COMPUTER Q1 (all mod. exam rev.)

Question 1

The process of creating a set of instructions that tell a
computer how to perform a task.

Answer 1

Programming

Question 2

Is the person who develops and write codes to the compilers and converts it to a machine language called binary.

Answer 2

Computer Programmer

Question 3

It is composed of bits. 1 bit is the smallest unit of information in a computer. It holds the number 1 or 0.

Answer 3

Binary

Question 4

It is the process of designing and building an executable computer program to accomplish a specific computing result or to perform a
specific task.

Answer 4

Computer Programming

Question 5

The role of a programming language can be described in two ways.

Answer 5

Technical and Conceptual

Question 6

A means for instructing a Computer to perform tasks. Computer programmers write and test code that allows computer applications and software programs to function properly.

Answer 6

Technical

Question 7

A framework within which we organize our ideas about things and processes.

Answer 7

Conceptual

Question 8

Who introduced codes on the early 1790 BC.

Answer 8

The Babylonians

Question 9

Codes are representation of Characters or Symbols that will be used to make instructions that process Data and create an information. What system did the Babylonians made.

Answer 9

The Sexagesimal system

Question 10

The Babylonian counting system developed in ancient Mesopotamia near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Answer 10

Punched Card

Question 11

Who made the first punched cards in 1725?

Answer 11

Basile Bouchon and Jean-Baptiste Falcon

Question 12

Mechanical loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with complex patterns such as brocade, damask and matelassé.

Answer 12

Jacquard Loom

Question 13

Also known as the Father of Computer who invented the Analytical Engine in 1842.

Answer 13

Charles Babbage

Question 14

A young Italian engineer and future Minister of Italy
wrote up Babbage lecture in French and his transcript.

Answer 14

Luigi Menabrea

Question 15

The First lady Programmer to translate Menabrea‘s paper into English, subsequently requesting that
she augment the notes she had added to the translation.

Answer 15

Ada Lovelace or Augusta Ada Byron

Question 16

Ada‘s notes were labeled alphabetically from A to G. In what notes she describes an algorithm for the analytical engine to computer Bernoulli numbers.

Answer 16

In note G

Question 17

In late 1939 they teamed up to build a prototype.

Answer 17

John Atanasoff ad Clifford Berry

Question 18

In 1945, this mathematician undertook a study of computation that demonstrated that computer could have simple, fixed structure.

Answer 18

John Von Neumann

Question 19

This was to inspire people to create programs using a high-level language.

Answer 19

Cobol

Question 20

Who created Cobol.

Answer 20

Grace Hopper

Question 21

What does Cobol stand for.

Answer 21

Common Business-Oriented Language

Question 22

A model where people would build with other sources input. A grouped being led by Charles katz were the ones to create this program.

Answer 22

Math Matics

Question 23

Named was changed from all caps to caps because of the meaning, used in the computationally intensive areas. Created by John W. Backus

Answer 23

Fortran

Question 24

This programming language is designed for scientists and engineers.

Answer 24

Fortran

Question 25

This programming was named for a French mathematician/philosopher Blaise Pascal.

Answer 25

Pascal

Question 26

The ̳Logo‘ program was made for educational use, and it was named after the Greek rootword ̳logos‘ meaning?

Answer 26

word

Question 27

What does basic stands for.

Answer 27

Beginner's all purpose symbolic instruction code

Question 28

This program gave the computer access any non-science students.

Answer 28

Basic

Question 29

Who was the french mathematician/philosopher that was named after this programming language.

Answer 29

Blaise Pascal

Question 30

This was named ̳C‘ because of the earlier language named ̳b‘

Answer 30

C

Question 31

This programming language had been under the contract to the USSD this course was named after Ada Lovelace and created to support explicit concurrency.

Answer 31

ADA

Question 32

Who led the team under the contract of USSD?

Answer 32

Jean Ichibiah

Question 33

First created in 1979, the name was later changed in 1983. Created by Bjarne Stroustrup an was used for hardware design. This name shows the changes from "c".

Answer 33

C++

Question 34

They couldn‘t name its "SEQUEL‘ because it was a trademark of the UK based Hawker Siddeley Company that created aircrafts. But this program was designed to manage data in RDBMS.

Answer 34

SQL

Question 35

Who created Java

Answer 35

James Gosling

Question 36

Also if was originally designed for interactive television.

Answer 36

Java

Question 37

It is a set of programs that enables you to store, modify and analyze data stored and extract information from a database.

Answer 37

Data Base Management System or DBMS

Question 38

It is a specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other. This may include specifications for procedures, data structures, object classes and variables.

Answer 38

Application Programming Interface or API

Question 39

Also known as the assembly language. It is a low-level programming language for a computer, microcontroller or other programmable device.

Answer 39

Second Generation Language

Question 40

The second generation language is also known as the?

Answer 40

assembly language

Question 41

This generation of language was introduced by John Atanasoff who built a prototype.

Answer 41

First Generation Language

Question 42

With a very high level programming language and a development environment or 'Analyst Workbench'

Answer 42

Fourth Generation Language

Question 43

This is a generation of language with a strong concept from details of the computer.

Answer 43

Third Generation Language

Question 44

This generation of language is designed to build specific programs, ______________ language is designed to make the computer solve a given problem without the programmer. This programming language was predicted to be the wave of the future.

Answer 44

Fifth Generation Language

Question 45

A series of events that brings a new product into existence and follows its growth into a mature product.

Answer 45

Life cycle

Question 46

Uses a series of instructions which are in order from the beginning to end.

Answer 46

Procedural Language

Question 47

It is a computer language that does not require writing traditional programming logic. Also known as the "declarative language"

Answer 47

Non-procedural language

Question 48

In order, what is the process of the program and its life cycle.

Answer 48

- Understanding the Problem - Planning the Method of Solution -Development of Methods using Algorithms and Flowcharts - Coding the Instruction in a Programming Language - Program Testing and Debugging - Documentation - Program Concept

Question 49

It uses Pseudo and Flowcharting to evaluate the quality of code

Answer 49

Program Concept

Question 50

It is a list of requirements and steps written in English.

Answer 50

Pseudo code

Question 51

A graphical or symbolic representation of a process.

Answer 51

Flow Charting