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Problem Solving And Program Design

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication






2. Used to represent real numbers (including decimal points) in C






3. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication






4. 8 bits






5. Step #6 in the software development method






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






7. Step #2 in the software development method






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






9. Represents an individual character value- a letter or a digit or a special symbol






10. Step #5 in the software development method






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






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






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






14. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions






15. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program






16. Step #2 in the software development method






17. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes






18. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






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






20. Stores programs or data permanently






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. High-speed memory location inside the CPU






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






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






30. A list of steps for solving a problem






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






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






33. Step #6 in the software development method






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






35. 1024 bytes (2^10)






36. Step #5 in the software development method






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






38. sequences of 0s and 1s






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






40. Offers temporary storage of programs and data






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






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






43. Named collection of data stored on a disk






44. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm






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






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






47. The file of machine language instructions that is the output of a compiler






48. computers used by a single person at a time






49. A list of steps for solving a problem






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