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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. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Data storage
Compiler
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Desk checking
2. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
TB (Terabyte)
Optical drive
Object file
Microprocessor chip
3. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Flash drive
Central processing unit
Assembly language
bit
4. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Software
Flash drive
Graphical user interface
Desk checking
5. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Stepwise refinement
Algorithm
Machine language
GB (Gigabyte)
6. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Linker
Test and verify the completed program
Data retrieval
Stepwise refinement
7. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Analyze the problem
bit
Assembly language
Data retrieval
8. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Data type int
Stored program concept
C Language
9. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Graphical user interface
Address of a memory cell
Standard identifiers
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
10. 8 bits
B (Byte)
Local area network (LAN)
Address of a memory cell
Address of a memory cell
11. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Graphical user interface
File
Supercomputers
Source file
12. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Abstraction
C Language
B (Byte)
TB (Terabyte)
13. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Supercomputers
Declarations
Graphical user interface
High-level language
14. Step #6 in the software development method
Central processing unit
Maintain and update the program
Data retrieval
Optical drive
15. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Main memory
Assembly language
Hardware
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
16. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Implement the algorithm
Software
Machine language
Computer chip
17. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Stored program concept
File
Abstraction
Microprocessor chip
18. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Data retrieval
Mainframes
Standard identifiers
MG (Megabyte)
19. computers used by a single person at a time
Linker
Personal computers
USB
KB (Kilobyte)
20. Step #2 in the software development method
Stored program concept
constant macro
Analyze the problem
Supercomputers
21. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Secondary storage
Computer chip
Implement the algorithm
Personal computers
22. A system program that modifies a C program prior to its compilation
Hardware
Source file
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Preprocessor
23. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Software
Address of a memory cell
B (Byte)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
24. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
File
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
C Language
Stepwise refinement
25. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Graphical user interface
Assembly language
26. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
File server
Machine language
Data type int
Desk checking
27. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Computer chip
Register
Machine language
Top-down design
28. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Register
Data type char
Computer chip
Desk checking
29. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
USB
Microprocessor chip
KB (Kilobyte)
Software
30. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Hardware
Standard identifiers
Wide area network (WAN)
Operating system
31. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Flash drive
Preprocessor directives
C Language
MG (Megabyte)
32. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Secondary storage
B (Byte)
Linker
Analyze the problem
33. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Address of a memory cell
Stored program concept
Declarations
MG (Megabyte)
34. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Personal computers
Implement the algorithm
Operating system
C Language
35. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Reserved word
Supercomputers
Computer chip
Data type char
36. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
bit
Contents of a memory cell
Object file
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
37. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Machine language
Compiler
Data storage
Central processing unit
38. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Data type int
Computer chip
Top-down design
File server
39. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
MG (Megabyte)
byte
Reserved word
40. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Algorithm
Compiler
TB (Terabyte)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
41. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Register
byte
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
GB (Gigabyte)
42. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Wide area network (WAN)
Operating system
Main memory
Abstraction
43. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Register
Stepwise refinement
byte
TB (Terabyte)
44. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
C Language
Machine language
TB (Terabyte)
45. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Flash drive
Standard identifiers
Machine language
Graphical user interface
46. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Local area network (LAN)
Data type int
B (Byte)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
47. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
byte
Optical drive
KB (Kilobyte)
Supercomputers
48. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Address of a memory cell
Object file
Algorithm
KB (Kilobyte)
49. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Central processing unit
File
Supercomputers
50. sequences of 0s and 1s
Wide area network (WAN)
Stepwise refinement
Binary numbers
Software