Deck 1: Introduction to Computers, the Internet and the World Wide Web

Question 1

Which of the following languages is used primarily for scientific and engineering applications?

A) Fortran.
B) COBOL.
C) Pascal.
D) Basic.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Computers process data under control of sets of instructions called .

A) The operating system.
B) Computer programs.
C) Computer programmers.
D) None of the above.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

C++ is a:

A) Typeless language.
B) Hybrid object-oriented language.
C) Subset of the C Language.
D) Pure object-oriented language.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following languages was designed for precise, efficient manipulation of large amounts of data?

A) Fortran.
B) COBOL.
C) Pascal.
D) Basic.

Question 5

Java was originally developed for:

A) Operating systems development.
B) Intelligent consumer devices.
C) Personal computers.
D) Distributed computing.

Question 6

Which of the following is not one of the three general types of computer languages?

A) Machine languages.
B) Assembly languages.
C) High-level languages.
D) Spoken languages.

Question 7

Which of the following types of software made it cheaper and easier to start Web 2.0 companies?

A) Vaporware.
B) Proprietary.
C) Open source.
D) None of the above.

Question 8

Which of the following statements about the C++ Standard Library is false:

A) The C++ Standard Library consists of classes and functions that perform tasks.
B) The C++ Standard Library is an important part of the C++ "world."
C) An advantage of using classes and functions from the C++ Standard Library is saving the effort of designing, developing and testing new classes.
D) The C++ Standard Library functions and classes are not included in every C++ implementation.

Question 9

Which of the following logical units of a computer represents the "administrative" section?

A) Input unit.
B) Output unit.
C) Central processing unit.
D) Memory unit.

Question 10

Which of the following is not a computer?

A) File server.
B) Workstation.
C) LAN.
D) Personal computer.

Question 11

The Internet is a .

A) Bunch of computers in a central location.
B) Network of computers in one country.
C) Global network of computers.
D) None of the above.

Question 12

Which of the following is not one of the six logical units of a computer?

A) Input unit.
B) Output unit.
C) Central processing unit.
D) Printer unit.

Question 13

Which language was developed expressly for the .NET platform?

A) Basic.
B) Visual Basic.
C) Visual C++.
D) C#.

Question 14

Which of the following is not part of a computer's hardware?

A) The keyboard.
B) The operating system.
C) The hard disk.
D) The screen.

Question 15

Today, virtually all new major operating systems are written in:

A) B or BCPL.
B) C or C++.
C) C#.
D) Java.

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Interpreted programs run faster than compiled programs.
B) Compilers translate high-level language into machine language.
C) Interpreter programs use assembly language as input.
D) None of the above.

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true?

A) In distributed computing, an organization's computing is distributed over networks to the sites where the organization's work is being performed.
B) In distributed computing, an organization's computing is performed at a central computer installation.
C) In distributed computing, an organization's computing is handled by a computer distributor.
D) None of the above.

Question 18

Which of the following is one of the benefits of object-oriented programming?

A) Enables code reuse.
B) More understandable code.
C) More easily-maintained code.
D) All of the above.

Question 19

The development of the Internet was originally funded by which U.S. agency?

A) Federal Trade Commission.
B) Federal Communications Commission.
C) National Security Agency.
D) Department of Defense.

Question 20

Which of the following is/are considered part of Web 2.0?

A) Community-generated content.
B) Collective intelligence.
C) Social networking.
D) All of the above.

Question 21

Which of the following statements about object-oriented design is false?

A) OOD takes advantage of inheritance relationships.
B) OOD encapsulates attributes and operations into objects.
C) OOD focuses on actions verbs).
D) Each class can be used to create multiple objects.

Question 22

The creates object code and stores it on disk.

A) Interpreter.
B) Compiler.
C) Preprocessor.
D) Loader.

Question 23

The linker links:

A) The source code with the object code.
B) The object code with the external libraries.
C) The executable code with primary memory.
D) The primary memory with the CPU.

Question 24

Is a set of methodologies that try to get software implemented quickly with fewer resources than previous methodologies.

A) Refactoring.
B) Agile software development.
C) Design patterns.
D) None of the above.

Question 25

Size, shape, color, weight, height and number of doors are all good examples of __________.

A) objects
B) behaviors
C) attributes
D) operations

Question 26

The other classes or functions that use a certain class are commonly referred to as its:

A) Clients.
B) Data members.
C) Member functions.
D) Methods.

Question 27

With the software runs on servers elsewhere on the Internet.

A) Ruby on Rails.
B) Open source software.
C) Software as a Service.
D) None of the above.