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Problem Solving And Program Design
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
MG (Megabyte)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Software
Supercomputers
2. Step #4 in the software development method
Top-down design
Implement the algorithm
Linker
Analyze the problem
3. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
World wide web (WWW)
File
File server
Linker
4. Step #2 in the software development method
Analyze the problem
Data type double
File server
File server
5. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Supercomputers
Contents of a memory cell
Object file
High-level language
6. Step #1 in the software development method
Top-down design
Specify the problem requirements
Linker
Data storage
7. Step #3 in the software development method
Implement the algorithm
C Language
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
8. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Machine language
Compiler
File server
Data storage
9. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
Register
C Language
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
bit
10. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
MG (Megabyte)
Top-down design
KB (Kilobyte)
Personal computers
11. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
Central processing unit
High-level language
Contents of a memory cell
KB (Kilobyte)
12. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
TB (Terabyte)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Flash drive
Linker
13. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Data storage
Object file
Microprocessor chip
14. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program
Address of a memory cell
Assignment statement
Computers
Declarations
15. sequences of 0s and 1s
Computer chip
High-level language
Object file
Binary numbers
16. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
C Language
Stored program concept
Algorithm
Abstraction
17. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Maintain and update the program
Memory cell
Data storage
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
18. The set of programs associated with a computer
Software
Algorithm
Mainframes
File
19. Step #4 in the software development method
Implement the algorithm
Local area network (LAN)
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Standard identifiers
20. 8 bits
B (Byte)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
World wide web (WWW)
Object file
21. The set of programs associated with a computer
Assembly language
Register
Software
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
22. Step #3 in the software development method
Contents of a memory cell
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Stored program concept
Memory cell
23. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Data retrieval
C Language
Binary numbers
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
24. Universal Serial Bus
Microprocessor chip
Linker
Source file
USB
25. An individual storage location in memory
Address of a memory cell
Memory cell
Binary numbers
Data storage
26. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Machine language
Wide area network (WAN)
C Language
Microprocessor chip
27. Step #6 in the software development method
Maintain and update the program
Binary numbers
Supercomputers
Assembly language
28. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Computer chip
Operating system
High-level language
Test and verify the completed program
29. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Stepwise refinement
Linker
Binary numbers
30. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Computers
Central processing unit
Secondary storage
Contents of a memory cell
31. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Data type int
TB (Terabyte)
byte
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
32. A list of steps for solving a problem
Local area network (LAN)
Algorithm
Analyze the problem
Computer chip
33. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Main memory
Compiler
MG (Megabyte)
Optical drive
34. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Preprocessor directives
Contents of a memory cell
High-level language
KB (Kilobyte)
35. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
KB (Kilobyte)
Supercomputers
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Flash drive
36. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
C Language
Contents of a memory cell
Local area network (LAN)
Maintain and update the program
37. Stores programs and data and results. Two types.
Maintain and update the program
Main memory
File
Flash drive
38. The set of programs associated with a computer
Software
Register
Data type int
Maintain and update the program
39. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Data type int
Machine language
Specify the problem requirements
Computers
40. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Object file
Optical drive
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Register
41. computers used by a single person at a time
Personal computers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Address of a memory cell
Software
42. Program lines that are converted to machine language instructions and executed by the computer
bit
Executable statements
Optical drive
Integrated development environment (IDE)
43. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Flash drive
Wide area network (WAN)
Implement the algorithm
Analyze the problem
44. 8 bits
Operating system
Data type char
B (Byte)
Stored program concept
45. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Algorithm
Wide area network (WAN)
High-level language
B (Byte)
46. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Assembly language
bit
Data type char
byte
47. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Stored program concept
Contents of a memory cell
Stepwise refinement
Object file
48. Step #5 in the software development method
Test and verify the completed program
Computer chip
Hardware
byte
49. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Computer chip
File
Secondary storage
Central processing unit
50. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
High-level language
GB (Gigabyte)
Test and verify the completed program
Linker