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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 silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
File
Central processing unit
Computer chip
Desk checking
2. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
byte
Machine language
Computers
Main memory
3. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Optical drive
Abstraction
C Language
Top-down design
4. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Stepwise refinement
High-level language
Stored program concept
bit
5. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
bit
Analyze the problem
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Register
6. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Central processing unit
Integrated development environment (IDE)
byte
KB (Kilobyte)
7. Step #5 in the software development method
Specify the problem requirements
Test and verify the completed program
TB (Terabyte)
High-level language
8. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
Microprocessor chip
Wide area network (WAN)
Algorithm
TB (Terabyte)
9. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
High-level language
Wide area network (WAN)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Object file
10. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
World wide web (WWW)
Supercomputers
byte
Abstraction
11. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Maintain and update the program
Standard identifiers
B (Byte)
Source file
12. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Implement the algorithm
Secondary storage
MG (Megabyte)
Source file
13. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Binary numbers
Linker
Main memory
Mainframes
14. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Personal computers
Source file
Compiler
Wide area network (WAN)
15. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Linker
Optical drive
KB (Kilobyte)
GB (Gigabyte)
16. Used to represent real numbers (including decimal points) in C
Local area network (LAN)
Data type double
Microprocessor chip
Main memory
17. A list of steps for solving a problem
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
File server
Machine language
Algorithm
18. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Main memory
Top-down design
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
C Language
19. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Graphical user interface
Software
Optical drive
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
20. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Test and verify the completed program
Abstraction
Flash drive
World wide web (WWW)
21. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
File server
MG (Megabyte)
Source file
Personal computers
22. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Data storage
Computer chip
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
World wide web (WWW)
23. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
Preprocessor directives
Secondary storage
GB (Gigabyte)
Abstraction
24. Step #3 in the software development method
Central processing unit
Register
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
World wide web (WWW)
25. Universal Serial Bus
USB
Memory cell
Algorithm
bit
26. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Microprocessor chip
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Supercomputers
MG (Megabyte)
27. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Secondary storage
Hardware
Object file
Contents of a memory cell
28. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Microprocessor chip
byte
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Machine language
29. An individual storage location in memory
Integrated development environment (IDE)
B (Byte)
Memory cell
Computer chip
30. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
File
Binary numbers
Contents of a memory cell
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
31. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Algorithm
Implement the algorithm
Linker
Source file
32. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Compiler
World wide web (WWW)
Desk checking
33. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Supercomputers
Wide area network (WAN)
World wide web (WWW)
Top-down design
34. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Abstraction
Operating system
Computer chip
byte
35. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
Register
Main memory
High-level language
bit
36. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Object file
Wide area network (WAN)
Optical drive
High-level language
37. A system program that modifies a C program prior to its compilation
MG (Megabyte)
Assignment statement
Preprocessor
Stored program concept
38. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Object file
Algorithm
Optical drive
KB (Kilobyte)
39. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Specify the problem requirements
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Data retrieval
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
40. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
USB
Integrated development environment (IDE)
KB (Kilobyte)
41. The amount of storage required to store a single character
byte
Optical drive
Data retrieval
USB
42. An individual storage location in memory
bit
Binary numbers
Data type double
Memory cell
43. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Computer chip
Flash drive
Compiler
C Language
44. Step #4 in the software development method
Hardware
Implement the algorithm
Data type double
Data retrieval
45. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Secondary storage
Address of a memory cell
World wide web (WWW)
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
46. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Stepwise refinement
Central processing unit
Local area network (LAN)
Contents of a memory cell
47. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Source file
Stored program concept
Main memory
Integrated development environment (IDE)
48. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Central processing unit
Assembly language
Local area network (LAN)
Desk checking
49. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Central processing unit
byte
Data retrieval
Algorithm
50. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Microprocessor chip
Secondary storage
Machine language