Chapter 1

Question 1

____ is the physical aspect of the computer that can be seen.

Answer 1

Hardware

Question 2

___ is the brain of a computer.

Answer 2

Central Processing Unit

Question 3

Speed of the CPU may be measured in ____.

Answer 3

gigahertz

Question 4

Why do computers use zeros and ones?

Answer 4

Digital devices have two stable states and it’s natural to use one state for 0 and the other for 1.

Question 5

One byte has __ bits.

Answer 5

8

Question 6

One gigabyte has __ bytes.

Answer 6

1 Billion

Question 7

Computer’s ___ is volatile; any information stored in it is lost when the system’s power is turned off.

Answer 7

memory

Question 8

Which of the following are storage devices?

Answer 8

Floppy and hard disk, flash stick, CD-ROM

Question 9

____ is a device to connect a computer to a local area network (LAN).

Answer 9

Network Interface Card

Question 10

___ are instructions to the computer.

Answer 10

Software and programs

Question 11

Computers can execute the code in ___

Answer 11

machine language.

Question 12

___ translates high-level language program into machine language program.

Answer 12

Compiler (High-level language)

Question 13

___ is an operating system.

Answer 13

Windows XP

Question 14

____ is a program that runs on a computer to manage and control a computer’s activities.

Answer 14

Operating system

Question 15

Python was created by _____

Answer 15

Guido van Rossum

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true?

Answer 16

Python 3 is a newer version, but is not backward compatible with Python 2.

Question 17

___ is an object-oriented programming language.

Answer 17

Java, C++, C#, Python

Question 18

____ is interpreted.

Answer 18

Python

Question 19

To start Python from the command prompt, use the command ___

Answer 19

python

Question 20

Python syntax is case-sensitive.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Which of the following code is correct?

Answer 21

print(“Programming is fun”)
print(“Python is fun”)

No indentation and correct quotes.

Question 22

Python line comment begins with

Answer 22

#

Question 23

Python paragraph comment uses the style

Answer 23

/* comments */

Question 24

A ___ error does not cause the program to abort, but produces incorrect results.

Answer 24

Syntax?

Question 25

In Python, a syntax error is detected by the ___ at ____.

Answer 25

Compiler/ at compile time

interpreter/ at runtime

Question 26

To show the current location and direction of the turtle object, use ___.

Answer 26

turtle.show()

Question 27

To move the turtle to a point at (4,5) use ___.

Answer 27

turtle.goto(4,5)

Question 28

To draw a circle with radius 50, use ___.

Answer 28

turtle.circle(50)

Question 29

To lift the pen, use ___.

Answer 29

turtle.penup()

Question 30

To put the pen down, use _____.

Answer 30

turtle.pendown()