MIS 525 Week 1 Quiz

MIS 525 Week 1 Quiz | Devry University

Week 1 Review Questions - ONLINE VERSION

Question 1

Computer programs also are known as _____.  

·         hardware  

·         software  

·         data  

·         information

 

Question 2

The major computer operations include _____.  

·         hardware and software  

·         "input, processing, and output" 

·         sequence and looping  

·         "spreadsheets, word processing, and data communications"

 

Question 3

"Visual Basic, C++, and Java are all examples of computer _____."  

·         operating systems  

·         hardware  

·         machine languages   

·         programming languages

 

Question 4

A programming language s rules are its _____.  

·         syntax  

·         logic 

·         format 

·         options

 

Question 5

The most important task of a compiler or interpreter is to _____.  

·         create the rules for a programming language

·         translate English statements into a language such as Java  

·         translate programming language statements into machine language  

·         execute machine language programs to perform useful tasks

 

 

Question 6

"Which of the following is temporary, internal storage?"  

·         CPU  

·         hard disk  

·         keyboard   

·         memory

 

Question 7

Which of the following pairs of steps in the programming process is in the correct order?  

·         "code the program, plan the logic" 

·         "test the program, translate it into machine language"

·         "put the program into production, understand the problem" 

·         "code the program, translate it into machine language"

 

Question 8

The programmer s most important task before planning the logic of a program is to _____.  

·         decide which programming language to use  

·         code the problem  

·         train the users of the program  

·         understand the problem

 

Question 9

The two most commonly used tools for planning a program s logic are _____. 

·         flowcharts and pseudocode  

·         ASCII and EBCDIC 

·         Java and Visual Basic

·         word processors and spreadsheets

 

Question 10

Writing a program in a language such as C++ or Java is known as _____ the program.  

·         translating 

·         coding  

·         interpreting  

·         compiling

 

 

Question 11

An English-like programming language such as Java or Visual Basic is a _____ programming language.  

·         machine-level  

·         low-level   

·         high-level  

·         binary-level

 

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of a syntax error? 

·         producing output before accepting input  

·         subtracting when you meant to add    

·         misspelling a programming language word  

·         all of the above

 

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of a logical error? 

·         performing arithmetic with a value before inputting it  

·         accepting two input values when a program requires only one  

·         dividing by 3 when you meant to divide by 30

·         all of the above

 

 Question 14

The parallelogram is the flowchart symbol representing _____. 

·         input  

·         output  

·         both a and b  

·         none of the above

 

 Question 15

"In a flowchart, a rectangle represents _____."  

·         input  

·         a sentinel  

·         a question  

·         processing

 

 Question 16

"In flowcharts, the decision symbol is a _____."  

·         parallelogram  

·         rectangle 

·         lozenge 

·         diamond

 

 Question 17

The term eof represents _____.  

·         a standard input device  

·         a generic sentinel value  

·         a condition in which no more memory is available for storage  

·         the logical flow in a program

 

 Question 18

"When you use an IDE, as opposed to a simple text editor, to develop a program, _____."

·         the logic is more complicated

·         the logic is simpler 

·         the syntax is different  

·         some help is provided

 

 

Question 19

"When you write a program that will run in a GUI environment, as opposed to a command-line environment, _____."  

·         the logic is very different 

·         some syntax is different  

·         you do not need to plan the logic  

·         users are more confused

 

 Question 20

"With object-oriented programming, as opposed to procedural programming, _____."  

·         the programmer s focus differs 

·         "you cannot use some languages, such as Java"

·         you do not accept input  

·         you do not code calculations; they are created automatically