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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A system program that modifies a C program prior to its compilation
Compiler
Local area network (LAN)
Preprocessor
Memory cell
2. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Binary numbers
Maintain and update the program
Data storage
Hardware
3. Stores programs or data permanently
Stored program concept
Data retrieval
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Stepwise refinement
4. The set of programs associated with a computer
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
World wide web (WWW)
Software
Maintain and update the program
5. Stores programs or data permanently
bit
Specify the problem requirements
File
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
6. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol
Machine language
Data type char
Standard identifiers
Supercomputers
7. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Test and verify the completed program
Stored program concept
File server
Hardware
8. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
MG (Megabyte)
Register
Operating system
Analyze the problem
9. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Linker
Central processing unit
High-level language
Source file
10. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Main memory
Hardware
File
GB (Gigabyte)
11. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Object file
Test and verify the completed program
Optical drive
TB (Terabyte)
12. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Address of a memory cell
Register
Central processing unit
Maintain and update the program
13. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Optical drive
Register
Assembly language
Stored program concept
14. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Maintain and update the program
Operating system
C Language
Microprocessor chip
15. A list of steps for solving a problem
Main memory
Algorithm
GB (Gigabyte)
Computers
16. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Top-down design
Data retrieval
Test and verify the completed program
World wide web (WWW)
17. An individual storage location in memory
Preprocessor directives
C Language
Data retrieval
Memory cell
18. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Central processing unit
Stepwise refinement
Data storage
Graphical user interface
19. An individual storage location in memory
Stepwise refinement
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Memory cell
Operating system
20. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Abstraction
Binary numbers
Supercomputers
Computers
21. Step #5 in the software development method
Test and verify the completed program
Secondary storage
Memory cell
Flash drive
22. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Computers
Algorithm
Microprocessor chip
B (Byte)
23. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Flash drive
Computers
Register
Software
24. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Secondary storage
Specify the problem requirements
Binary numbers
Assembly language
25. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Local area network (LAN)
Implement the algorithm
High-level language
26. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Linker
Algorithm
Secondary storage
Register
27. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Hardware
World wide web (WWW)
High-level language
Optical drive
28. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
File
GB (Gigabyte)
Data storage
Object file
29. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
File server
MG (Megabyte)
GB (Gigabyte)
KB (Kilobyte)
30. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Top-down design
KB (Kilobyte)
Stepwise refinement
31. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Stepwise refinement
Computers
C Language
KB (Kilobyte)
32. sequences of 0s and 1s
File server
byte
Computer chip
Binary numbers
33. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
GB (Gigabyte)
byte
Machine language
Data type int
34. A word that has special meaning in C
Reserved word
Abstraction
High-level language
Central processing unit
35. Program lines that are converted to machine language instructions and executed by the computer
Stored program concept
Executable statements
GB (Gigabyte)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
36. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Declarations
Algorithm
Abstraction
Binary numbers
37. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Preprocessor directives
Executable statements
MG (Megabyte)
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
38. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
GB (Gigabyte)
MG (Megabyte)
Analyze the problem
Compiler
39. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
Personal computers
TB (Terabyte)
Data type int
Source file
40. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
C Language
Stored program concept
Memory cell
Abstraction
41. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Memory cell
Object file
Linker
Algorithm
42. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Operating system
Linker
Flash drive
43. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Optical drive
Assembly language
Hardware
Software
44. Step #1 in the software development method
Binary numbers
Data storage
Specify the problem requirements
Main memory
45. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program
TB (Terabyte)
Declarations
Reserved word
File server
46. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
byte
Machine language
Linker
Specify the problem requirements
47. Step #5 in the software development method
Central processing unit
Microprocessor chip
Test and verify the completed program
Data type int
48. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Stored program concept
B (Byte)
MG (Megabyte)
Computers
49. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Hardware
Data type int
Source file
byte
50. Step #4 in the software development method
Implement the algorithm
GB (Gigabyte)
Computers
Secondary storage