Test1

Question 1

I.P.O.S. stand for ___.

Answer 1

Input Process Output Storage

Question 2

Your computer monitor, or a printer, are examples of: [I.P.O.S.].

Answer 2

Output

Question 3

What is another name for Boolean logic?

Answer 3

Conditional logic

Question 4

What’s another name for Conditional logic?

Answer 4

Boolean logic

Question 5

A user provides Input. We need to save that input into memory. How do we reserve memory? It’s reserved as a ____. A ____ is a piece of memory.

Answer 5

VARIABLE

Question 6

A Variable has these 2 components:

Answer 6

1. a Name; and 2. a Datatype

Question 7

List the kinds of Datatypes:

Answer 7

Boolean, Double, Integer, String

Question 8

Describe a Double Datatype

Answer 8

a number with a decimal point or exponent, e.g. 1.2, or 3.1e5

Question 9

Simple True/False logic is referred to as ___ Logic.

Answer 9

Boolean; or Conditional

Question 10

A datatype that has decimals in it, is called a ___.

Answer 10

Double

Question 11

A datatype that consists of a T or Fals, is called a ___.

Answer 11

Boolean

Question 12

A datatype that consists of a number without decimals in it is called a ___.

Answer 12

Integer

Question 13

A datatype that consists of a series of characters is called a ____.

Answer 13

String

Question 14

Describe a Integer Datatype

Answer 14

a number with no decimals in it

Question 15

Describe a Boolean Datatype

Answer 15

a simple Tru/Fals

Question 16

Describe a String Datatype

Answer 16

a series of characters, or a combo of characters And numbers. (e.g., a phone number with hyphens in it; a street address)

Question 17

_____ are words/phrases that are banned for use as Variable names. Examples include: “if”; “then”; “end if”

Answer 17

reserved words

Question 18

What is a reserved word?

Answer 18

word/phrase that is banned for use as Variable names.

Question 19

In if/then statements, the stuff written inside parentheses () are a ____.

Answer 19

condition

Question 20

List all the relational operator(s):

Answer 20

greater than greater than or equal to equal to not equal to less than less than or equal to

Question 21

The symbols for “not equal to”, “less than or equal to”, “equals to”, “greater than”, are examples of ____.

Answer 21

relational operators

Question 22

What is the basic format you follow to write a condition?

Answer 22

“value1 relationalOperator value2”

Question 23

OR, AND, NOT are examples of ____.

Answer 23

logical operators

Question 24

Give examples of logical operators:

Answer 24

OR AND NOT

Question 25

What is a computer program? What is the purpose of a computer program?

Answer 25

Instructions for the computer written in a vocabulary the computer understands; Program gives instructions to the computer in order to produce a desired OUTCOME/ RESULT.

Question 26

Computer programming is the process of:

Answer 26

the process of writing, testing, debugging / troubleshooting, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.

Question 27

sequence

Answer 27

the order in which instructions are executed

Question 28

selection

Answer 28

instructions are executed only if a specific condition is met

Question 29

iteration

Answer 29

instructions are executed repeatedly

Question 30

syntax error

Answer 30

error that occurs when incorrect word used, or incorrect punctuation

Question 31

logic error

Answer 31

syntax is correct, but when it executes you don’t get the result you want because of an error in the logic of your program. Syntax is technically correct, so the Program will run, but will give you the Wrong result.

Question 32

compiler

Answer 32

converts all of the code to machine language before executing

Question 33

interpreter

Answer 33

converts one line of code (i.e., instruction) at a time and immediately executes each instruction before moving to the next line

Question 34

binary

Answer 34

a

Question 35

base 10

Answer 35

b

Question 36

condition

Answer 36

c

Question 37

What is a complex condition, or a complex If statement?

Answer 37

multiple Conditions with Logical Operators (AND, OR, NOT) between them

Question 38

A computer program has these 3 fundamental pieces:

Answer 38

sequence, selection, and iteration

Question 39

When you have a ____ error, the program WILL NOT RUN, because u didn’t follow the rules of VBasic.

Answer 39

syntax

Question 40

When you have a ____ error, the Program will run, but will give you the Wrong result.

Answer 40

logic

Question 41

algorithm

Answer 41

a set of instructions for solving a problem that can used repeatedly

Question 42

what’s a byte

Answer 42

8 bits which represent one letter/number/character

Question 43

Every character/letter/number has an ASCII ____ number equivalency.

Answer 43

decimal

Question 44

What is testing?

Answer 44

you testing the code to made sure it’s correct

Question 45

What is debugging?

Answer 45

the computer looks thru your code to check for syntactical errors that break the rules of VBasic

Question 46

base 2

Answer 46

another way of saying a binary numeral system, that consists of 1’s and 0’s

Question 47

“bit” is the short-form for:

Answer 47

stands for “binary digit”

Question 48

what is a bit?

Answer 48

the basic unit of information in computing and digital communications. A bit is either a 1 or a zero.