1.1 Overview of Computers and Logic

Question 1

The two major components of any computer system

Answer 1

Hardware and software

Question 2

Equipment, or devices

Answer 2

Hardware

Question 3

Programs that contain instructions for the computer

Answer 3

Software

Question 4

Four major operations in a computer:

Answer 4

1. Input
2. Processing
3. Output
4. Storage

Question 5

Allow data to enter the computer

Answer 5

Input devices

Question 6

Working on the data

Answer 6

Processing

Question 7

Organizing data
Checking data for accuracy
Mathematical or other manipulations on data

Answer 7

Processing

Question 8

Hardware that performs the task

Answer 8

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Question 9

Provide data to the user

Answer 9

Output devices

Question 10

Special language containing instruction for the computer

Answer 10

Programming language

Question 11

Rules governing word usage and punctuation in the language

Answer 11

Syntax

Question 12

Controls the computer’s on/off circuitry

Answer 12

Machine language

Question 13

Software that translates programming languages to machine language

Answer 13

Compiler or interpreter

Question 14

Program must be free of syntax errors to be run, or ______, on a computer

Answer 14

executed

Question 15

To function properly, the _____ must be correct

Answer 15

logic

Question 16

Logic errors, or __________, are more difficult to locate than syntax errors

Answer 16

semantic errors

Question 17

Pictorial representation of the logic

Answer 17

Flowchart