Question 1

The creates object code and stores it on disk.

Accepted Answer

A)  Interpreter. 
B)  Compiler. 
C)  Preprocessor. 
D)  Loader. 
A)  Interpreter. 
B)  Compiler. 
C)  Preprocessor. 
D)  Loader. B

Question 2

Which of the following statements is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Object-oriented programming is today's key programming methodology. 
B)  C++ is standardized worldwide through the International Organization for Standardization. 
C)  Hardware controls software. 
D)  There are now more mobile devices than people in the world. 
A)  Object-oriented programming is today's key programming methodology. 
B)  C++ is standardized worldwide through the International Organization for Standardization. 
C)  Hardware controls software. 
D)  There are now more mobile devices than people in the world. C

Question 3

Which of the following statements is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  The impressive functions performed by computers involve only the simplest manipulations of 1s and 2s. 
B)  ASCII is a popular subset of Unicode. 
C)  Fields are composed of characters or bytes. 
D)  On some operating systems, a file is viewed simply as a sequence of bytes. 
A)  The impressive functions performed by computers involve only the simplest manipulations of 1s and 2s. 
B)  ASCII is a popular subset of Unicode. 
C)  Fields are composed of characters or bytes. 
D)  On some operating systems, a file is viewed simply as a sequence of bytes. A

Question 4

________ is a communications protocol used to send information over the web.

Accepted Answer

A)  HyperText Markup Language (HTML). 
B)  URL (Uniform Resource Locator). 
C)  Web 2.0 
D)  TCP/IP 
A)  HyperText Markup Language (HTML). 
B)  URL (Uniform Resource Locator). 
C)  Web 2.0 
D)  TCP/IP

Question 5

The linker links:

Accepted Answer

A)  The source code with the object code. 
B)  The object code with the libraries. 
C)  The executable code with primary memory. 
D)  The primary memory with the CPU. 
A)  The source code with the object code. 
B)  The object code with the libraries. 
C)  The executable code with primary memory. 
D)  The primary memory with the CPU.

Question 6

Today, virtually all new major operating systems are written in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Objective-C. 
B)  C or C++. 
C)  Visual C#. 
D)  Ada. 
A)  Objective-C. 
B)  C or C++. 
C)  Visual C#. 
D)  Ada.

Question 7

________ is a graphical language that allows people who design software systems to use an industry stan?dard notation to represent them.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Unified Graphical Language 
B)  The Unified Design Language 
C)  The Unified Modeling Language 
D)  None of the above 
A)  The Unified Graphical Language 
B)  The Unified Design Language 
C)  The Unified Modeling Language 
D)  None of the above

Question 8

________ involves reworking programs to make them clearer and easier to maintain while preserving their correctness and functionality.

Accepted Answer

A)  Object-oriented programming 
B)  Refactoring 
C)  Agile software development 
D)  LAMP 
A)  Object-oriented programming 
B)  Refactoring 
C)  Agile software development 
D)  LAMP

Question 9

________ models software in terms similar to those that people use to describe real-world objects.

Accepted Answer

A)  Object-oriented programming 
B)  Object-oriented design 
C)  Procedural programming 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Object-oriented programming 
B)  Object-oriented design 
C)  Procedural programming 
D)  None of the above

Question 10

Which of the following statements about the C programming language is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  C was implemented in 1972 by xe "Ritchie, Dennis"Dennis Ritchie at Bell Laboratories. 
B)  With careful design, it's possible to write C programs that are xe "portable"portable to most computers. 
C)  C initially became widely known as the Windows operating system's development language. 
D)  Today, most of the code for general-purpose operating systems is written in C or C++. 
A)  C was implemented in 1972 by xe "Ritchie, Dennis"Dennis Ritchie at Bell Laboratories. 
B)  With careful design, it's possible to write C programs that are xe "portable"portable to most computers. 
C)  C initially became widely known as the Windows operating system's development language. 
D)  Today, most of the code for general-purpose operating systems is written in C or C++.

Question 11

Which statement is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Classes are reusable software components. 
B)  A class is to an object as a blueprint is to a house. 
C)  Performing a task in a program requires a method. 
D)  A class is an instance of its object. 
A)  Classes are reusable software components. 
B)  A class is to an object as a blueprint is to a house. 
C)  Performing a task in a program requires a method. 
D)  A class is an instance of its object.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cloud computing allows you to use software, hardware and information stored on remote computers via the Internet and available on demand-rather than having it stored on your personal computer. 
B)  Electronic health records enable health care providers to share patients' information across a secure network, improving patient care, reducing the probability of error and increasing overall efficiency of the health care system. 
C)  Global Positioning System (GPS) devices a single satellite to retrieve location-based information. 
D)  The Human Genome Project was founded to identify and analyze the 20,000+ genes in human DNA. 
A)  Cloud computing allows you to use software, hardware and information stored on remote computers via the Internet and available on demand-rather than having it stored on your personal computer. 
B)  Electronic health records enable health care providers to share patients' information across a secure network, improving patient care, reducing the probability of error and increasing overall efficiency of the health care system. 
C)  Global Positioning System (GPS) devices a single satellite to retrieve location-based information. 
D)  The Human Genome Project was founded to identify and analyze the 20,000+ genes in human DNA.

