Deck 1: An Overview of Computers and Programming Languages

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

C

Question 2

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

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

C

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

The command that does the linking on Visual C++ Express (2013 or 2016) and Visual Studio 2015 is Make or Remake.

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

____ programs perform a specific task.

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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 13

Main memory is directly connected to the CPU.

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

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

Question 17

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

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 ____ 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 20

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

Question 21

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

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

Question 22

The programming language C++ evolved from ____.

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

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

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

Question 25

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 26

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

Question 27

A sequence of eight bits is called a ____.

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

Question 28

The term GB refers to ____.

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

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

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

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

Question 31

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

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

Question 32

Dividing a problem into smaller subproblems is called ____ design.

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

Question 33

The ASCII data set consists of ____________________ characters.

Question 34

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 35

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

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

Question 38

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

Question 39

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

Question 40

____ consists of 65,536 characters.

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