Abstraction

Question 1

Abstraction is

Answer 1

Simplifying what would otherwise be complex processes to carry out a task

Question 2

An upper-level machine coding language is

Answer 2

A language that is mostly words/blocks, like Javascript

Question 3

A low-level machine coding language is

Answer 3

A language that is mostly binary and works closer to the computer hardware

Question 4

Transistors are

Answer 4

Tiny computer switches that turn on and off, and the lowest level of abstraction

Question 5

All data is represented with

Answer 5

Bits

Question 6

Computers are at level _____ in abstraction

Answer 6

7, the highest level

Question 7

Video/Graphic cards are at level ___ in abstraction

Answer 7

6, the second-highest level

Question 8

Motherboards are at level ___ in abstraction

Answer 8

5, the third-highest level

Question 9

Memory is at level ____ in abstraction

Answer 9

4, the fourth-highest level

Question 10

Chips are at level _____ in abstraction

Answer 10

3, the third-lowest level

Question 11

Logic gates are at level ____ in abstraction

Answer 11

2, the second-lowest level

Question 12

Transistors are at level ____ in abstraction

Answer 12

1, the lowest level

Question 13

Hexadecimal is ____

Answer 13

Base 16 counting

Question 14

Binary is ___

Answer 14

Base 2 counting

Question 15

Decimal is ___

Answer 15

Base 10 counting

Question 16

Octal is ___

Answer 16

Base 8 counting

Question 17

Hexadecimal uses

Answer 17

0-9 and A-F to count up to 15 values

Question 18

Binary uses

Answer 18

0 and 1 to count up to 2 values

Question 19

Decimal uses

Answer 19

0-9 to count up to 10 values

Question 20

Octal uses

Answer 20

0-8 to count up to 7 values

Question 21

Models are good for

Answer 21

testing changes without affecting the real world

Question 22

Models can be bad because

Answer 22

There are usually a lot more variables in real life than there are in a model