CHAPTER 1 MC

An application that provides the user with pictures and menus from which to select commands and data is said to have a(n) __________. 1) GUI 2) command-line interface 3) IDE 4) CPU 5) compiler

1) GUI

The first electronic digital computer was designed in the late 1930s by __________. 1) John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry 2) John von Neumann 3) Steve Jobs and John Eckert 4) Albert Einstein5) Niklaus Wirth

1) John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry

The __________ verifies a user's right to access a computer and data. 1) operating system 2) compiler 3) interpreter 4) CPU 5) editor

1) Operating System

The component of a digital computer that can compare data stored in its registers is the __________. 1) arithmetic logic unit (or CPU) 2) logical comparison unit 3) cable Internet access 4) register bank 5) central logic unit

1) arithmetic logic unit (or CPU)

Modifying someone else's code and claiming that it is your own is called __________. 1) plagiarism 2) hacking 3) computer abuse 4) computer fraud 5) none of the above

1) plagiarism

Information stored in secondary storage is organized into aggregates called __________. 1) hardware 2) files 3) bytes 4) memory cells 5) none of the above

2) Files

Which programming language is typically used for Android development? 1) C 2) Java 3) Python 4) C# 5) Perl

2) Java

The Internet is an example of a __________. 1) LAN 2) WAN 3) CPU 4) file server 5) modem

2) WAN (Wide Area Network)

Performing each step of an algorithm by hand the same as a computer would to verify the algorithm is correct is called a(n) __________. 1) step-wise refinement 2) desk check 3) top-down design 4) program maintenance 5) software

2) desk check

An integrated circuit containing the full circuitry of a CPU is called a _________. 1) mainframe 2) processor chip 3) memory chip 4) supercomputer 5) RAM

2) processor chip

Copyright laws are used to help protect a company from __________. 1) computer fraud 2) software piracy 3) worms 4) viruses 5) plagiarism

2) software piracy

The ability to store programs as well as data is called the __________. 1) top-down design process 2) stored program concept 3) software development method 4) boot process 5) algorithm design

2) stored program concept

The part of the computer responsible for retrieving data and instructions from memory for processing is the __________. 1) hardware 2) loader 3) central processing unit4) linker5) instrunstruction data fetch unit

3) Central processing unit

Modelling a problem by extracting the essential variables and their relationships is called a(n) __________. 1) algorithm 2) interface 3) abstraction 4) top-level design 5) top-down design

3) abstraction

Which programming language adds object-oriented features to C? 1) Objective C 2) PHP 3) C# 4) C++ 5) Java

4) C++

The proper sequence of steps needed to correct invalid statements and reexecute a program is: 1) Enter the editor, make corrections, link the program, reload the program, and save the program. 2) Enter the editor, compile, load the program, correct statements, link the program, and save the program. 3) Enter the editor, insert corrected statements, load, compile, and execute the program. 4) Enter the editor, correct invalid statements, save the program, compile, link, load, and execute the program. 5) none of the above

4) Enter the editor, correct invalid statements, save the program, compile, link, load, and execute the program

Keeping a program up-to-date and correcting previously undetected errors is part of __________. 1) testing 2) step-wise refinement 3) software development 4) maintenance 5) compiling

4) maintenance

Which of the following is not an advantage of a highlevel language?1) It is easier to use than machine language. 2) Its statements resemble English. 3) It is portable. 4) Memory can be referenced symbolically. 5) It is easy for the machine to understand

5) It is easy for the machine to understand

Which programming language is used by Apple for iPhone application software? 1) Perl 2) C# 3) Java 4) JavaScript 5) Objective C

5) Objective C

The object file is created by the __________. 1) editor 2) linker 3) loader 4) central processing unit 5) compiler

5) compiler