CSCI-2467 Java 1 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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CSCI-2467 Java 1 Exam Questions With
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What are hardware and software? - answerone comprises the visible physical elements of the
computer while the other provides the invisible instructions that control the first and make it
perform specific tasks.
List the five major hardware c...
CSCI-2467 Java 1 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What are hardware and software? - answer✔✔one comprises the visible physical elements of the
computer while the other provides the invisible instructions that control the first and make it
perform specific tasks.
List the five major hardware components of a computer system. - answer✔✔CPU, memory,
storage devices, input & output devices, communication devices.
What does CPU stand for and what unit is used to measure CPU speed? - answer✔✔Central
Processing Unit, GHz (gigahertz)
What is a bit? What is a byte? - answer✔✔A bit is a binary digit 0 or 1. A byte is a sequence of 8
bits.
What is memory? - answer✔✔storage and retrieval of information
What does RAM stand for? - answer✔✔random access memory.
What unit is used to measure memory size? What unit is used to measure disk size? -
answer✔✔GB, GB or TB
What is the primary difference between memory and storage devices. - answer✔✔temporary
storage of data versus permanent storage of data.
What language does the CPU understand? - answer✔✔machine language
What is an assembly language? - answer✔✔referred to as a low-level language, because it is
close in nature to machine language. It was created in the early days of computing as an
alternative to machine language.
What is an assembler? - answer✔✔used to translate assemble-language programs into machine
code.
What is an interpreter? - answer✔✔a program used to translate your source code into executable
machine code statement by statement executing as it goes.
What is a compiler? - answer✔✔a program used to translate your entire source code into
executable machine code before executing.
What is the difference between an interpreted language and a compiled language? -
answer✔✔the first translates and executes the program one statement at a time while the second
translates the entire source program into machine-language file for execution.
What is an operating system? - answer✔✔the software that supports a computer's basic
functions, such as scheduling tasks, executing applications, and controlling peripherals.
List some popular operating systems. - answer✔✔Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux
What are the major responsibilities of an operating system? - answer✔✔Controlling and
monitoring system activities, allocating and assigning system resources and scheduling
operations.
Multiprogramming - answer✔✔allowing multiple programs to run in main memory at the same
time while sharing the same CPU
Multithreading - answer✔✔allows multiple commands to run simultaneously within one
program
multiprocessing - answer✔✔running multiple programs concurrently using multiple processors
Java - answer✔✔An object-oriented programming language designed specifically for programs
(particularly multimedia) to be used over the Internet allowing programmers to create small
programs or applications to enhance websites.
James Gosling - answer✔✔led the team at Sun Microsystems that developed Java.
What company owns Java now? - answer✔✔Oracle
What is a Java applet? - answer✔✔programs that run from a web browser.
*Although no longer allowed to run due to security issues.
What programming language does Android use? - answer✔✔Java
What is the Java language specification? - answer✔✔a technical definition of the Java
programming language's syntax and semantics.
What does JDK stand for? - answer✔✔Java Development Kit
What does JRE stand for? - answer✔✔Java Runtime Environment
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