c++ test 1

if a=4 and b=3 then after the statement a=b; the original value of a is lost?

true

if char is a reserved word then i cannot use it as a variable name?

true

information stored in main memory must be transferred to some other device for permanent storage?

true

main memory is directly connected to the cpu?

true

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

true

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

true

the digit 0 or 1 is called a binary digit, or a what?

bit

a blank is a memory location that holds some kind of value

variable

The what is the brain of the computer and the single most expensive piece of hardware in your personal computer.

CPU

a step by step problem solving process in which a solution is arrived at in a finite amount of time is called an?

algorithm

what programs perform a specific task?

application

a program called an blank translates instructions written in high-level languages into machine code?

complier

a comment is a program statement with instructions the computer must carry out?

false

a programming language is a set of instructions that tell the computer how to do a specific task?

false

c++ considers the variable names Kilometers and kilometers to be the same name?

false

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

false

when the computer is turned off, everything in secondary memory is lost?

false

the devices that feed data and programs into computers are called what devices?

input

main memory is an ordered sequence of items, called?

memory cells

an what consists of data and the operations on those data?

object

the blank monitors the overall activity of the computer and provides services?

operating system

the devices that the computer uses to display results are called what devices?

output

Main memory is called ____.

random access memory

what rules determine what program statements actually mean. (in other words, what are they asking the computer to do?)

semantic

Dividing a problem into smaller subproblems is called ____ design.

structured

what rules dictate what words and punctuation can be used in program statements, and what order they must be written in?

syntax