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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. Step #2 in the software development method
Data storage
C Language
Compiler
Analyze the problem
2. High-speed memory location inside the CPU
Register
Supercomputers
Optical drive
Data type int
3. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
Linker
Mainframes
Contents of a memory cell
Compiler
4. Step #4 in the software development method
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Implement the algorithm
Maintain and update the program
TB (Terabyte)
5. Step #6 in the software development method
Main memory
Computers
Maintain and update the program
Central processing unit
6. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Data storage
Specify the problem requirements
Operating system
Assembly language
7. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
File server
Source file
C Language
Stored program concept
8. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Computers
Central processing unit
High-level language
Compiler
9. Universal Serial Bus
USB
KB (Kilobyte)
Source file
TB (Terabyte)
10. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
KB (Kilobyte)
Flash drive
Microprocessor chip
11. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
USB
Computers
Stepwise refinement
TB (Terabyte)
12. 8 bits
B (Byte)
Optical drive
Central processing unit
MG (Megabyte)
13. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Optical drive
World wide web (WWW)
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Flash drive
14. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Algorithm
Address of a memory cell
byte
Central processing unit
15. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
Personal computers
Computers
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Supercomputers
16. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
TB (Terabyte)
Machine language
Maintain and update the program
Data retrieval
17. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Address of a memory cell
USB
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Wide area network (WAN)
18. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Supercomputers
Operating system
Source file
B (Byte)
19. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Mainframes
Stepwise refinement
Secondary storage
Local area network (LAN)
20. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
B (Byte)
Software
Data retrieval
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
21. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Secondary storage
Compiler
Memory cell
TB (Terabyte)
22. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Local area network (LAN)
Central processing unit
Data type char
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
23. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Source file
Central processing unit
MG (Megabyte)
Graphical user interface
24. Stores programs or data permanently
Microprocessor chip
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Hardware
Machine language
25. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
USB
MG (Megabyte)
Address of a memory cell
Operating system
26. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Microprocessor chip
Hardware
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Operating system
27. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Preprocessor
Data retrieval
Optical drive
Data retrieval
28. A binary digit; a 0 or a 1 (deriving from the words binary digit)
Operating system
bit
Computer chip
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
29. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Maintain and update the program
Machine language
Operating system
Computer chip
30. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Mainframes
Operating system
Computer chip
31. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Register
B (Byte)
Stored program concept
32. Stores programs or data permanently
Desk checking
Flash drive
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Computers
33. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Specify the problem requirements
MG (Megabyte)
Object file
Secondary storage
34. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable
Maintain and update the program
Software
File server
Assignment statement
35. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Mainframes
byte
Graphical user interface
constant macro
36. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Wide area network (WAN)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Implement the algorithm
File
37. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Assembly language
Operating system
Flash drive
High-level language
38. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Compiler
Object file
File
Preprocessor directives
39. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Source file
Personal computers
byte
Machine language
40. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Microprocessor chip
File
Object file
B (Byte)
41. 8 bits
Graphical user interface
B (Byte)
Local area network (LAN)
Data storage
42. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
USB
Top-down design
Operating system
Data type double
43. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
File
Computer chip
Test and verify the completed program
Graphical user interface
44. Step #6 in the software development method
File server
Maintain and update the program
Computer chip
Optical drive
45. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Local area network (LAN)
Executable statements
Top-down design
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
46. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Operating system
C Language
Stored program concept
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
47. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Mainframes
Declarations
Optical drive
World wide web (WWW)
48. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
Contents of a memory cell
Hardware
Wide area network (WAN)
Declarations
49. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Software
Test and verify the completed program
Wide area network (WAN)
Secondary storage
50. Step #2 in the software development method
Maintain and update the program
Machine language
Object file
Analyze the problem