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Test Bank for Prelude to Programming Chapter 0
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is not an attribute of a computer?
a. | can act on intermediate results without human intervention |
b. | has its roots over 20,000 years in the past |
c. | can be a mechanical or an electronic device |
d. | can store, retrieve, and manipulate large amounts of information |
e. | works at high speed with great accuracy |
2. One of the earliest computers, built in the mid-1800s, was called:
a. | ADA |
b. | Babbage |
c. | Apple IIE |
d. | Analytical Engine |
3. A microchip is made:
a. | of silicon |
b. | from the same material as a postage stamp |
c. | by the Altair company |
d. | All of the above are true |
4. One of the most important inventions of the 20th Century which subsequently allowed for the rapid increase in types and uses of computers was the:
a. | vacuum tube |
b. | ENIAC computer |
c. | transistor |
d. | Mark I |
5. An integrated circuit is:
a. | a network of vacuum tubes |
b. | a small package of transistors |
c. | a switching device |
d. | the same as a microchip |
6. The operating system developed by Google is:
a. | Motorola |
b. | iOS |
c. | Windows |
d. | Android |
7. The brain of a computer is its:
a. | hard drive |
b. | central processing unit |
c. | system unit |
d. | RAM |
8. The basic unit of memory in a computer is:
a. | hertz |
b. | bytes |
c. | characters |
d. | meters |
9. DVDs and flash drives are types of:
a. | internal memory |
b. | processors |
c. | external memory |
d. | programs |
10. Which of the following is both an input and an output device?
a. | keyboard |
b. | monitor |
c. | modem/Internet connection |
d. | mouse |
11. The programs used by the computer to control and maintain hardware and to communicate with the user are:
a. | applications software |
b. | browsers |
c. | shareware |
d. | system software |
12. Which type of programming language is understood directly by the computer?
a. | Assembly language |
b. | Machine language |
c. | VisualBasic |
d. | Java |
13. The following instruction is an example of which type of programming language:
ADD C, D
a. | Assembly language |
b. | Machine language |
c. | VisualBasic |
d. | Java |
14. Which of the following is a scripting language?
a. | Assembly language |
b. | Visual Basic |
c. | JavaScript |
d. | COBOL |
15. Which of the following are normally used to write a program in a high-level language?
a. | a text editor |
b. | a debugger |
c. | a compiler or interpreter |
d. | all of the above are needed |
TRUE/FALSE
1. True/False: The Analytical Engine was developed by Charles Babbage, assisted by Ada Augusta Byron.
2. True/False: In early computers, vacuum tubes were used to do the internal switching necessary for computations.
3. True/False: The transistor is a great improvement over the vacuum tube because it is much more energy efficient.
4. True/False: The first desktop computer, the Altair 8800, was invented in 1955.
5. True/False: A supercomputer can process over 1 billion instructions per second.
6. True/False: Web2.0 is simply an updated version of the World Wide Web.
7. True/False: One byte consists of eight bits.
8. True/False: One bit is the amount of memory used to store one character of information.
9. True/False: Hard disks are a type of mass storage device.
10. True/False: Flash drives are less reliable than other storage devices because they consist of so many small moveable parts.
11. True/False: Computer games are a type of application software.
12. True/False: The computer’s master control program is the operating system.
13. True/False: Without an operating system, a personal computer would be virtually useless.
14. True/False: Assembly language consists of a sequence of bits that are all zeros and ones.
15. True/False: COBOL is an object-oriented language used mainly in Web sites to provide dynamic content.
SHORT ANSWER
1. A program is a(n) __________ of __________ to be carried out by a computer.
2. The next generation of the World Wide Web is called __________.
3. Components that are used by a computer but are located outside the system unit are known as ___________.
4. The processor in a PC consists of many transistors that reside on a microchip which plugs into the __________.
5. The two types of internal memory are __________ and __________.
6. __________ is the type of internal memory that contains instructions used by the computer during its startup process.
7. The type of internal memory that is used to hold data while the user is working on a computer, but is lost when the computer is turned off, is called __________.
8. The computer uses __________ devices to receive data.
9. The speed of a processor is usually measured in __________.
10. A printer is an example of a(n) ___________ device.
11. The most powerful and most efficient programs are written in __________ language.
12. To write a program in a high-level language, you type and edit the program in a(n) __________.
13. When you write a program in a high-level language, a(n) __________ or a(n) __________ translates the program into machine language.
14. The two general categories of software are ___________ software and __________ software.