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Problem Solving And Program Design
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Data retrieval
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Compiler
Assembly language
2. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
File server
Desk checking
Maintain and update the program
GB (Gigabyte)
3. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Object file
File
Preprocessor directives
MG (Megabyte)
4. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Local area network (LAN)
World wide web (WWW)
Binary numbers
High-level language
5. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
bit
USB
Machine language
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
6. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
MG (Megabyte)
Computer chip
bit
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
7. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
C Language
Wide area network (WAN)
Hardware
Local area network (LAN)
8. 8 bits
Assembly language
File
bit
B (Byte)
9. A list of steps for solving a problem
Address of a memory cell
Abstraction
Optical drive
Algorithm
10. An individual storage location in memory
Binary numbers
Register
Memory cell
Wide area network (WAN)
11. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Preprocessor directives
Microprocessor chip
Assembly language
bit
12. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
byte
Address of a memory cell
Computers
Abstraction
13. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Computers
bit
Central processing unit
Data retrieval
14. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Data retrieval
Top-down design
byte
Software
15. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
TB (Terabyte)
Supercomputers
Optical drive
Graphical user interface
16. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program
Declarations
Data retrieval
Stepwise refinement
Memory cell
17. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Source file
Algorithm
Address of a memory cell
High-level language
18. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
High-level language
TB (Terabyte)
Address of a memory cell
Computer chip
19. A word that has special meaning in C
Reserved word
Central processing unit
Compiler
Computer chip
20. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Machine language
Secondary storage
Computers
GB (Gigabyte)
21. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
Personal computers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
TB (Terabyte)
Main memory
22. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Register
Object file
constant macro
Computers
23. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Desk checking
Linker
Algorithm
24. Data type is used to represent integers in C (-32767 to 32767)
Data type int
Data storage
File server
Machine language
25. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Top-down design
Abstraction
Stored program concept
Optical drive
26. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Register
Microprocessor chip
Address of a memory cell
Computer chip
27. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Main memory
MG (Megabyte)
Top-down design
Linker
28. Step #3 in the software development method
Memory cell
Abstraction
Operating system
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
29. sequences of 0s and 1s
Optical drive
Binary numbers
Computers
Supercomputers
30. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Hardware
Operating system
Mainframes
GB (Gigabyte)
31. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Source file
GB (Gigabyte)
Central processing unit
Memory cell
32. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
High-level language
Hardware
Software
Data type char
33. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Data retrieval
KB (Kilobyte)
34. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
TB (Terabyte)
USB
Microprocessor chip
Contents of a memory cell
35. The set of programs associated with a computer
Microprocessor chip
Software
Local area network (LAN)
Source file
36. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Stored program concept
MG (Megabyte)
Data retrieval
Hardware
37. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Specify the problem requirements
MG (Megabyte)
GB (Gigabyte)
Algorithm
38. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
Abstraction
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
bit
39. Step #2 in the software development method
Optical drive
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Data storage
Analyze the problem
40. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
World wide web (WWW)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Maintain and update the program
41. Stores programs or data permanently
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Source file
Computer chip
Stepwise refinement
42. Program lines that are converted to machine language instructions and executed by the computer
Address of a memory cell
GB (Gigabyte)
Executable statements
Operating system
43. computers used by a single person at a time
Personal computers
Register
Linker
Binary numbers
44. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Test and verify the completed program
Data retrieval
Local area network (LAN)
KB (Kilobyte)
45. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Stepwise refinement
World wide web (WWW)
Register
Memory cell
46. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Implement the algorithm
Contents of a memory cell
Implement the algorithm
KB (Kilobyte)
47. The set of programs associated with a computer
Memory cell
High-level language
Software
byte
48. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Memory cell
Abstraction
Top-down design
Compiler
49. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Wide area network (WAN)
Hardware
Maintain and update the program
Stepwise refinement
50. Step #3 in the software development method
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
C Language
Local area network (LAN)
Software