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202301 COMP-125-SD1
14427.202301 COMP-125-SD1 Assignments and Tests Review Test Submission: Quiz 2
Review Test Submission: Quiz 2
User Harmanjot Singh
Course COMP-125-SD1
Test Quiz 2
Started 3/21/23 9:26 PM
Submitted 3/21/23 9:51 PM
Status Completed
Attempt Score 19.5 out of 30 points
Time Elapsed 25 minutes out of 30 minutes
Results Displayed All Answers, Submitted Answers, Correct Answers, Feedback
Question 1 1 out of 1 points
A machine language program is called the ____ program.
Selected Answer: c. object
Answers: a. virtual
b. data
c. object
d. source
Question 2 1 out of 1 points
In a ____, the original contents of the memory cell are unchanged.
Selected Answer: b. nondestructive fetch
Answers: a. destructive store
b. nondestructive fetch
c. volatile storage
d. random access memory
Question 3 0 out of 1 points
Syntax is the rules for exactly how _______ must be written in a programming
language.
Selected Answer: d. instructions
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Answers: a. executables
b. statements
c. orders
d. instructions
Question 4 0 out of 1 points
It is the responsibility of the ____________________ to safeguard the password
file that stores all valid user name/password combinations.
Selected Answer: Administrator
Correct Answer:
Evaluation Method Correct Answer Case Sensitivity
Exact Match OS
Exact Match operating system
OS (operating
Exact Match
system)
operating system
Exact Match
(OS)
Question 5 1 out of 1 points
C++ and Java are examples of ____ languages.
Selected Answer: a. high-level programming
Answers: a. high-level programming
b. machine
c. low-level programming
d. assembly
Question 6 1 out of 1 points
A pattern-matching algorithm may be used to implement a _______ function in a
word processor.
Selected Answer: d. find
Answers: a. replace
b. multiplication
c. table
d. find
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Question 7 0 out of 1 points
When we moved from machine language to assembly language, we needed a
piece of system software—a(n) ____________________—to translate assembly
language instructions into machine language.
Selected Answer: Translator
Correct Answer:
Evaluation Method Correct Answer Case Sensitivity
Exact Match assembler
Question 8 0 out of 1 points
ROM is memory into which information has been prerecorded during
manufacture.
Selected Answer: False
Answers: True
False
Question 9 1 out of 1 points
An algorithm is a ____ collection of unambiguous and effectively computable
operations that, when executed, produces a result and halts in a finite amount of
time.
Selected Answer: b. well-ordered
Answers: a. mechanical calculator
b. well-ordered
c. computing agent
d. sequential
Question 10 1 out of 1 points
The conversion of symbolic op codes such as LOAD, ADD, and SUBTRACT to
binary makes use of a structure called the ____.
Selected Answer: d. op code table
Answers: a. loader
b. library
c. assembler
d. op code table
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Question 11 1 out of 1 points
The ____ evaluates a proposed project and compares the costs and benefits of
various solutions.
Selected Answer: a. feasibility study
Answers: a. feasibility study
b. design study
c. specification study
d. work breakdown study
Question 12 1 out of 1 points
Imperative commands are instructions in the _______.
Selected Answer: b. programming language
Answers: a. assembly Language
b. programming language
c. machine Language
d. processing language
Question 13 1 out of 1 points
____ includes online tutorials or help systems that the user can bring up while the
program is running, and (less often) written user’s manuals.
Selected Answer: c. User documentation
Answers: a. Technical documentation
b. Rough documentation
c. User documentation
d. First-level documentation
Question 14 0.5 out of 1 points
List four disadvantages of assembly language.
Selected Four disadvantages of assembly language ar as follows:
Answer: 1. Requires a translator/compiler.
2. Can not be directly understood by the system.
3. A user can not understand another user's assembly language.
4. Assembly Language needs to be converted into machine
language.
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Correct
Answer: • The programmer must “manually” manage the movement of
data items between and among memory locations and registers
(although such data items can be assigned mnemonic names).
• The programmer must take a microscopic view of a task,
breaking it down into tiny subtasks at the level of what is going on
in individual memory locations.
