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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. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Specify the problem requirements
Personal computers
Microprocessor chip
B (Byte)
2. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Personal computers
Maintain and update the program
Data storage
3. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Source file
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Computer chip
Operating system
4. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program
Data storage
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Declarations
High-level language
5. Step #5 in the software development method
Stepwise refinement
File
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Test and verify the completed program
6. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Data type int
Compiler
Secondary storage
Assembly language
7. The set of programs associated with a computer
Memory cell
File
Software
Central processing unit
8. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Preprocessor
USB
Data retrieval
9. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Analyze the problem
TB (Terabyte)
World wide web (WWW)
Top-down design
10. An individual storage location in memory
Memory cell
File server
High-level language
Binary numbers
11. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Hardware
byte
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Linker
12. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Compiler
MG (Megabyte)
Object file
World wide web (WWW)
13. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Data storage
Implement the algorithm
Linker
Central processing unit
14. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Main memory
GB (Gigabyte)
constant macro
B (Byte)
15. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
GB (Gigabyte)
Data type int
File
Flash drive
16. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Stored program concept
Central processing unit
Main memory
Maintain and update the program
17. Data type is used to represent integers in C (-32767 to 32767)
Preprocessor directives
Data type int
Source file
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
18. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
MG (Megabyte)
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Main memory
Secondary storage
19. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Contents of a memory cell
Compiler
Linker
bit
20. The set of programs associated with a computer
Abstraction
Software
Personal computers
USB
21. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
GB (Gigabyte)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Binary numbers
22. Stores programs or data permanently
Data storage
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Software
Address of a memory cell
23. Step #2 in the software development method
Flash drive
Analyze the problem
Hardware
File
24. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
GB (Gigabyte)
Hardware
Stored program concept
Supercomputers
25. Universal Serial Bus
B (Byte)
Contents of a memory cell
USB
Desk checking
26. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
B (Byte)
Computers
Linker
Optical drive
27. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Wide area network (WAN)
Machine language
byte
Contents of a memory cell
28. computers used by a single person at a time
Mainframes
Personal computers
Source file
Graphical user interface
29. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Assembly language
Stepwise refinement
Algorithm
Optical drive
30. 8 bits
Assembly language
B (Byte)
Address of a memory cell
Stepwise refinement
31. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Compiler
C Language
World wide web (WWW)
Linker
32. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Secondary storage
Address of a memory cell
Assembly language
Computers
33. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Microprocessor chip
Source file
Local area network (LAN)
Computer chip
34. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Executable statements
Hardware
Operating system
Local area network (LAN)
35. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Test and verify the completed program
MG (Megabyte)
Flash drive
Graphical user interface
36. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
File server
Linker
Memory cell
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
37. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Object file
Data type double
C Language
Analyze the problem
38. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Stepwise refinement
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Stored program concept
Main memory
39. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Address of a memory cell
Specify the problem requirements
Linker
Computer chip
40. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Wide area network (WAN)
File
Top-down design
bit
41. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Computers
Data retrieval
World wide web (WWW)
Graphical user interface
42. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Data type char
Abstraction
Microprocessor chip
Data type double
43. Universal Serial Bus
USB
Flash drive
Computer chip
World wide web (WWW)
44. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
World wide web (WWW)
Assembly language
High-level language
Preprocessor directives
45. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Contents of a memory cell
World wide web (WWW)
Stored program concept
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
46. Step #5 in the software development method
KB (Kilobyte)
High-level language
Test and verify the completed program
Memory cell
47. Step #6 in the software development method
File
Flash drive
Maintain and update the program
Test and verify the completed program
48. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Implement the algorithm
Machine language
Desk checking
Graphical user interface
49. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Computers
byte
Central processing unit
KB (Kilobyte)
50. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Assignment statement
High-level language
Assembly language
World wide web (WWW)