Deck 1: An Overview of Computers and Programming Languages

Question 1

Main memory is an ordered sequence of cells called ____________________.

Answer 1

memory cells

Question 2

Main memory stores numbers and letters.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Programs do not have to be loaded into main memory before they are executed.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The devices that computers use to display results are called ____________________.

Question 5

A(n) ____________________ is 1,024 bytes.

Question 6

The basic language of a computer is called ____________________.

Question 7

How do you convert a seven-bit binary representation of an ASCII character to an eight-bit binary representation?

Question 8

A C++ source program must be saved in a text file with a(n) ____________________ extension.

Question 9

What is the role of a compiler?

Question 10

A loader is a program that combines the object program with other programs in the library.

Question 11

What is another term for structured design?

Question 12

In OOD, the first step in the problem-solving process is to identify the components called ____________________.

Question 13

An object consists of data and operations on that data.

Question 14

C++ was designed especially to implement OOD.

Question 15

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Address (of a cell):

Question 16

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Algorithm:

Question 17

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII):

Question 18

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ 0Analog signal:

Question 19

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Application program:

Question 20

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Assembler:

Question 21

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Binary (base 2):

Question 22

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Binary code (binary number):

Question 23

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Binary digit (bit):

Question 24

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Bit:

Question 25

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Build (Rebuild):

Question 26

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Byte:

Question 27

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Central processing unit (CPU):

Question 28

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Compiler:

Question 29

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Decimal system (base 10):

Question 30

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Digital signal:

Question 31

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ High-level language:

Question 32

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Input device:

Question 33

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Kilobyte (KB):

Question 34

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Library:

Question 35

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Linker:

Question 36

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Loader:

Question 37

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Machine language:

Question 38

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Main memory:

Question 39

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Memory cells:

Question 40

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Mnemonic:

Question 41

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Object program:

Question 42

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Object-oriented design (OOD):

Question 43

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Object-oriented programming (OOP) language:

Question 44

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Operating system:

Question 45

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Output device:

Question 46

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Preprocessor:

Question 47

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Random access memory:

Question 48

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Secondary storage:

Question 49

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Source code (source program):

Question 50

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Structured design (top-down design, bottom-up design, stepwise refinement, modular programming):

Question 51

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ Structured programming:

Question 52

What does these terms refer to:

- $\gg$ System program: