Computer Programming- Sem A Final
T/F Apps only exist on smart phones.
F
T/F IPads and Chrome books have all the same functionality as a laptop and can be used effectively in a Computer Science class.
F
First successful programming language and was designed for mathematicians scientists and engineers.
FORTRAN
1111 1110 1101 1100 1011 1010 base-2 equals what number in base-16?
Fedcba
The connection of all the networks in the world is called?
Internet
Made up of 1s and 0s and is understood by the computer?
Machine Code
What company created the operating system for the first IBM-PC?
Microsoft
Uses short and long signals, representing dots and dashes.
Morse Code
What are the 2 most common types of software licenses today?
Proprietary and Open source
What does ROM stand for?
Read Only Memory
1111 base-2 equals what number in base-10?
15
507 base-10 equals what number in base-16?
1fb
10111 base-2 equals what number in base-10?
23
2134 base-5 equals what number in base-10?
294
List the next 5 base-5 numbers after 443.
444 1000 1001 1002 1003
1ca base-16 equals what number in base-10?
458
List the next 5 base -16 numbers after 98.
99 9a 9b 9c 9d
Uses 1 byte to store a character and is used by many programming languages.
ASCII
Who is the mother of programming?
Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace
What device measures in a continuous fashion?
Analog
The first commercially successful personal computer?
Apple II
What are Word, PowerPoint, and Excel?
Application Software
This language was designed for beginners and was the first to be used in personal computers.
BASIC
Many so called computer errors are caused by?
Bad data entry
Number system used by humans.
Base-10 (Decimal)
Uses 1s and 0s, representing electrical current that is on or off.
Binary System
The Python programming language can be used by?
Both Windows and Mac computers
This language added Object Oriented Programming to the existing language C.
C++
This language was created (largely by Grace Hopper) for the business community and later officially adopted by the US Armed Forces.
COBOL
Which of the following is a chip that is responsible for all calculations and processing and is essentially the brains of the computer?
CPU
Who is the father of computers?
Charles Babbage
This network has at least one dedicated computer to handle services like logging in, network printing, and file sharing?
Client-server
What translates an entire program to low level code before execution?
Compiler
When comparing human capabilities, it is true that?
Computers are faster, more accurate, and have better memory
Who or what motivated the creation of the Internet?
Department of Defense during the Cold War.
With this information, it is always possible to always make a precise copy of the original.
Digital
What are some of the physical items that could harm your computer?
Environment, vandalism, improper access
What is the Compaq personal computer known for?
First portable and IBM compatible computer
What are Monitors, Printers, Disk Drives, and the computer itself?
Hardware
How have computers changed of the past 70 years?
Have become smaller, faster, easier to use, and less expensive
Describe organizing the information on your computer in a hierarchical fashion.
Having several levels of folders which contain files and /or other sub-folders
Series of IBM computers that standardized hardware?
IBM PC
What translates a program one line at a time during execution?
Interpreter
What are characteristics of a computer virus?
It attaches itself to your computer and duplicates itself to other computers, a computer program, payload executes itself and does potential harm
Which of the following are programmable? Pascal's Adding Machine, The Slide Rule, Jacquard's Loom
Jacquard's Loom
This language was the first platform independent language.
Java
What are the advantages of an intranet?
Less cost, more speed, more security
The 1st commercially successful computer to use mouse/GUI technology?
Macintosh
Ff base-10 equals what number in base-2?
Not a valid number
This language created by Nicklaus Wirth specifically for the purpose of teaching computer programming.
Pascal
What is a small network where all of the computers are considered equal?
Peer-to-peer
A what is a sequence of instructions, which enables a computer to perform a desired task?
Program
Characteristics of early computers
Programmed by people witching wires, used vacuum tubes, were very large
Characteristics of modern computers
Programmed with languages like Java, use microchips, small enough to fit on a desk
A chip that stores temporary information and is erased when the computer is turned off?
RAM
A chip that stores permanent information and is not erased when the computer is turned off?
ROM
What does RAM stand for?
Random Access Memory
What are Windows 10, UNIZ and Linux?
System Software
The first personal computer to be taken seriously as a business tool?
System/360
In Computers, the main circuit board with all the primary components is called ?
The motherboard
Why did Herman Hollerith invent the Tabulating machine?
To speed of the process of taking the US Census
Name the ways per-historic people stored information.
Totem poles, stories, carvings, paintings
The first commercially available computer (meaning the 1st computer that a company could actually purchase?
UNIVAC I
Uses 2 bytes to store a character and is used by Java.
Unicode
ASCII Codes used for the standard set of characters.
0-127
1a0f base-16 equals what number in base-2?
0001 1010 0000 1111
32 base-10 equals what number in base-2?
0010-0000
About how many bytes are in a megabyte?
1 million
List the next 5 base-2 numbers after 11.
100 101 110 111 1000
About how many bytes are in a kilobyte?
1000
List the next 5 base-16 numbers after ffff.
10000 10001 10002 10003 10004
A9b8c7d6e5f4 base-16 equals what number in base-2?
1010 1001 1011 1000 1100 0111 1101 0110 1110 0101 1111 0100
255 base-10 equals what number in base-2?
1111 1111
0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 base-2 equals what number in base-16?
12345
ASCII Codes for the extended set of characters.
128-255
0100 0001 base-2 equals what number in base-10?
65
How many bits are in a byte?
8
List the next 5 base-8 numbers after 88.
88 is not a valid base-8 number
