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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. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Binary numbers
Desk checking
Wide area network (WAN)
MG (Megabyte)
2. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
C Language
Register
Flash drive
Executable statements
3. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Contents of a memory cell
byte
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Central processing unit
4. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Compiler
Algorithm
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Supercomputers
5. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Software
File
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Flash drive
6. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Stepwise refinement
World wide web (WWW)
Algorithm
Assembly language
7. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
TB (Terabyte)
Assembly language
Test and verify the completed program
USB
8. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Main memory
Flash drive
Secondary storage
Maintain and update the program
9. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Stepwise refinement
High-level language
Main memory
USB
10. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Assembly language
Computers
File
High-level language
11. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Microprocessor chip
Address of a memory cell
Data type int
Central processing unit
12. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Abstraction
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Test and verify the completed program
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
13. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Object file
File server
Algorithm
USB
14. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Software
Contents of a memory cell
GB (Gigabyte)
C Language
15. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
bit
Wide area network (WAN)
Wide area network (WAN)
MG (Megabyte)
16. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Object file
byte
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Computers
17. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Memory cell
Computer chip
Stepwise refinement
Object file
18. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Hardware
Contents of a memory cell
Stepwise refinement
KB (Kilobyte)
19. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Stored program concept
bit
Central processing unit
C Language
20. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Address of a memory cell
Source file
Microprocessor chip
Memory cell
21. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Machine language
Preprocessor directives
Object file
Graphical user interface
22. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Object file
GB (Gigabyte)
Desk checking
Abstraction
23. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Address of a memory cell
Central processing unit
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Binary numbers
24. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Register
Data type char
Operating system
Software
25. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Mainframes
High-level language
Secondary storage
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
26. Stores programs or data permanently
Optical drive
Graphical user interface
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Wide area network (WAN)
27. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Local area network (LAN)
bit
Compiler
World wide web (WWW)
28. 8 bits
Data retrieval
Central processing unit
Microprocessor chip
B (Byte)
29. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Executable statements
Operating system
Computers
Data retrieval
30. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Implement the algorithm
constant macro
Compiler
Machine language
31. Stores programs or data permanently
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
C Language
Implement the algorithm
Machine language
32. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Microprocessor chip
KB (Kilobyte)
Algorithm
Integrated development environment (IDE)
33. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Binary numbers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
GB (Gigabyte)
34. A list of steps for solving a problem
USB
Reserved word
Supercomputers
Algorithm
35. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
byte
File server
Assembly language
Mainframes
36. Named collection of data stored on a disk
bit
Hardware
Memory cell
File
37. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Computer chip
File
Binary numbers
GB (Gigabyte)
38. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Local area network (LAN)
Executable statements
Data retrieval
Data type double
39. The set of programs associated with a computer
Supercomputers
GB (Gigabyte)
Software
Reserved word
40. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Machine language
Integrated development environment (IDE)
High-level language
41. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Central processing unit
Optical drive
byte
Hardware
42. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
C Language
Specify the problem requirements
Computer chip
Machine language
43. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
World wide web (WWW)
Optical drive
GB (Gigabyte)
Flash drive
44. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Assembly language
Local area network (LAN)
Software
Assembly language
45. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Secondary storage
Operating system
Abstraction
Compiler
46. Universal Serial Bus
Contents of a memory cell
GB (Gigabyte)
GB (Gigabyte)
USB
47. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Stepwise refinement
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Secondary storage
Binary numbers
48. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Operating system
Data retrieval
Top-down design
Personal computers
49. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Microprocessor chip
Operating system
bit
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
50. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable
Computers
Data storage
Memory cell
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