Exam 1: Introduction to Computers and Programming

A programmer, or software developer, is a person with the training and skills necessary to ____________ computer programs.

Programs that make a computer useful for everyday tasks are known as ____________.

In the ____________ numbering system, all numeric values are written as sequences of 0s and 1s.

Computer's can execute only programs that are written in assembly language.

A class specifies the data that an object can hold, but not the actions that an object can perform.

In a flowchart, rectangles are used as ____________ to represent the steps in which the program performs some process on data, such as a mathematical calculation.

RAM is usually a volatile type of memory that is used only for temporary storage while a program is running.

____________ can be used to create applications not only with Visual C#, but also with other languages such as Visual Basic and C++.

____________ is where the computer stores a program while the program is running, as well as the data that the program is working with.

_____________ is an extensive encoding scheme that is compatible with ASCII and can also represent the characters of many of the world's languages.

A program is nothing more than a list of instructions that cause the CPU to perform operations.

In a text-based environment, such as a command line interface, the user determines the order in which things happen.

A(n) ____________ provides all the necessary tools for creating, testing, and debugging software.

When a computer is performing the tasks that a program tells it to do, we say that the computer is running, or ____________ the program.

A(n) ____________ is a set of well-defined, logical steps that must be taken to perform a task.

In software, an object has two general capabilities: it can store data and perform operations.

The words that make up a high-level language are known as ____________ or reserved words.

____________ was created in the early days of computing as an alternative to machine language.

The term bit stands for ____________.

Common input devices are the keyboard, mouse, scanner, microphone, and digital camera.