itp 100 quiz

In Greenfoot, the World and Actor _______ are automatically generated from which we create various Scenarios.

Classes

_______ technology sends electronic signals to the medium where they cause electrons to be trapped in tiny chambers.

Flash

The ________ software programming environment will be used in this class to teach the principles of programming.

Greenfoot

The Greenfoot software tool is supported by the ___________ programming language.

Java

___________ measures the speed of a computer in millions of machine cycles per second.

MIPS

A __________ ___________ is the continual repetition of the CPU to process instructions.

Machine cycle

_________ are actions, like act and move, that are performed by an object.

Methods

The circuitry in the system unit usually is part of or connected to a circuit board called the ________.

Motherboard

A(n) _________ is a set of programs containing instructions that coordinate all of the activities among computer resources.

Operating system

Computers use the ______ system to detect byte errors when transmitting data.

Parity

The electronic circuitry that temporarily stores the data and instructions with which the CPU interacts is called the ______

RAM

The _______ boolean operator evaluates to true only when all of its components are true.

and

Which of the following is an example of a computer that is designed to process huge amounts of data within large corporations or government agencies?

mainframe

The input device that is rolled on a flat surface to produce corresponding cursor movement is the _____________.

mouse

Items that exist in a programming environment which can perform actions are called __________.

objects

Additional information to a called method is provided via one or more ___________________.

parameters

The 4 basic operations of a computer are input, output, storage and ______________.

processing

A set of instructions that tell the computer how to process the data are called ____

programs

If an OR gate has the input values of 1 OR 0, the resulting output would evaluate to be ___________

1

About how many bytes (rounded) are in a terabyte?

1,000,000,000,000 / one trillion

What is the binary representation of 139?

10001011

What is the binary representation of the hexadecimal number 3D9?

1111011001

What is the decimal value of the binary number 101011?

43

What is the decimal value of the hexadecimal number 2E?

46

There are ____ bits in every byte.

8

Each storage location in memory is identified with a/an ____.

Address

A ________________ can connect up to 127 different peripheral devices to the system unit with a single industry-standard connector type.

USB

A person who utilizes software programs or has daily hands-on contact with a computer is called a/an __________

User

The _________coding scheme is used to represent data characters on PCs.

ASCII

The binary system uses two digits, ___ and ____

0 and 1

What contains circuitry that executes the calculations performed by the CPU?

ALU

The process of comparing the performance of different computers when executing the same program is known as __________

Benchmark(ing)

Operations that manipulate true/false values are called ______ operators.

Boolean

The _________ is a collection of wires that transfers data bytes between the CPU and memory.

Bus

The ________ technology allows CDs to be rewritten.

CD-RW

What manipulates input data into processed information?

CPU

Task-oriented software that helps keep records about collections of interrelated facts is called __________________

Database

A letter, digit, or special character is represented by a(n) _____

byte

The function of the _____ helps speed the processes of a computer

cache

Computers convert source code into machine language before it is executed through the process of _______________

compiling

Which of the following coordinates the activities of extracting instructions from memory and then determines what the program is telling the computer to do?

control unit

Factual material to be processed by the computer is called _____

data

Personal computers are designed to process data as ________

digital signals

Today, many programs have a _____ that provides visual clues such as icons

graphical user interface

The _______ includes the physical components of the computer, including the computer itself as well as the keyboard, monitor, and speakers.

hardware

Which of the following is not a characteristic of computers?

increased operation costs

The _________ cycle is responsible for fetching instructions from RAM and decoding them to process by the computer.

instruction

The programming terminology for executing a method is ________________ a method.

invoking/calling

Application software is used for all of the following reasons except _________

to coordinate all the activities among hardware devices

RAM is said to be _________, because when you switch off the computer s power, all of the information in RAM is irretrievably lost.

volatile