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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Algorithm
Data storage
World wide web (WWW)
Desk checking
2. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
TB (Terabyte)
Flash drive
Secondary storage
Object file
3. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Machine language
Address of a memory cell
Supercomputers
Main memory
4. 8 bits
Contents of a memory cell
High-level language
B (Byte)
Microprocessor chip
5. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Main memory
Mainframes
Assembly language
Software
6. Development of a detailed list of steps to solve a particular step in the original algorithm
Software
USB
Stepwise refinement
B (Byte)
7. sequences of 0s and 1s
Wide area network (WAN)
Microprocessor chip
Specify the problem requirements
Binary numbers
8. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Address of a memory cell
Data retrieval
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Top-down design
9. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
TB (Terabyte)
Abstraction
Compiler
Memory cell
10. Named collection of data stored on a disk
GB (Gigabyte)
byte
File
Preprocessor
11. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler
Personal computers
Optical drive
Computer chip
Object file
12. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Source file
KB (Kilobyte)
Binary numbers
Abstraction
13. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Address of a memory cell
Machine language
Reserved word
Computer chip
14. Universal Serial Bus
USB
Register
Graphical user interface
Stepwise refinement
15. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Desk checking
Graphical user interface
Optical drive
Software
16. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Compiler
Top-down design
byte
Mainframes
17. A word that has special meaning in C
Computer chip
Supercomputers
Reserved word
Abstraction
18. Named collection of data stored on a disk
Specify the problem requirements
byte
File
TB (Terabyte)
19. Step #6 in the software development method
Register
Maintain and update the program
Secondary storage
B (Byte)
20. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Top-down design
Implement the algorithm
Mainframes
21. A word having special meaning but one that a programmer may redefine (but redefinition is not recommended!)
Standard identifiers
byte
Microprocessor chip
Optical drive
22. Program lines that are converted to machine language instructions and executed by the computer
Executable statements
Data retrieval
C Language
Main memory
23. The computer in a network that controls access to a secondary storage device such as a hard disk
Supercomputers
Microprocessor chip
File server
Mainframes
24. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
Top-down design
Central processing unit
Data retrieval
Mainframes
25. computers used by a single person at a time
Personal computers
C Language
Data storage
B (Byte)
26. A system program that modifies a C program prior to its compilation
Preprocessor
C Language
bit
Software
27. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Personal computers
Microprocessor chip
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
28. A list of steps for solving a problem
Main memory
Hardware
Address of a memory cell
Algorithm
29. The actual computer equipment (CPU/monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer/speakers)
USB
Data type int
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Hardware
30. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
MG (Megabyte)
Data retrieval
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Desk checking
31. sequences of 0s and 1s
Binary numbers
Main memory
B (Byte)
C Language
32. Also called divide and conquer - break down a problem into its major subproblems and then solve the sub problems
Address of a memory cell
Top-down design
Computer chip
World wide web (WWW)
33. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Secondary storage
Main memory
Standard identifiers
Microprocessor chip
34. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Abstraction
File
Local area network (LAN)
Binary numbers
35. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Wide area network (WAN)
Address of a memory cell
Register
KB (Kilobyte)
36. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Stored program concept
World wide web (WWW)
Supercomputers
Microprocessor chip
37. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
Specify the problem requirements
Address of a memory cell
Secondary storage
Standard identifiers
38. Step #4 in the software development method
Source file
Implement the algorithm
Computers
Computer chip
39. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Test and verify the completed program
MG (Megabyte)
File
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
40. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
Contents of a memory cell
World wide web (WWW)
Machine language
TB (Terabyte)
41. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Assembly language
Main memory
Memory cell
42. Step #1 in the software development method
Data retrieval
Specify the problem requirements
Central processing unit
Compiler
43. 8 bits
USB
B (Byte)
Flash drive
Main memory
44. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
High-level language
Specify the problem requirements
Microprocessor chip
45. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Machine language
46. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
Contents of a memory cell
Design the algorithm to solve the problem
Stored program concept
Compiler
47. Data type is used to represent integers in C (-32767 to 32767)
Data type int
Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Flash drive
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
48. Device that uses a laser to access or store data on a CD or DVD
Data storage
Optical drive
Personal computers
MG (Megabyte)
49. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Source file
Maintain and update the program
Local area network (LAN)
Supercomputers
50. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Preprocessor
Computer chip
MG (Megabyte)
Microprocessor chip