Deck 10: Files

Question 1

Opening a(n)________ file creates a file on disk and allows the program to write data to it.

A)In
B)Out
C)Output
D)Input
E)None of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What is the terminology used when a task is temporarily interrupted as a control variable reaches a specific value?

A)Control break
B)End of page
C)Break
D)Control break logic
E)None of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What type of data file cannot be opened and viewed in an editor such as Notepad?

A)Text file
B)Output file
C)Input file
D)Binary file
E)None of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Programmers usually refer to the process of saving data to a file as _______________a file.

A)saving data to
B)copying data to
C)writing data to
D)put data to
E)None of the above

Question 5

In general,how many types of files are there?

A)one
B)two
C)three
D)five
E)None of the above

Question 6

The data saved in a file will remain there even after the program stops running but will be wiped out when the computer is turned off.

Question 7

Which type of data file access allows access to any piece of data in the file without reading the data that comes before it?

A)Direct access
B)Sequential access
C)Input access
D)Output access
E)None of the above

Question 8

When a piece of data is written to a file,it is copied from a variable in ____________ to the file.

A)cyberspace
B)RAM
C)flash memory
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 9

In an input file,what maintains the location of the next item that will be read from the file?

A)Marker
B)Locator
C)Read locator
D)Read marker
E)Read position

Question 10

How many steps must be taken when a file is used by a program?

A)One
B)Two
C)Three
D)Four
E)None of the above

Question 11

In the _________ step the data is either written to the file or read from the file.

A)opening
B)processing
C)closing
D)I/O
E)None of the above

Question 12

Which flowcharting symbol is used for opening and closing files?

A)Rectangle
B)Parallelogram
C)Diamond
D)Oval
E)None of the above

Question 13

Which type of data file access starts from the beginning of the file and proceeds to the end of the file?

A)Direct access
B)Sequential access
C)Input access
D)Output access
E)None of the above

Question 14

Data files are less and less needed in current gaming software.

Question 15

What is the term used to describe a file that data is read from?

A)In file
B)Out file
C)Output file
D)Input file
E)None of the above

Question 16

What type of file does the AppendMode work with?

A)Text file
B)Output file
C)Input file
D)Binary file
E)None of the above

Question 17

When a web page is visited,the browser stores a small file on the user's computer,known as a ___________.

A)cookie
B)biscuit
C)web file
D)temp file
E)None of the above

Question 18

Which of the following software packages store data in files?

A)Word processors
B)Image editors
C)Games
D)Web browsers
E)All of the above

Question 19

What is a short sequence of characters that appears at the end of a filename and is preceded by a period called?

A)File extension
B)Filetype extension
C)Filename extension
D)Fileaccess extension
E)None of the above

Question 20

What type of data file can be opened and viewed in an editor such as Notepad?

A)Text file
B)Output file
C)Input file
D)Binary file
E)None of the above

Question 21

The process of ________ a file creates a connection between the file and the program.

Question 22

A file with the extension.doc usually indicates that the file contains a note written by a doctor.

Question 23

A ________ file contains data that has been encoded as text,using one of the computer's encoding schemes.

Question 24

____________ contain information about the user's web browsing session.

Question 25

The programmer has the option to append data anywhere in an output file.

Question 26

All types of data files are viewable in a text editor.

Question 27

When an input file is opened,the read position is initially set to the first item in the file.

Question 28

The sequential access file is similar to the way a cassette player works.

Question 29

In a text file,all data is stored as a series of characters.

Question 30

The term output file is used to describe a file that data is read from.

Question 31

The use of a buffer increases the system's performance because writing data to memory is faster than writing to a disk.

Question 32

When a program performs the task of retrieving data from a file,it is known as __________ data from/to the file.

Question 33

When a program ________ a file,it disconnects the file from the program.

Question 34

The direct access file is similar to the way an MP3 player works: the player starts from the beginning.

Question 35

The direct access file is also known as a ___________ access file.

Question 36

The term input file is used to describe a file that data is written to.

Question 37

The ________________ usually indicates the type of data stored in the file.

Question 38

When writing a program to perform a file operation,there are _________ names that you have to work with in the program's code.

Question 39

The ________ file is used to describe a file that data is written to.

Question 40

The word OutputFile indicates the _________ in which the file is used.

Question 41

The _________ marker indicates where the file's content ends.

Question 42

Data in a file is organized in _______,which are a complete set of data about an item.

Question 43

The _________ is a small holding section in memory.