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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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1. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Wide area network (WAN)
Standard identifiers
Data type double
GB (Gigabyte)
2. A list of steps for solving a problem
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Algorithm
Secondary storage
TB (Terabyte)
3. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Data storage
Top-down design
Implement the algorithm
GB (Gigabyte)
4. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Software
Computers
Microprocessor chip
Secondary storage
5. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
World wide web (WWW)
bit
Computers
Computer chip
6. The set of programs associated with a computer
Software
Test and verify the completed program
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
bit
7. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
byte
Memory cell
Preprocessor directives
Algorithm
8. Step #4 in the software development method
Implement the algorithm
Flash drive
Integrated development environment (IDE)
byte
9. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
KB (Kilobyte)
Operating system
World wide web (WWW)
Analyze the problem
10. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Implement the algorithm
Computer chip
KB (Kilobyte)
Data storage
11. Universal Serial Bus
Microprocessor chip
Object file
USB
Memory cell
12. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
MG (Megabyte)
C Language
bit
Secondary storage
13. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Register
Address of a memory cell
Software
GB (Gigabyte)
14. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Desk checking
High-level language
Mainframes
Machine language
15. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Compiler
Stepwise refinement
Assembly language
16. Program lines that are converted to machine language instructions and executed by the computer
Software
Assembly language
Object file
Executable statements
17. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
File server
Wide area network (WAN)
Reserved word
GB (Gigabyte)
18. 8 bits
Data retrieval
Central processing unit
byte
B (Byte)
19. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
B (Byte)
Computers
Desk checking
Object file
20. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol
Object file
Data type char
bit
Data storage
21. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Local area network (LAN)
Personal computers
Data retrieval
Reserved word
22. Step #1 in the software development method
Specify the problem requirements
Register
Standard identifiers
Stepwise refinement
23. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Object file
File server
Microprocessor chip
MG (Megabyte)
24. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
bit
Mainframes
B (Byte)
Central processing unit
25. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Compiler
Data type int
File server
Linker
26. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Computer chip
Computers
Standard identifiers
Contents of a memory cell
27. computers used by a single person at a time
World wide web (WWW)
Personal computers
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
World wide web (WWW)
28. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Specify the problem requirements
Stored program concept
Source file
Operating system
29. Step #1 in the software development method
World wide web (WWW)
Source file
Hardware
Specify the problem requirements
30. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
File server
Operating system
Object file
Desk checking
31. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Abstraction
File
Binary numbers
Mainframes
32. 1024 bytes (2^10)
KB (Kilobyte)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
bit
Stored program concept
33. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Computers
Memory cell
Algorithm
High-level language
34. Step #3 in the software development method
Personal computers
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Binary numbers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
35. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Algorithm
bit
Data type int
Integrated development environment (IDE)
36. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Graphical user interface
C Language
Abstraction
Secondary storage
37. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
World wide web (WWW)
USB
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
38. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
Flash drive
bit
C Language
byte
39. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Declarations
Wide area network (WAN)
Desk checking
40. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Supercomputers
Computer chip
Preprocessor directives
Compiler
41. Stores programs or data permanently
Contents of a memory cell
Object file
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Personal computers
42. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Data retrieval
Top-down design
TB (Terabyte)
World wide web (WWW)
43. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Data storage
GB (Gigabyte)
Data retrieval
Mainframes
44. Stores programs or data permanently
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Wide area network (WAN)
Supercomputers
High-level language
45. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Register
Compiler
Linker
Flash drive
46. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Data type double
Main memory
File server
Supercomputers
47. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
File
Stored program concept
Implement the algorithm
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
48. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Linker
Wide area network (WAN)
Source file
Assembly language
49. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Main memory
KB (Kilobyte)
Analyze the problem
Data storage
50. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Contents of a memory cell
Secondary storage
Assembly language
Wide area network (WAN)