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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






2. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






3. computers used by a single person at a time






4. Step #4 in the software development method






5. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution






6. An individual storage location in memory






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






8. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler






9. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk






10. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






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






12. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor






13. The information stored in a memory cell which is either a program instruction or data






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






15. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






17. Software that controls interaction of user and computer hardware and that manages allocation of computer resources






18. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor






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






20. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data






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






22. A machine that can receive and store and transform and output data of all kinds






23. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area






24. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution






25. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable






26. Stores programs or data permanently






27. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting






28. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






29. Step #6 in the software development method






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






31. 1048576 (2^20) bytes






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






33. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting






34. Step #3 in the software development method






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






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






37. The amount of storage required to store a single character






38. Universal Serial Bus






39. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler






40. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area






41. Named collection of data stored on a disk






42. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data






43. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data






44. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language






45. 1024 bytes (2^10)






46. Systems programming language (predecessor language was named B)






47. Universal Serial Bus






48. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents






49. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution






50. Step #2 in the software development method