Deck 1: An Overview of Computers and Programming Languages

Question 1

The basic commands that a computer performs are ____,and performance of arithmetic and logical operations.

A) input, file, list
B) output, folder, storage
C) input, output, storage
D) storage, directory, log

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The devices that the computer uses to display results are called ____ devices.

A) exit
B) entry
C) output
D) input

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The device that stores information permanently (unless the device becomes unusable or you change the information by rewriting it)is called primary storage.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

To develop a program to solve a problem,you start by analyzing the problem.

Question 5

Several categories of computers exist,such as ____.

A) microframe, midframe, and miniframe
B) midsize, microframe, and mainframe
C) mainsize, midsize, and microsize
D) mainframe, midsize, and micro

Question 6

The ____ is the brain of the computer and the single most expensive piece of hardware in your personal computer.

A) MM
B) ROM
C) RAM
D) CPU

Question 7

Main memory is an ordered sequence of items,called ____.

A) pixels
B) registers
C) memory cells
D) addresses

Question 8

When the power is switched off,everything in ____ is lost.

A) main memory
B) secondary storage
C) hard disks
D) floppy disks

Question 9

When you compile your program,the compiler identifies the logic errors and suggests how to correct them.

Question 10

The devices that feed data and programs into computers are called output devices.

Question 11

Main memory is directly connected to the CPU.

Question 12

The command that does the linking on Visual C++ 2010 Express and Visual Studio 2010 is Make or Remake.

Question 13

____ programs perform a specific task.

A) Application
B) System
C) Operating
D) Service

Question 14

The devices that feed data and programs into computers are called ____ devices.

A) entry
B) input
C) output
D) secondary

Question 15

When the computer is turned off,everything in secondary memory is lost.

Question 16

Information stored in main memory must be transferred to some other device for permanent storage.

Question 17

The basic commands that a computer performs are input (get data),output (display result),storage,and performance of arithmetic and logical operations.

Question 18

Main memory is called ____.

A) read only memory
B) random access memory
C) read and write memory
D) random read only memory

Question 19

The ____ monitors the overall activity of the computer and provides services.

A) central processing unit
B) operating system
C) arithmetic logic unit
D) control unit

Question 20

C++ programs have always been portable from one compiler to another.

Question 21

The programming language C++ was designed by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Laboratories in the early ____.

A) 1960s
B) 1970s
C) 1980s
D) 1990s

Question 22

____ consists of 65,536 characters.

A) ASCII-8
B) ASCII
C) Unicode
D) EBCDIC

Question 23

The term GB refers to ____.

A) giant byte
B) gigabyte
C) group byte
D) great byte

Question 24

A sequence of 0s and 1s is sometimes referred to as ____________________ code.

Question 25

A program called a(n)____ combines the object program with the programs from libraries.

A) assembler
B) decoder
C) linker
D) compiler

Question 26

A sequence of eight bits is called a ____.

A) binary digit
B) byte
C) character
D) double

Question 27

The ____________________ monitors the overall activity of the computer and provides services such as memory management,input/output activities,and storage management.

Question 28

Consider the following C++ program. #include
Using namespace std;
Int main()
{
Cout << "Hello World "
Return 0;
}
In the cout statement,the missing semicolon in the code above will be caught by the ____.

A) compiler
B) editor
C) assembler
D) control unit

Question 29

A program called a(n)____ translates instructions written in high-level languages into machine code.

A) assembler
B) decoder
C) compiler
D) linker

Question 30

____ represent information with a sequence of 0s and 1s.

A) Analog signals
B) Application programs
C) Digital signals
D) System programs

Question 31

Word processors,spreadsheets,and games are examples of ____________________.

Question 32

The ASCII data set consists of ____________________ characters.

Question 33

____________________ signals represent information with a sequence of 0s and 1s.

Question 34

Dividing a problem into smaller subproblems is called ____ design.

A) OOD
B) top-down refinement
C) structured
D) analog

Question 35

A(n)____ consists of data and the operations on those data.

A) disk
B) compiler
C) interpreter
D) object

Question 36

A step-by-step problem-solving process in which a solution is arrived at in a finite amount of time is called a(n)____.

A) algorithm
B) linker
C) analysis
D) design

Question 37

To develop a program to solve a problem,you start by ____.

A) analyzing the problem
B) implementing the solution in C++
C) designing the algorithm
D) entering the solution into a computer system

Question 38

A program that loads an executable program into main memory is called a(n)____.

A) compiler
B) loader
C) linker
D) assembler

Question 39

The digit 0 or 1 is called a binary digit,or ____.

A) bit
B) bytecode
C) Unicode
D) hexcode

Question 40

The programming language C++ evolved from ____.

A) BASIC
B) assembly
C) C
D) C+

Question 41

____________________ languages include FORTRAN,COBOL,Pascal,C,C++,and Java.

Question 42

In ____________________ design,the final program is a collection of interacting objects.

Question 43

The term ____________________ is used to describe a program that has been written in a high-level language.

Question 44

The structured design approach is also known as ____________________.

Question 45

A program called a(n)____________________ translates the assembly language instructions into machine language.

Question 46

In a C++ program,statements that begin with the symbol # are called ____________________ directives.

Question 47

The machine language version of the high-level language program is called a(n)____________________.

Question 48

In C++,the mechanism that allows you to combine data and operations on the data into a single unit is called a(n)____________________.

Question 49

In object-oriented design,the first step in the problem-solving process is to identify the components called ____________________,which form the basis of the solution,and to determine how they interact with one another.

Question 50

Assembly language uses easy-to-remember instructions called ____________________.