Chapter 1

Question 1

A tool that translates a high-level language program into a separate machine language program

Answer 1

compiler

Question 2

Set of instructions that a computer follows to perform a task

Answer 2

program

Question 3

The physical devices that a computer is made of are referred to as

Answer 3

hardware

Question 4

The part of a computer that runs programs is called

Answer 4

the CPU

Question 5

Today, CPUs are small chips known as

Answer 5

microprocessors

Question 6

The computer stores a program while the program is running, as well as the data that the program is working with, in the

Answer 6

main memory

Question 7

Computers can only execute programs that are written in

Answer 7

machine language

Question 8

This translates an assembly language program to a machine language program

Answer 8

assembler

Question 9

The words that make up a high-level programming language are called

Answer 9

keywords

Question 10

The rules that must be followed when writing a program are called

Answer 10

syntax

Question 11

True or False

Today, CPUs are huge devices made of electrical and mechanical components such as vacuum tubes and switches

Answer 11

false

Question 12

True or False

Main memory is also known as RAM

Answer 12

true

Question 13

True or False

Any piece of data that is stored in a computers memory must be stored as a binary number

Answer 13

true

Question 14

True or False

Images, like the ones created with your digital camera, cannot be stored as binary numbers

Answer 14

false

Question 15

True or False

Machine language is the only language that a CPU understands

Answer 15

true

Question 16

True of False

Assembly language is considered a high-level language

Answer 16

false

Question 17

True of False

An interpreter is a program that both translates and executes the instructions in a high-level language

Answer 17

true

Question 18

True or False

A syntax error does not prevent a program from being compiled and executed

Answer 18

false

Question 19

True or False

Windows, Linux, Android, IOS, and macOS are all examples of application software

Answer 19

false

Question 20

True or False

Word processing programs, spreadsheet programs, email programs, web browsers, and games are all examples of utility programs

Answer 20

true

Question 21

Volatile type of memory that is used for temporary storage while a program is running

Answer 21

RAM

Question 22

A type of memory that can hold data for long periods of time, even when there is no power to the computer, is called

Answer 22

secondary storage

Question 23

A component that collects data from people or other devices and sends it to the computer is called

Answer 23

an input device

Question 24

A video display is a(n) device

Answer 24

input

Question 25

A blank is enough memory to store a letter of the alphabet or a small number

Answer 25

byte

Question 26

A byte is made up of eight

Answer 26

bits

Question 27

In this numbering system, all numeric values are written as a sequence of 0s and 1s

Answer 27

binary

Question 28

A bit that is turned off represents the following value:

Answer 28

0

Question 29

A set of 128 numeric codes that represent the English letters, various punctuation marks, and other characters is

Answer 29

ASCII

Question 30

An extensive encoding scheme that can represent characters for many languages in the world is

Answer 30

Unicode

Question 31

Negative numbers are encoded using this technique

Answer 31

twos complement

Question 32

Real numbers are encoded using this technique

Answer 32

floating point

Question 33

The tiny dots of color that digital images are composed of are called

Answer 33

pixels

Question 34

If you were to look at a machine language program, you would see

Answer 34

a stream of binary numbers

Question 35

In the part of the fetch-decode-execute cycle, the CPU determines which operation it should perform

Answer 35

decode