CIT 15 Chapter 10 Quiz

________ enables users to define their own data-based tags and facilitates exchange of information between websites.

XML

The final step of the system development life cycle (SDLC) is ________.

maintenance and evaluation

Which of the following provides a visual representation of the patterns of an algorithm?

Flowchart

A small Java-based program is called a ________.

Java applet

What is the first step of the system development life cycle (SDLC)?

Problem and Opportunity Identification

________ is the process of translating a task into a series of commands that a computer will use to perform the task.

Programming

________ is a combination of natural language and programming language that is used to document an algorithm.

Pseudocode

________ is the set of instructions that programmers have written in a higher-level language.

Source code

________ is a programming language that can be used to create a wide range of Windows applications.

Visual Basic

Corona and App Inventor can be used to develop ________.

apps for smartphones

Before its final commercial release, a(n) ________ version of software may be offered to certain test sites or to interested users free or at a reduced cost.

beta

In object-oriented programming, ________ allows a new class to automatically use all the data and methods of its parent class.

inheritance

The flowchart shape for a process is a(n) ________.

rectangle

Division by zero is a ________ error that is caught when the program executes.

runtime

________ breaks down a problem into a series of high-level tasks and continues to break each task into successively more detailed subtasks.

Top-down design

Object-oriented ________ are defined by the information (data) and the actions (methods) associated with them.

classes

Translating an algorithm into a programming language is called ________.

coding

An integrated development environment (IDE) is a ________.

collection of tools that helps programmers write and test their programs

The process that converts program code into machine language is called ________.

compilation

The keywords used in programming languages that use decisions to redirect the flow of a program are called ________.

control structures