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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. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area






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






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






4. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines






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






6. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






7. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes






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






9. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm






10. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds






11. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory






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






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






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






15. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






16. The amount of storage required to store a single character






17. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm






18. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)






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






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






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






22. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler






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






24. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






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






26. Stores programs or data permanently






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






28. 8 bits






29. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds






30. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






31. Stores programs or data permanently






32. 1024 bytes (2^10)






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






34. A list of steps for solving a problem






35. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






36. Named collection of data stored on a disk






37. Named collection of data stored on a disk






38. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area






39. The set of programs associated with a computer






40. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines






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






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






43. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






44. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication






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






46. Universal Serial Bus






47. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm






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






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






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