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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Computers
Mainframes
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
bit
2. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
KB (Kilobyte)
Main memory
Secondary storage
USB
3. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Contents of a memory cell
Local area network (LAN)
Operating system
KB (Kilobyte)
4. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
File
Address of a memory cell
Data type char
Microprocessor chip
5. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Contents of a memory cell
Address of a memory cell
Main memory
Wide area network (WAN)
6. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Linker
Object file
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Memory cell
7. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Assembly language
Microprocessor chip
Compiler
Source file
8. Step #6 in the software development method
GB (Gigabyte)
Standard identifiers
Maintain and update the program
World wide web (WWW)
9. 8 bits
B (Byte)
Central processing unit
Binary numbers
TB (Terabyte)
10. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
C Language
Abstraction
File server
Stored program concept
11. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Maintain and update the program
Personal computers
Stored program concept
Computers
12. The set of programs associated with a computer
Compiler
Software
Top-down design
KB (Kilobyte)
13. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
MG (Megabyte)
High-level language
Microprocessor chip
Contents of a memory cell
14. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Desk checking
USB
Main memory
byte
15. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Local area network (LAN)
Central processing unit
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Microprocessor chip
16. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Binary numbers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Data type double
17. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Main memory
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Graphical user interface
Executable statements
18. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
bit
GB (Gigabyte)
Mainframes
File
19. Step #5 in the software development method
Object file
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Test and verify the completed program
Desk checking
20. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Computers
Assembly language
Computer chip
Binary numbers
21. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Computer chip
Data retrieval
Declarations
MG (Megabyte)
22. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Personal computers
Register
Mainframes
Data storage
23. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
World wide web (WWW)
Operating system
Data retrieval
Computers
24. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Test and verify the completed program
Implement the algorithm
Main memory
Source file
25. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Data storage
Source file
Address of a memory cell
Preprocessor
26. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Address of a memory cell
Top-down design
Maintain and update the program
Mainframes
27. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Machine language
TB (Terabyte)
World wide web (WWW)
KB (Kilobyte)
28. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Linker
High-level language
Address of a memory cell
Optical drive
29. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Object file
Analyze the problem
Secondary storage
Linker
30. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Standard identifiers
Assembly language
Software
File server
31. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Operating system
Operating system
Software
File
32. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
MG (Megabyte)
Preprocessor directives
Algorithm
Stepwise refinement
33. A word having special meaning but one that a programmer may redefine (but redefinition is not recommended!)
MG (Megabyte)
High-level language
Optical drive
Standard identifiers
34. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Object file
GB (Gigabyte)
Data storage
Graphical user interface
35. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
C Language
High-level language
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Microprocessor chip
36. The set of programs associated with a computer
Software
TB (Terabyte)
Memory cell
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
37. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Assembly language
Graphical user interface
MG (Megabyte)
Mainframes
38. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Operating system
Computers
Source file
Binary numbers
39. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Top-down design
Register
TB (Terabyte)
Local area network (LAN)
40. 8 bits
byte
B (Byte)
Machine language
Graphical user interface
41. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Optical drive
GB (Gigabyte)
Binary numbers
Computer chip
42. Used to represent real numbers (including decimal points) in C
C Language
Stored program concept
Data type double
Assembly language
43. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Assignment statement
Implement the algorithm
Secondary storage
44. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Optical drive
KB (Kilobyte)
Secondary storage
MG (Megabyte)
45. The amount of storage required to store a single character
byte
Graphical user interface
Data storage
Supercomputers
46. An individual storage location in memory
B (Byte)
Memory cell
Computer chip
MG (Megabyte)
47. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Data storage
Desk checking
Compiler
Stepwise refinement
48. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Hardware
Memory cell
constant macro
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
49. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Top-down design
Data storage
Memory cell
bit
50. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Flash drive
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Data storage
Source file