Chapter 1 Review

Which of the following is a general-purpose computing device? A cell phone A portable music player A microwave oven A programmable thermostat

A cell phone

Which of the following are output devices? A digital camera A keyboard A flatbed scanner A monitor

A monitor

Which of the following is an example of an algorithm? A dictionary A recipe A shopping list The spelling checker of a word processor

A recipe

Which of the following contains information? An audio CD A refrigerator An automobile A stereo speaker

An audio CD

Which of the following translates and executes instructions in a programming language? A compiler A text editor A loader An interpreter

An interpreter

What is the purpose of the CPU? Store information Receive inputs from the human user Decode and execute instructions Send output to the human user

Decode and execute instructions

What is IDLE used to do? Edit, compile, and run Python programs Just edit Python programs Just compile Python programs Just run Python programs

Just edit Python programs

Which of the following is an input device? Speaker Microphone Printer Display screen

Microphone

What is the set of rules for forming sentences in a language called? Semantics Pragmatics Syntax Logic

Syntax

Which of the following outputs data in a Python program? The input function The assignment statement The print function The main function

The print function