Question 13

Which of the following is not a key organization in the open-source community?

Accepted Answer

A)  Apache. 
B)  SourceForge. 
C)  Firefox. 
D)  Eclipse. 
A)  Apache. 
B)  SourceForge. 
C)  Firefox. 
D)  Eclipse.

Question 14

Which of the following statements is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  The concepts of icons, menus and windows were originally developed by Xerox PARC. 
B)  Windows is an open source operating system. 
C)  The software that contains the core components of the operating system is called the kernel. 
D)  Linux source code is available to the public for examination and modification. 
A)  The concepts of icons, menus and windows were originally developed by Xerox PARC. 
B)  Windows is an open source operating system. 
C)  The software that contains the core components of the operating system is called the kernel. 
D)  Linux source code is available to the public for examination and modification.

Question 15

Which of the following statements about regular expressions is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are used to match specific character patterns in text. 
B)  They can be used to replace parts of one string with another, or to split a string. 
C)  They can be used to validate data to ensure that it's in a particular format. 
D)  All of the above statements are true. 
A)  They are used to match specific character patterns in text. 
B)  They can be used to replace parts of one string with another, or to split a string. 
C)  They can be used to validate data to ensure that it's in a particular format. 
D)  All of the above statements are true.

Question 16

Which of the following is not a goal stated by the creator of C++ for the new C++ standard?

Accepted Answer

A)  Make C++ easier to learn. 
B)  Improve library building capabilities. 
C)  Make C++ an open source programming language. 
D)  Increase compatibility with the C programming language. 
A)  Make C++ easier to learn. 
B)  Improve library building capabilities. 
C)  Make C++ an open source programming language. 
D)  Increase compatibility with the C programming language.

Question 17

C++ provides a number of features that "spruce up" the C language, but more importantly, it provides capabilities for ________ that were inspired by the Simula simulation programming language.

Accepted Answer

A)  structured programming 
B)  simulation 
C)  object-oriented programming 
D)  None of the above. 
A)  structured programming 
B)  simulation 
C)  object-oriented programming 
D)  None of the above.

Question 18

Which of the following languages is used primarily for scientific and engineering applications?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fortran. 
B)  COBOL. 
C)  Pascal. 
D)  Basic. 
A)  Fortran. 
B)  COBOL. 
C)  Pascal. 
D)  Basic.

Question 19

Which of the following is most closely associated with Moore's Law?

Accepted Answer

A)  Every year or two, the price of computers has approximately doubled. 
B)  Object-oriented programming uses less memory than previous software-development methodologies. 
C)  Demand for communications bandwidth is decreasing dramatically each year. 
D)  Every year or two, the capacities of computers have approximately doubled without any increase in price. 
A)  Every year or two, the price of computers has approximately doubled. 
B)  Object-oriented programming uses less memory than previous software-development methodologies. 
C)  Demand for communications bandwidth is decreasing dramatically each year. 
D)  Every year or two, the capacities of computers have approximately doubled without any increase in price.

Question 20

Which of the following statements is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Speaking to your computer is a form of input. 
B)  Playing a video is an example of output. 
C)  A multi-core processor implements several processors on a single integrated-circuit chip. 
D)  Information in the memory unit is persistent-it is retained when the computer's power is turned off. 
A)  Speaking to your computer is a form of input. 
B)  Playing a video is an example of output. 
C)  A multi-core processor implements several processors on a single integrated-circuit chip. 
D)  Information in the memory unit is persistent-it is retained when the computer's power is turned off.

Exam 1: Introduction to Computers and C++

The creates object code and stores it on disk.

Which of the following statements is false?

Which of the following statements is false?

________ is a communications protocol used to send information over the web.

The linker links:

Today, virtually all new major operating systems are written in:

________ is a graphical language that allows people who design software systems to use an industry stan?dard notation to represent them.

________ involves reworking programs to make them clearer and easier to maintain while preserving their correctness and functionality.

________ models software in terms similar to those that people use to describe real-world objects.

Which of the following statements about the C programming language is false?

Which statement is false?

Which of the following statements is false?

Which of the following is not a key organization in the open-source community?

Which of the following statements is false?

Which of the following statements about regular expressions is true?

Which of the following is not a goal stated by the creator of C++ for the new C++ standard?

C++ provides a number of features that "spruce up" the C language, but more importantly, it provides capabilities for ________ that were inspired by the Simula simulation programming language.

Which of the following languages is used primarily for scientific and engineering applications?

Which of the following is most closely associated with Moore's Law?

Which of the following statements is false?

Introduction to C Programming; Inputoutput and Operators

Introduction to Classes, Objects and Strings

Control Statements, Assignment, and Operators

Control Statements, Logical Operators

Functions and an Introduction to Recursion

Class Templates Array and Vector; Catching Exceptions

Pointers and Pointer-Based Strings

Classes: a Deeper Look; Throwing Exceptions

Operator Overloading; String and Array Objects

Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance

Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism

Stream Inputoutput: a Deeper Look

File Processing

Standard Library Containers and Iterators

Standard Library Algorithms

Exception Handling: a Deeper Look

Introduction to Custom Templates

Custom Templatized Data Structures

Searching and Sorting

Class String and String Stream Processing

Bits, Characters, C Strings and Structs

Other Topics

C++11 Additional Features

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