• An assembly language program is machine specific.
• Statements are not natural-language-like (although operations
are given mnemonic code words as an improvement over a string
of bits).
Response The correct answer -
Feedback:
• The programmer must “manually” manage the movement of
data items between and among memory locations and registers
(although such data items can be assigned mnemonic names).
• The programmer must take a microscopic view of a task,
breaking it down into tiny subtasks at the level of what is going on
in individual memory locations.
• An assembly language program is machine specific.
• Statements are not natural-language-like (although operations
are given mnemonic code words as an improvement over a string
of bits).
Question 15 1 out of 1 points
The program implementation phase is the time to plan how it is to be done.
_________________________
Selected Answer: False
Answers: True
False
Question 16 1 out of 1 points
Each language learned about the uses of its own notation (--, //, or #) to denote a
program comment.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
False
Question 17 1 out of 1 points
A(n) ____________________ character is displayed on screen to indicate that
command language operating system is waiting for input.
Selected Answer: prompt
Correct Answer:
Evaluation Method Correct Answer Case Sensitivity
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Exact Match prompt
Question 18 0 out of 1 points
A ____ stores and fetches values to and from memory cells.
Selected Answer: b. memory cache encoder
Answers: a. random access memory
b. memory cache encoder
c. read-only memory
d. flash memory
Question 19 0 out of 1 points
A cache is typically ____ times faster than RAM but possesses less storage
capacity.
Selected Answer: b. 20 to 30
Answers: a. 25 to 30
b. 20 to 30
c. 15 to 20
d. 5 to 10
Question 20 1 out of 1 points
If anything is changed on an already-tested module, regression testing is done to
be sure that this change hasn’t introduced a new error into code that was
previously correct.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
False
Question 21 0 out of 1 points
Assembly language programs are ____ specific.
Selected Answer: c. architecture
Answers: a. language
b. machine
c. architecture
d. compiler
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Question 22 1 out of 1 points
Source code is also known as _______.
Selected Answer: c. high-level language instructions
Answers: a. link language instructions
b. assembly language instructions
c. high-level language instructions
d. compiling instructions
Question 23 1 out of 1 points
High-level programming languages were created to overcome the deficiencies of
_______ language.
Selected Answer: a. assembly
Answers: a. assembly
b. compiling
c. link
d. object
Question 24 1 out of 1 points
Icons displayed on the screen are selected with a mouse and a button using a
technique called ____.
Selected Answer: a. point-and-click
Answers: a. point-and-click
b. panel interface
c. command line
d. windows interface
Question 25 0 out of 1 points
After all the fields of an assembly language instruction have been translated into
binary, the newly built machine language instruction and the address of where it
is to be loaded are written out to a file called the ____ file.
Selected Answer: a. source
Answers: a. source
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b. table
c. data
d. object
Question 26 1 out of 1 points
A(n) ____ handles the details of input/output and compensates for any speed
differences between I/O devices and other parts of the computer.
Selected Answer: c. I/O controller
Answers: a. decoder circuit
b. I/O register
c. I/O controller
d. cache
Question 27 1 out of 1 points
A(n) ____ operation involves the comparison of values and the subsequent use of
the outcome to decide what to do next.
Selected Answer: c. conditional
Answers: a. iterative
b. transformer
c. conditional
d. sequential
Question 28 0 out of 1 points
____ a program means running it on many data sets to be sure its performance
falls within required limits.
Selected Answer: c. Debugging
Answers: a. Configuring
b. Benchmarking
c. Debugging
d. Coding
Question 29 1 out of 1 points
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A(n) ____ is a storage cell that holds the operands of an arithmetic operation and
that, when the operation is complete, holds its result.
Selected Answer: d. register
Answers: a. cache
b. decoder
c. I/O controller
d. register
Question 30 0 out of 1 points
In assembly language, the programmer must take a microscopic view of a task,
breaking it down into tiny subtasks at the level of what is going on in individual
____.
Selected Answer: d. subtasks
Answers: a. tasks
b. programs
c. memory locations
d. subtasks
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