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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The set of programs associated with a computer






9. computers used by a single person at a time






10. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off






11. Data type is used to represent integers in C (-32767 to 32767)






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






13. Named collection of data stored on a disk






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






15. Program lines that are converted to machine language instructions and executed by the computer






16. Step #6 in the software development method






17. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






19. Universal Serial Bus






20. 8 bits






21. Step #2 in the software development method






22. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols






23. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off






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






25. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes






26. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols






27. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






28. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU






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






30. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols






31. Named collection of data stored on a disk






32. 1024 bytes (2^10)






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






34. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






35. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program






36. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






37. A word having special meaning but one that a programmer may redefine (but redefinition is not recommended!)






38. The set of programs associated with a computer






39. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)






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






41. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off






42. Step #1 in the software development method






43. An individual storage location in memory






44. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






45. computers used by a single person at a time






46. Universal Serial Bus






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






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






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






50. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)