Introduction to computers

Question 1

What is the component on the motherboard that confirms all devices are in working order once the computer is turned on?

Answer 1

BIOS chip

Question 2

Which part of the computer controls the calculations that are requested of the central processing unit?

Answer 2

ALU

Question 3

ASCII connects humans and computers together through what function?

Answer 3

communication

Question 4

A comment on one line needs what characters placed where in order to be ignored by the program?

Answer 4

two forward slashes at the beginning of the comment

Question 5

Which part of the computer holds data waiting to be processing by the CPU?

Answer 5

cache

Question 6

Which component of the CPU manages another CPU component?

Answer 6

CU

Question 7

Which part in the CPU is used to manage other CPU components?

Answer 7

control unit

Question 8

What must all class names begin with?

Answer 8

uppercase letters

Question 9

Which of the following refers to a program that translates one type of language to another type of language?

Answer 9

a compiler

Question 10

the use of break, byte, case, catch, do in programming in Java

Answer 10

keyword

Question 11

creating a security system to protect critical content

Answer 11

password

Question 12

What is a similar process like taking a high school text written in French and writing it in English for 5th grade

Answer 12

compiled

Question 13

highways on a motherboard enabling data transfer to and from the CPU

Answer 13

buses

Question 14

negative general purpose, binary, stored program computing machine, built in 1946

Answer 14

ENIAC

Question 15

a popular object-oriented programming language

Answer 15

C++

Question 16

similar to turn off and on

Answer 16

binary

Question 17

processing an instruction

Answer 17

clock speed

Question 18

temporary holding

Answer 18

cache

Question 19

handles all calculations

Answer 19

arithmetic logic unit

Question 20

handles processing of data

Answer 20

central processing unit

Question 21

handles and manages the tasks of another component

Answer 21

control unit

Question 22

A pre-defined human-friendly word that produces an action on the computer is called a

Answer 22

keyword

Question 23

a popular, web- and human-friendly programming language

Answer 23

Java

Question 24

an early procedural programming language used for scientific computing

Answer 24

FORTRAN

Question 25

an early, easy-to-learn programming language

Answer 25

BASIC

Question 26

The user inputs the letter K, which gets interpreted into a sequence of digits.

Answer 26

machine languagemachine language

Question 27

In a software program, the user types in letters to make a word to perform an action.

Answer 27

keyword

Question 28

The first computer available for commercial sale in the United States was made by Mauchly and Eckert in what year?

Answer 28

1951

Question 29

The computer turns on and the background screen displays the user’s preferences for color, font size, and folder images.

Answer 29

operating system

Question 30

A computer essentially takes input, processes it, and produces output. Which person developed a machine in the mid-1880s that accomplished this?

Answer 30

Herman Hollerith

Question 31

When comparing early programming languages such as COBOL and newer programming languages, what is standard today that makes programming more flexible?

Answer 31

object-oriented programming

Question 32

When comparing programming languages, what is commonly used by all software developers?

Answer 32

elements, commands, and variables

Question 33

The technology Herman Hollerith created in the 1880s began the modern-day data processing function in computers. What was the name of this technology?

Answer 33

punched-card machine

Question 34

early programming language used for scientific computing.

Answer 34

FORTRAN