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Problem Solving And Program Design
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Optical drive
Mainframes
byte
File server
2. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Linker
Local area network (LAN)
Graphical user interface
Wide area network (WAN)
3. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Stored program concept
Algorithm
Microprocessor chip
Computer chip
4. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Reserved word
World wide web (WWW)
Register
Secondary storage
5. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Source file
Graphical user interface
Analyze the problem
Optical drive
6. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
byte
World wide web (WWW)
Graphical user interface
GB (Gigabyte)
7. Step #5 in the software development method
Test and verify the completed program
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
8. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Mainframes
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Operating system
MG (Megabyte)
9. The set of programs associated with a computer
bit
Software
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Microprocessor chip
10. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Computer chip
Graphical user interface
Personal computers
GB (Gigabyte)
11. Data type is used to represent integers in C (-32767 to 32767)
Data type int
Assembly language
C Language
bit
12. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Operating system
Data retrieval
Computer chip
Central processing unit
13. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Linker
Hardware
constant macro
Main memory
14. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Supercomputers
TB (Terabyte)
High-level language
Integrated development environment (IDE)
15. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Address of a memory cell
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Data retrieval
MG (Megabyte)
16. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Local area network (LAN)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Stored program concept
C Language
17. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Object file
Microprocessor chip
Secondary storage
C Language
18. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Personal computers
Hardware
Data retrieval
Address of a memory cell
19. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Graphical user interface
Optical drive
File server
Abstraction
20. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
MG (Megabyte)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Central processing unit
Binary numbers
21. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Microprocessor chip
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Object file
GB (Gigabyte)
22. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Data storage
Source file
World wide web (WWW)
bit
23. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
USB
Assembly language
Microprocessor chip
C Language
24. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Wide area network (WAN)
Computer chip
byte
Mainframes
25. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
World wide web (WWW)
Hardware
C Language
Object file
26. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Flash drive
Local area network (LAN)
Specify the problem requirements
Top-down design
27. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Data retrieval
Memory cell
Address of a memory cell
C Language
28. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Computer chip
Stored program concept
Stored program concept
Wide area network (WAN)
29. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Assembly language
Standard identifiers
Flash drive
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
30. Step #6 in the software development method
Software
Source file
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Maintain and update the program
31. Step #5 in the software development method
Abstraction
Personal computers
Test and verify the completed program
Flash drive
32. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
MG (Megabyte)
Abstraction
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Wide area network (WAN)
33. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program
Top-down design
Declarations
TB (Terabyte)
File server
34. The set of programs associated with a computer
Data storage
Data storage
Software
Abstraction
35. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Secondary storage
Software
Optical drive
36. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Contents of a memory cell
High-level language
Preprocessor directives
Flash drive
37. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Integrated development environment (IDE)
TB (Terabyte)
Assembly language
World wide web (WWW)
38. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Computers
MG (Megabyte)
Main memory
Secondary storage
39. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Graphical user interface
Abstraction
Reserved word
Operating system
40. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Executable statements
Personal computers
Operating system
File
41. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Main memory
Top-down design
Supercomputers
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
42. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Microprocessor chip
bit
Microprocessor chip
43. Step #6 in the software development method
Compiler
Graphical user interface
Optical drive
Maintain and update the program
44. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Wide area network (WAN)
Memory cell
Computers
High-level language
45. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
C Language
Machine language
Compiler
Preprocessor directives
46. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Stepwise refinement
Computers
Compiler
47. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Wide area network (WAN)
File
Mainframes
C Language
48. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Machine language
Register
C Language
Algorithm
49. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Data storage
Assignment statement
Abstraction
Stored program concept
50. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
File server
Contents of a memory cell
TB (Terabyte)
Assembly language