Deck 1: An Overview of Computers and Programming Languages

Question 1

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

Answer 1

False

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

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

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Main memory is called ____.

A) read only memory
B) random access memory
C) read and write memory
D) random read only memory

Question 5

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

Question 6

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 7

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

Question 8

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 9

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

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

Main memory is directly connected to the CPU.

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

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

Question 17

____ programs perform a specific task.

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

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 20

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

Question 21

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

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

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

Question 24

The term GB refers to ____.

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

Question 25

The programming language C++ evolved from ____.

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

Question 26

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 27

The ASCII data set consists of ____________________ characters.

Question 28

A program called a(n) ____ translates instructions written in high-level languages into machine code.

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

Question 29

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

Question 30

Dividing a problem into smaller subproblems is called ____ design.

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

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

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

Question 33

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

Question 34

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

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

Question 35

____ consists of 65,536 characters.

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

A sequence of eight bits is called a ____.

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

Question 38

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 39

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

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

Question 40

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