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Problem Solving And Program Design
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A system program that modifies a C program prior to its compilation
Data storage
Source file
TB (Terabyte)
Preprocessor
2. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Standard identifiers
Compiler
Test and verify the completed program
3. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
Algorithm
Wide area network (WAN)
Algorithm
TB (Terabyte)
4. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Specify the problem requirements
Stepwise refinement
MG (Megabyte)
KB (Kilobyte)
5. The set of programs associated with a computer
Reserved word
GB (Gigabyte)
Software
bit
6. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Register
Top-down design
Address of a memory cell
Contents of a memory cell
7. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Compiler
Stored program concept
Binary numbers
bit
8. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Main memory
Linker
KB (Kilobyte)
High-level language
9. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Linker
MG (Megabyte)
File server
Abstraction
10. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)
C Language
TB (Terabyte)
Specify the problem requirements
Data storage
11. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Stored program concept
Specify the problem requirements
Mainframes
Machine language
12. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Wide area network (WAN)
Hardware
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Graphical user interface
13. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
B (Byte)
Compiler
Desk checking
MG (Megabyte)
14. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Wide area network (WAN)
Register
Top-down design
GB (Gigabyte)
15. Step #1 in the software development method
Specify the problem requirements
Computer chip
Maintain and update the program
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
16. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Specify the problem requirements
KB (Kilobyte)
File
KB (Kilobyte)
17. Universal Serial Bus
bit
USB
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Compiler
18. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
USB
Graphical user interface
File server
19. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Supercomputers
File
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Operating system
20. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Desk checking
TB (Terabyte)
Supercomputers
KB (Kilobyte)
21. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
KB (Kilobyte)
Data retrieval
Stepwise refinement
Graphical user interface
22. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
High-level language
World wide web (WWW)
byte
Data retrieval
23. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
MG (Megabyte)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
File server
bit
24. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
Stored program concept
TB (Terabyte)
Linker
GB (Gigabyte)
25. Universal Serial Bus
World wide web (WWW)
USB
Memory cell
File server
26. Machine-independent programming language that combines algebraic expressions and English symbols
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
byte
High-level language
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
27. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Graphical user interface
TB (Terabyte)
Address of a memory cell
Data retrieval
28. Step #2 in the software development method
Wide area network (WAN)
Optical drive
Executable statements
Analyze the problem
29. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data
byte
Maintain and update the program
Compiler
Contents of a memory cell
30. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Address of a memory cell
C Language
Stepwise refinement
Assembly language
31. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources
Integrated development environment (IDE)
TB (Terabyte)
Operating system
File server
32. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Local area network (LAN)
Local area network (LAN)
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
33. Step #5 in the software development method
bit
Wide area network (WAN)
Stepwise refinement
Test and verify the completed program
34. A list of steps for solving a problem
GB (Gigabyte)
constant macro
Algorithm
Flash drive
35. Stores programs or data permanently
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Algorithm
Data type double
B (Byte)
36. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds
MG (Megabyte)
Data type char
Computers
Source file
37. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Optical drive
High-level language
Local area network (LAN)
USB
38. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
Preprocessor directives
USB
Maintain and update the program
Computers
39. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
Data retrieval
Compiler
byte
TB (Terabyte)
40. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Top-down design
Main memory
Abstraction
Secondary storage
41. Coordinates all computer operations and performs arithmetic and logical operations on data
MG (Megabyte)
Central processing unit
Contents of a memory cell
Top-down design
42. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Hardware
Binary numbers
Preprocessor
Data storage
43. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
MG (Megabyte)
Computer chip
Data retrieval
Declarations
44. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Source file
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
High-level language
Memory cell
45. 1048576 (2^20) bytes
Hardware
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
C Language
MG (Megabyte)
46. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Graphical user interface
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Contents of a memory cell
byte
47. A software package combining a word processor and compiler and linker and loader and tools for finding errors
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Main memory
Central processing unit
48. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Abstraction
Flash drive
Secondary storage
Data storage
49. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Stored program concept
Mainframes
Microprocessor chip
Computer chip
50. A name that is replaced by a particular constant value before the program is sent to the compiler
File server
constant macro
File server
Random Acces Memory (RAM)