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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. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Register
Address of a memory cell
Desk checking
2. Step #4 in the software development method
Abstraction
Software
bit
Implement the algorithm
3. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Compiler
Source file
Computers
Reserved word
4. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Assembly language
Source file
Algorithm
Reserved word
5. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Microprocessor chip
C Language
Computer chip
Integrated development environment (IDE)
6. 8 bits
B (Byte)
Declarations
High-level language
Specify the problem requirements
7. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
File
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Wide area network (WAN)
Top-down design
8. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Data retrieval
Data storage
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Desk checking
9. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
KB (Kilobyte)
File server
Data type char
Specify the problem requirements
10. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Wide area network (WAN)
Binary numbers
Local area network (LAN)
11. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Hardware
Reserved word
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
File server
12. 1024 bytes (2^10)
File
Linker
KB (Kilobyte)
Register
13. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
GB (Gigabyte)
Software
Algorithm
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
14. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
Preprocessor directives
Software
Data storage
File server
15. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Register
Secondary storage
Flash drive
Main memory
16. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
File
Main memory
17. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Object file
Main memory
Local area network (LAN)
Optical drive
18. computers used by a single person at a time
Local area network (LAN)
Graphical user interface
File server
Personal computers
19. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
GB (Gigabyte)
Abstraction
C Language
Register
20. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Algorithm
Data storage
Main memory
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
21. The set of programs associated with a computer
Stored program concept
Software
Supercomputers
World wide web (WWW)
22. Step #3 in the software development method
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Optical drive
Operating system
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
23. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Analyze the problem
Address of a memory cell
Stored program concept
24. computers used by a single person at a time
Data retrieval
Personal computers
Executable statements
High-level language
25. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Wide area network (WAN)
Secondary storage
High-level language
26. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Linker
Computer chip
Wide area network (WAN)
Graphical user interface
27. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
bit
Memory cell
Data type int
Wide area network (WAN)
28. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Machine language
Microprocessor chip
Operating system
File server
29. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
C Language
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Assembly language
Memory cell
30. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Secondary storage
Personal computers
Graphical user interface
Optical drive
31. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Preprocessor directives
Stored program concept
Data storage
byte
32. An individual storage location in memory
Personal computers
Memory cell
Graphical user interface
MG (Megabyte)
33. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Graphical user interface
Source file
Register
KB (Kilobyte)
34. Step #2 in the software development method
Binary numbers
Analyze the problem
TB (Terabyte)
Flash drive
35. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Address of a memory cell
Main memory
Assembly language
Binary numbers
36. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Source file
Linker
byte
Personal computers
37. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Declarations
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Linker
Data type int
38. sequences of 0s and 1s
USB
Binary numbers
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Operating system
39. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
GB (Gigabyte)
Operating system
Abstraction
Machine language
40. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Supercomputers
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
MG (Megabyte)
Reserved word
41. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Stored program concept
Source file
bit
GB (Gigabyte)
42. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Linker
Abstraction
Graphical user interface
Data retrieval
43. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Contents of a memory cell
Address of a memory cell
Supercomputers
bit
44. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol
Main memory
Object file
Data type char
Stored program concept
45. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
MG (Megabyte)
Microprocessor chip
Software
Memory cell
46. A list of steps for solving a problem
Local area network (LAN)
Analyze the problem
Address of a memory cell
Algorithm
47. sequences of 0s and 1s
byte
Preprocessor
Desk checking
Binary numbers
48. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Computers
File server
Stored program concept
Object file
49. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Address of a memory cell
Graphical user interface
Central processing unit
Data storage
50. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Register
C Language
High-level language
Declarations