraction
34. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
GB (Gigabyte)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Computer chip
Main memory
35. A list of steps for solving a problem
Algorithm
Machine language
Assembly language
Test and verify the completed program
36. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Stored program concept
Hardware
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Graphical user interface
37. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
byte
Computer chip
Computer chip
Register
38. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Computers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Supercomputers
Source file
39. A name that is replaced by a particular constant value before the program is sent to the compiler
Local area network (LAN)
GB (Gigabyte)
Stepwise refinement
constant macro
40. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Data retrieval
Abstraction
B (Byte)
41. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Binary numbers
Computer chip
Data retrieval
42. sequences of 0s and 1s
Preprocessor directives
Binary numbers
Top-down design
Integrated development environment (IDE)
43. An individual storage location in memory
Central processing unit
Data storage
Memory cell
Microprocessor chip
44. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Stored program concept
Operating system
Object file
bit
45. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol
USB
Data type char
Compiler
Data retrieval
46. 8 bits
Software
bit
B (Byte)
Main memory
47. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Data type char
File server
Graphical user interface
Desk checking
48. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Stepwise refinement
Object file
Wide area network (WAN)
Supercomputers
49. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Linker
Stepwise refinement
Wide area network (WAN)
Central processing unit
50. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Contents of a memory cell
Test and verify the completed program
Assembly language
Compiler