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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
KB (Kilobyte)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Hardware
KB (Kilobyte)
2. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Microprocessor chip
Flash drive
Personal computers
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
3. A computer's ability to store program instructions in main memory for execution
USB
Stored program concept
Maintain and update the program
Data storage
4. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Data storage
Memory cell
GB (Gigabyte)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
5. 1073741824 (2^30) bytes
Personal computers
Abstraction
GB (Gigabyte)
KB (Kilobyte)
6. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Computers
Machine language
Linker
Microprocessor chip
7. Step #2 in the software development method
Stored program concept
Algorithm
Source file
Analyze the problem
8. A C program line beginning with # that provides an instruction to the preprocessor
Algorithm
Wide area network (WAN)
Preprocessor directives
Computers
9. Very powerful and reliable computers (used by large real-time transaction processing systems such as ATMs and other banking networks
B (Byte)
Mainframes
Computer chip
Software
10. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Address of a memory cell
Computer chip
Contents of a memory cell
Stored program concept
11. An electronic component containing the entire circuitry of a computer processor
Personal computers
USB
Mainframes
Microprocessor chip
12. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Object file
USB
KB (Kilobyte)
13. 1024 bytes (2^10)
Secondary storage
Central processing unit
Algorithm
KB (Kilobyte)
14. The largest capacity and fastest computers used by research laboratories and in computationally intensive applications such as weather forecasting
Register
Supercomputers
Computers
Computer chip
15. The part of a program that tells the compiler the names of memory cells in a program
C Language
Declarations
Graphical user interface
Wide area network (WAN)
16. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Stored program concept
Hardware
Stored program concept
17. Computers and printers and scanners and storage devices connected by cables for intercommunication
Specify the problem requirements
Local area network (LAN)
Supercomputers
Object file
18. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Linker
File server
Mainframes
MG (Megabyte)
19. Device that plugs into USB port and stores data bits as trapped electrons
Local area network (LAN)
Contents of a memory cell
Flash drive
Contents of a memory cell
20. 8 bits
Personal computers
Hardware
B (Byte)
Computers
21. Units such as disks or flash drives that retain data even when the power to the drive is off
C Language
KB (Kilobyte)
Secondary storage
Data type int
22. The amount of storage required to store a single character
byte
Data storage
High-level language
MG (Megabyte)
23. Universal Serial Bus
USB
Contents of a memory cell
Hardware
GB (Gigabyte)
24. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Personal computers
Compiler
Assembly language
Stepwise refinement
25. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Microprocessor chip
Wide area network (WAN)
Assembly language
Hardware
26. 1099511627776 (2^40) bytes
Linker
B (Byte)
TB (Terabyte)
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
27. A word that has special meaning in C
Data retrieval
bit
Reserved word
Stored program concept
28. Offers temporary storage of programs and data
Assignment statement
Flash drive
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
29. A network such as the Internet that connects computers and LANs over a large geographic area
Wide area network (WAN)
File server
Specify the problem requirements
Central processing unit
30. A word having special meaning but one that a programmer may redefine (but redefinition is not recommended!)
KB (Kilobyte)
MG (Megabyte)
Standard identifiers
Local area network (LAN)
31. The amount of storage required to store a single character
Assembly language
Compiler
Object file
byte
32. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
Stepwise refinement
Graphical user interface
Software
Test and verify the completed program
33. The step-by-step simulation of the computer execution of an algorithm
Address of a memory cell
Desk checking
GB (Gigabyte)
Stepwise refinement
34. A part of the Internet whose graphical user interfaces make associated network resources easily navigable
World wide web (WWW)
USB
Stepwise refinement
byte
35. A device that converst binary data into audio signals that can be transmitted between computer over telephone lines
Modem (modulator/demodulator)
Algorithm
Abstraction
Contents of a memory cell
36. The relative position of a memory cell in the computer's main memory
Compiler
Machine language
Address of a memory cell
Maintain and update the program
37. A silicon chip containing the circuitry for a computer processor
Object file
Test and verify the completed program
Data storage
Computer chip
38. Copying the contents of a particular memory cell to another storage area
World wide web (WWW)
Data storage
Data retrieval
Stepwise refinement
39. Pictures and menus displayed to allow user to select commands and data
World wide web (WWW)
Graphical user interface
Top-down design
Integrated development environment (IDE)
40. Mnemonic codes that correspond to machine language instructions
Data retrieval
GB (Gigabyte)
Assembly language
Analyze the problem
41. An individual storage location in memory
Hardware
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
Computer chip
Memory cell
42. An instruction that stores a value or a computational result in a variable
Software
Assignment statement
Analyze the problem
Executable statements
43. Setting the individual bits of a memory cell to 0 or 1 and destroying its previous contents
Abstraction
Data storage
Operating system
Linker
44. The software that translates a high-level language program into machine language
Algorithm
Personal computers
Compiler
High-level language
45. computers used by a single person at a time
Linker
Central processing unit
Personal computers
Executable statements
46. Binary number codes understood by a specific CPU
TB (Terabyte)
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Machine language
Operating system
47. The file containing a program written in a high-level language; the input for a compiler
Optical drive
Preprocessor
Source file
Random Acces Memory (RAM)
48. Software that combines object files and resolves cross references to create an executable machine language program
Data storage
Linker
TB (Terabyte)
Computers
49. The process of modeling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships
Abstraction
Integrated development environment (IDE)
File
Mainframes
50. Universal Serial Bus
Implement the algorithm
Local area network (LAN)
USB
Central processing unit