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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
Computer chip
Stored program concept
byte
Computers
2. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Assembly language
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Microprocessor chip
File
3. sequences of 0s and 1s
Address of a memory cell
Reserved word
Binary numbers
Mainframes
4. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Personal computers
Wide area network (WAN)
Secondary storage
Central processing unit
5. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Source file
Analyze the problem
Stored program concept
Microprocessor chip
6. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Operating system
Assignment statement
Desk checking
Source file
7. computers used by a single person at a time
USB
Machine language
Personal computers
Desk checking
8. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
C Language
Compiler
Supercomputers
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
9. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Data type int
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
World wide web (WWW)
USB
10. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
bit
TB (Terabyte)
Stepwise refinement
B (Byte)
11. Step #6 in the software development method
Linker
Maintain and update the program
Hardware
Stepwise refinement
12. An individual storage location in memory
Data type int
Mainframes
Linker
Memory cell
13. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Stored program concept
Hardware
Optical drive
Software
14. A list of steps for solving a problem
Algorithm
byte
MG (Megabyte)
Memory cell
15. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Address of a memory cell
Desk checking
KB (Kilobyte)
Mainframes
16. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Assembly language
File server
Software
Memory cell
17. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
World wide web (WWW)
Stepwise refinement
Central processing unit
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
18. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Data storage
File server
TB (Terabyte)
Local area network (LAN)
19. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Maintain and update the program
Preprocessor directives
Top-down design
File
20. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Optical drive
High-level language
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
21. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
High-level language
Secondary storage
Stepwise refinement
Stored program concept
22. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol
Data type char
Object file
Secondary storage
Register
23. Universal Serial Bus
Software
USB
Supercomputers
World wide web (WWW)
24. computers used by a single person at a time
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Microprocessor chip
Personal computers
C Language
25. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Algorithm
File server
Main memory
World wide web (WWW)
26. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
KB (Kilobyte)
Hardware
Wide area network (WAN)
Computer chip
27. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Assembly language
Assignment statement
C Language
Data storage
28. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Data retrieval
Optical drive
B (Byte)
Linker
29. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
GB (Gigabyte)
Optical drive
Graphical user interface
GB (Gigabyte)
30. sequences of 0s and 1s
Specify the problem requirements
File server
TB (Terabyte)
Binary numbers
31. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Register
Data retrieval
Declarations
GB (Gigabyte)
32. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Register
Flash drive
Declarations
High-level language
33. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Main memory
TB (Terabyte)
Data retrieval
C Language
34. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
bit
Object file
Computer chip
Linker
35. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Analyze the problem
constant macro
Machine language
Compiler
36. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
World wide web (WWW)
KB (Kilobyte)
Compiler
Microprocessor chip
37. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
MG (Megabyte)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
High-level language
Contents of a memory cell
38. Step #1 in the software development method
Machine language
Specify the problem requirements
Stepwise refinement
High-level language
39. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Declarations
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Preprocessor directives
Graphical user interface
40. Step #5 in the software development method
Test and verify the completed program
Analyze the problem
Compiler
Secondary storage
41. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Stored program concept
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Analyze the problem
MG (Megabyte)
42. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Abstraction
Flash drive
Computer chip
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
43. Universal Serial Bus
Standard identifiers
USB
Supercomputers
Compiler
44. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Central processing unit
Microprocessor chip
High-level language
Computers
45. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Optical drive
bit
Local area network (LAN)
46. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
KB (Kilobyte)
Desk checking
Machine language
Supercomputers
47. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Linker
Central processing unit
Data storage
Computers
48. Universal Serial Bus
Graphical user interface
Memory cell
World wide web (WWW)
USB
49. Used to represent real numbers (including decimal points) in C
File
Data retrieval
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Data type double
50. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Source file
Computers
Algorithm
Address of a memory cell