Computer Science Unit 2 Quiz

______ programming gives the computer a command but lets the computer itself 'work out' how to achieve that end based on other provided definitions and descriptions.

Object-oriented

A source editor is basically an enhanced text editor that is tailored towards writing computer code.

True

Few programming languages are designed only for object-oriented programming; most languages in widespread use today can be used in either a procedural or object-oriented mode.

True

IDEs give programmers access to many tools they need in once place, including source editors, debuggers, and compilers.

True

Programming legends create codes that represent binary numbers so that programmers can write in a language closer to natural speech.

True

Which number system uses the numbers 1 through 10

decimal

Which OOP principle would be represented by talking about a duckbilled-platypus as a mammal, but one that has a beak and lays eggs?

overriding

What term refers to a sequence of statements in a language that both humans and computers can understand?

program

Which generation of languages is most computer programming done in today?

third generation

Which coding system uses only two characters?

Binary

When you perform a Google search that uses the word "and" (for example: "Restaurant AND Houston"), which kind of logic are you using?

Boolean

Which specific computer part performs operations in most computers?

CPU

The complete set of machine instructions for a program is also known as the _____ program.

Executable

What programming language did IBM develop in the 1940s to help computers perform calculations?

FORTRAN

Who devised a form of algebra that encoded logic in terms of two states?

George Boole