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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication






2. computers used by a single person at a time






3. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






4. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)






5. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons






6. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






7. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program






8. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors






9. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents






10. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor






11. 8 bits






12. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)






13. Step #4 in the software development method






14. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler






15. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor






16. 1024 bytes (2^10)






17. The set of programs associated with a computer






18. Named collection of data stored on a disk






19. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.






20. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable






21. sequences of 0s and 1s






22. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons






23. Named collection of data stored on a disk






24. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






25. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data






26. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol






27. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data






28. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks






29. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler






30. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources






31. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk






32. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships






33. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






34. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk






35. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor






36. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents






37. sequences of 0s and 1s






38. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable






39. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems






40. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)






41. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor






42. An individual storage location in memory






43. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships






44. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language






45. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data






46. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






47. Named collection of data stored on a disk






48. The set of programs associated with a computer






49. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data






50. Universal Serial Bus