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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. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Address of a memory cell
Mainframes
constant macro
Stored program concept
2. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
byte
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
File
Address of a memory cell
3. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Object file
Mainframes
Top-down design
byte
4. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
bit
File server
Local area network (LAN)
Data type char
5. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Machine language
Secondary storage
Supercomputers
KB (Kilobyte)
6. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
Data retrieval
bit
Standard identifiers
High-level language
7. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Graphical user interface
Contents of a memory cell
Optical drive
Personal computers
8. Named collection of data stored on a disk
File
Assembly language
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
TB (Terabyte)
9. Universal Serial Bus
Stepwise refinement
USB
Microprocessor chip
byte
10. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Optical drive
Stored program concept
Operating system
Secondary storage
11. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Reserved word
Analyze the problem
Algorithm
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
12. Stores programs or data permanently
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Wide area network (WAN)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Local area network (LAN)
13. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Assembly language
Mainframes
Stored program concept
Source file
14. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
GB (Gigabyte)
Personal computers
Local area network (LAN)
B (Byte)
15. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Hardware
Software
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Stored program concept
16. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program
Test and verify the completed program
Data retrieval
Declarations
Operating system
17. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
KB (Kilobyte)
Computer chip
MG (Megabyte)
Assembly language
18. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
World wide web (WWW)
Operating system
Source file
Flash drive
19. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
GB (Gigabyte)
World wide web (WWW)
Computer chip
Specify the problem requirements
20. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Binary numbers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Data retrieval
Top-down design
21. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Wide area network (WAN)
Mainframes
Stepwise refinement
KB (Kilobyte)
22. Step #1 in the software development method
Abstraction
Abstraction
Specify the problem requirements
Assignment statement
23. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Wide area network (WAN)
constant macro
Linker
Computers
24. computers used by a single person at a time
Stepwise refinement
Data type double
Personal computers
Object file
25. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Standard identifiers
USB
Computer chip
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
26. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Contents of a memory cell
MG (Megabyte)
Assignment statement
Graphical user interface
27. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Source file
File
Computers
B (Byte)
28. The set of programs associated with a computer
Software
Address of a memory cell
Mainframes
Computers
29. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Operating system
Graphical user interface
Mainframes
Test and verify the completed program
30. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Graphical user interface
KB (Kilobyte)
High-level language
Flash drive
31. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Personal computers
Central processing unit
MG (Megabyte)
Top-down design
32. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Top-down design
Central processing unit
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Mainframes
33. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Central processing unit
Machine language
34. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
B (Byte)
byte
MG (Megabyte)
35. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Linker
GB (Gigabyte)
Stored program concept
36. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
MG (Megabyte)
Analyze the problem
Assembly language
Computer chip
37. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Microprocessor chip
Assembly language
Main memory
38. The set of programs associated with a computer
Abstraction
Software
File server
TB (Terabyte)
39. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Contents of a memory cell
Main memory
Supercomputers
Software
40. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Computer chip
Data type double
Data type char
Stepwise refinement
41. Stores programs or data permanently
File
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Implement the algorithm
42. Program lines that are converted to machine language instructions and executed by the computer
File
Executable statements
Flash drive
Object file
43. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Top-down design
bit
MG (Megabyte)
Object file
44. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
TB (Terabyte)
Data storage
B (Byte)
Mainframes
45. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
GB (Gigabyte)
Microprocessor chip
C Language
Assembly language
46. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Data type int
Address of a memory cell
Main memory
Computers
47. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Compiler
Mainframes
Computer chip
Top-down design
48. A list of steps for solving a problem
bit
USB
World wide web (WWW)
Algorithm
49. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Stepwise refinement
Software
Standard identifiers
Address of a memory cell
50. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Contents of a memory cell
Wide area network (WAN)
Address of a memory cell
Data retrieval