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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. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Local area network (LAN)
bit
TB (Terabyte)
Supercomputers
2. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Wide area network (WAN)
Secondary storage
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Microprocessor chip
3. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol
Personal computers
Data type char
Personal computers
Binary numbers
4. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Assignment statement
Machine language
Stepwise refinement
Abstraction
5. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
World wide web (WWW)
Memory cell
Top-down design
6. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Wide area network (WAN)
Mainframes
Source file
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
7. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Stored program concept
Data storage
Machine language
Top-down design
8. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Stored program concept
Object file
Stepwise refinement
Top-down design
9. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
File server
Algorithm
Object file
C Language
10. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Main memory
Source file
Memory cell
Personal computers
11. A list of steps for solving a problem
Stored program concept
Algorithm
Maintain and update the program
USB
12. computers used by a single person at a time
C Language
Personal computers
Object file
Stepwise refinement
13. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Main memory
Computers
B (Byte)
B (Byte)
14. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Assembly language
Assignment statement
Stored program concept
Software
15. Universal Serial Bus
Mainframes
Source file
Source file
USB
16. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Supercomputers
Graphical user interface
bit
17. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Wide area network (WAN)
Software
Desk checking
bit
18. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
B (Byte)
Data retrieval
19. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
World wide web (WWW)
Stepwise refinement
Microprocessor chip
Abstraction
20. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Assembly language
File
File server
constant macro
21. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Integrated development environment (IDE)
World wide web (WWW)
Source file
MG (Megabyte)
22. Stores programs or data permanently
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Top-down design
Address of a memory cell
B (Byte)
23. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Mainframes
Assembly language
Linker
Stored program concept
24. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Memory cell
Contents of a memory cell
Stepwise refinement
Source file
25. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
bit
Operating system
Preprocessor directives
Address of a memory cell
26. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
GB (Gigabyte)
USB
Address of a memory cell
C Language
27. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Wide area network (WAN)
Secondary storage
Data storage
Memory cell
28. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
World wide web (WWW)
Central processing unit
GB (Gigabyte)
MG (Megabyte)
29. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
byte
Main memory
Optical drive
30. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Source file
Linker
Contents of a memory cell
Desk checking
31. An individual storage location in memory
Main memory
Abstraction
B (Byte)
Memory cell
32. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
File server
File
Central processing unit
C Language
33. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Hardware
Address of a memory cell
Machine language
Maintain and update the program
34. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Local area network (LAN)
Algorithm
Specify the problem requirements
Register
35. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
TB (Terabyte)
Central processing unit
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
KB (Kilobyte)
36. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Contents of a memory cell
Secondary storage
Personal computers
Computers
37. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Implement the algorithm
Flash drive
Machine language
Assembly language
38. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Operating system
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Flash drive
KB (Kilobyte)
39. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Machine language
Graphical user interface
B (Byte)
KB (Kilobyte)
40. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
byte
Mainframes
Register
High-level language
41. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Operating system
World wide web (WWW)
Flash drive
Desk checking
42. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Graphical user interface
C Language
Contents of a memory cell
43. 8 bits
B (Byte)
KB (Kilobyte)
USB
Wide area network (WAN)
44. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Stored program concept
USB
constant macro
Abstraction
45. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Memory cell
byte
Graphical user interface
Data storage
46. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
B (Byte)
Object file
Machine language
Flash drive
47. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Abstraction
Stored program concept
TB (Terabyte)
Computer chip
48. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Stepwise refinement
Data storage
Binary numbers
49. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Main memory
USB
Algorithm
Abstraction
50. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Binary numbers
Contents of a memory cell
Computers
GB (Gigabyte)