Deck 1: Preliminaries

Question 1

The ____ phase is concerned with the ongoing correction of problems, revisions to meet changing needs, and the addition of new features.

A) testing
B) maintenance
C) analysis and design
D) coding

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The software development procedure consists of three overlapping phases: program development and design, documentation, and ____.

A) testing
B) analysis
C) maintenance
D) programming

Answer 2

C

Question 3

____, also referred to as looping and repetition, makes it possible to repeat the same operation based on the value of a condition.

A) Selection
B) Invocation
C) Sequence
D) Iteration

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Although not everybody classifies them in the same way, there are ____ main documents for every problem solution.

A) three
B) four
C) five
D) six

Question 5

It is critical to make and keep backup copies of the program at each step of the programming and debugging process.

Question 6

Structured programs are created using a set of well-defined structures organized into individual programming sections.

Question 7

____ is concerned with creating readable, efficient, reliable, and maintainable programs and systems.

A) Software engineering
B) Scientific method
C) System approach
D) Software development

Question 8

The purpose of ____ is to verify that a program works correctly and actually fulfills its requirements.

A) testing
B) coding
C) analyzing
D) designing

Question 9

Because each class of computers such as IBM, Apple, and Hewlett-Packard has its own particular machine language, writing machine-language programs is tedious and time consuming.

Question 10

A(n) ____ is defined as a step-by-step sequence of instructions that must terminate and that describe how the data is to be processed to produce the desired outputs.

A) backup copy
B) final solution
C) machine-level program
D) algorithm

Question 11

Selection provides the capability to make a choice between different operations, depending on the result of some condition.

Question 12

Another term for a program or set of programs is software.

Question 13

A top-level structure diagram, also called a first-level structure diagram, represents the first overall structure of the program the designer has selected.

Question 14

____ is the first step in the program development and design phase.

A) Developing a solution
B) Analyzing the problem
C) Coding the solution
D) Testing the program

Question 15

Until the 1990s, the majority of high-level programming languages were object-oriented.

Question 16

____ defines the order in which the program executes instructions.

A) Iteration
B) Invocation
C) Sequence
D) Selection

Question 17

A ____ is a self-contained set of instructions used to operate a computer to produce a specific result.

A) programming language
B) computer program
C) machine programming technique
D) programming technique

Question 18

Testing reveals all existing program errors.

Question 19

Frequently, when you don t know the final conversion factor, making intermediate conversions can get you to the correct result easily.

Question 20

C++ is predominantly a compiled language.

Question 21

Writing of an algorithm by using computer-language statements is called ____ the algorithm.

A) testing
B) designing
C) coding
D) developing

Question 22

Visual Basic, C, C++, and Java are all examples of ____ languages.

A) assembly
B) machine-level
C) low-level
D) high-level

Question 23

When English-like phrases are used to describe the steps in an algorithm, the description is called ____.

A) pseudocode
B) a formula
C) a flowchart
D) a program

Question 24

Translator programs that convert assembly language programs into machine language programs are known as ____.

A) opcoders
B) assemblers
C) translators
D) interpreter

Question 25

____ was a scaled-down version of FORTRAN intended as an introductory language for college students.

A) COBOL
B) BASIC
C) ALGOL
D) C

Question 26

The output produced by a compiler is called a(n) ____, which is a machine language version of the source code.

A) object program
B) high-level program
C) assembly program
D) executable program

Question 27

____ consists of programs written to perform particular tasks that users require.

A) System software
B) Compiled software
C) Assembly software
D) Application software

Question 28

Writing the number 0.0000000675 as 6.75e-8 is an example of ____________________ notation.

Question 29

In computer terminology, a program error is called a(n) ____________________.

Question 30

A computer ____________________ is a self-contained set of instructions used to operate a computer to produce a specific result.

Question 31

Programming languages that use symbolic notation like ADD 1, 2 are referred to as ____.

A) assembly languages
B) machine languages
C) opcode languages
D) IBM languages

Question 32

In addition to classifying programming languages as high or low level, they are also classified by orientation as either ____ or object-oriented.

A) linked
B) procedural
C) interpreted
D) compiled

Question 33

Because ____ are cumbersome to revise and can support unstructured programming practices easily, they have fallen out of favor by professional programmers.

A) algorithms
B) formulas
C) pseudocodes
D) flowcharts

Question 34

The exact set of steps used to solve a problem is called a(n) ____________________.

Question 35

The ____ language is a structured, procedural language developed in the 1970s at AT T Bell Laboratories by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and Brian Kernighan.

A) Pascal
B) FORTRAN
C) BASIC
D) C

Question 36

When all statements in a high-level source program are translated as a complete unit before any statement is executed, the programming language is called a(n) ____ language.

A) interpreted
B) assembled
C) compiled
D) translated

Question 37

The first procedural language was ____.

A) FORTRAN
B) COBOL
C) Pascal
D) C++

Question 38

Machine language programs are also referred to as ____.

A) programming
B) assembly language
C) executable programs
D) binary instructions

Question 39

When diagrams are used to describe the algorithm, the description is referred to as ____.

A) pseudocode
B) a flowchart
C) a formula
D) a program

Question 40

Two unit systems commonly used in engineering and scientific work are the International System (SI) and U.S. ____________________ units.

Question 41

The output a compiler produces is called a(n) ____________________ program.

Question 42

When all statements in a high-level source program are translated as a complete unit before any statement is executed, the program doing the translation is called a(n) ____________________.

Question 43

The programming structure that allows the computer to repeat the same operation is called ____________________.

Question 44

When English-like phrases are used to describe the steps in an algorithm the description is called ____________________.

Question 45

Computers respond to ____________________ commands, while humans can respond to heuristic commands.

Question 46

Collectively, the set of system programs used to operate and control a computer is called the ____________________.

Question 47

Both machine-level and ____________________ languages are classified as low-level languages.

Question 48

A byte consisting of 8 bits, with each bit being a 0 or 1, can represent any one of ____________________ distinct patterns.

Question 49

The process of writing a program, or software, is called ____________________.

Question 50

Each unit required to form a computer (CPU, memory, and I/O) is now manufactured on a single chip called a(n) ____________________.

Question 51

Machine language instructions consist of two parts: an instruction part and a(n) ____________________ part.