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Problem Solving And Program Design
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol
Data type char
Machine language
Microprocessor chip
Top-down design
2. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
Computer chip
Graphical user interface
TB (Terabyte)
Preprocessor directives
3. Step #4 in the software development method
Implement the algorithm
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Computer chip
GB (Gigabyte)
4. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Assembly language
Microprocessor chip
Preprocessor directives
Memory cell
5. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program
Declarations
Executable statements
USB
File server
6. Step #6 in the software development method
Maintain and update the program
Desk checking
MG (Megabyte)
Object file
7. sequences of 0s and 1s
Binary numbers
USB
Data storage
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
8. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Optical drive
Address of a memory cell
Main memory
C Language
9. computers used by a single person at a time
Personal computers
Stepwise refinement
Central processing unit
GB (Gigabyte)
10. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Standard identifiers
Register
File
File server
11. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Data type int
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Computers
Stepwise refinement
12. A system program that modifies a C program prior to its compilation
Top-down design
Preprocessor
Algorithm
Implement the algorithm
13. The amount of storage required to store a single character
File server
Integrated development environment (IDE)
byte
High-level language
14. A list of steps for solving a problem
C Language
Main memory
Algorithm
Object file
15. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable
Microprocessor chip
Test and verify the completed program
Assignment statement
MG (Megabyte)
16. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Data storage
byte
Implement the algorithm
byte
17. 8 bits
Mainframes
Top-down design
B (Byte)
High-level language
18. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Compiler
Mainframes
Memory cell
Graphical user interface
19. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Supercomputers
USB
C Language
Computer chip
20. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
KB (Kilobyte)
Address of a memory cell
File server
MG (Megabyte)
21. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Compiler
Stored program concept
Desk checking
Algorithm
22. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
File server
Hardware
High-level language
KB (Kilobyte)
23. computers used by a single person at a time
Address of a memory cell
Declarations
Main memory
Personal computers
24. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Compiler
High-level language
Microprocessor chip
Optical drive
25. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Linker
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Main memory
Data storage
26. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Declarations
GB (Gigabyte)
Data storage
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
27. Data type is used to represent integers in C (-32767 to 32767)
Personal computers
Data type int
Main memory
Data storage
28. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Main memory
Register
Linker
29. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Linker
MG (Megabyte)
Data storage
Computer chip
30. Universal Serial Bus
Operating system
USB
bit
Contents of a memory cell
31. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Microprocessor chip
Stepwise refinement
Optical drive
Local area network (LAN)
32. sequences of 0s and 1s
Binary numbers
Assembly language
Microprocessor chip
Wide area network (WAN)
33. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Flash drive
Stored program concept
Microprocessor chip
Machine language
34. sequences of 0s and 1s
Binary numbers
TB (Terabyte)
Algorithm
File server
35. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
TB (Terabyte)
Standard identifiers
File server
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
36. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Preprocessor directives
Contents of a memory cell
Local area network (LAN)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
37. Step #3 in the software development method
Data retrieval
Software
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Optical drive
38. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Hardware
Preprocessor
World wide web (WWW)
39. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
TB (Terabyte)
Stored program concept
Maintain and update the program
Integrated development environment (IDE)
40. The set of programs associated with a computer
File server
Address of a memory cell
Computers
Software
41. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Secondary storage
Main memory
Abstraction
Contents of a memory cell
42. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Algorithm
Wide area network (WAN)
Top-down design
Secondary storage
43. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Main memory
Top-down design
Stepwise refinement
Graphical user interface
44. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
byte
KB (Kilobyte)
Executable statements
MG (Megabyte)
45. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Secondary storage
Stored program concept
Desk checking
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
46. An individual storage location in memory
Memory cell
byte
TB (Terabyte)
Address of a memory cell
47. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Maintain and update the program
TB (Terabyte)
Mainframes
48. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Local area network (LAN)
B (Byte)
Compiler
File server
49. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Local area network (LAN)
KB (Kilobyte)
Flash drive
Wide area network (WAN)
50. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Main memory
Data type char
Specify the problem requirements
Top-down design