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Cisc 115 prep final exam questions & answers 2024/2025 The computer can do such a wide variety of tasks because: - ANSWERSIt can be programmed Computer programming is: An art A science Both of the above neither of the above - ANSWERSBoth of the above Another term for programs is: - ...

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The computer can do such a wide variety of tasks because: - ANSWERSIt can be programmed



Computer programming is:

An art

A science

Both of the above

neither of the above - ANSWERSBoth of the above



Another term for programs is: - ANSWERSsoftware



________ refers to the physical components that a computer is made of. - ANSWERShardware



The major components of a typical computer system consist of: - ANSWERSAll of these



A program is a sequence of instructions stored in: - ANSWERSThe computer's memory



When a computer is running a program, the CPU is engaged in a process formally known as: -
ANSWERSThe fetch/decode/execute cycle



A byte is a collection of: - ANSWERS8 bits



Which of the following is a secondary storage device? - ANSWERSAll of the above

(Hard drives, floppy disks, USB drives)

,An operating system can be categorized according to: - ANSWERSBoth the number of users that can be
accommodated, and the number of tasks they can perform at one time



The original name for Java was: - ANSWERSOak



Syntax is: - ANSWERSRules that must be followed when writing a program



Variables are: - ANSWERSSymbolic names made up by the programmer that represents locations in the
computer's RAM



Byte code instructions are: - ANSWERSRead and interpreted by the JVM



Suppose you are at an operating system command line, and you are going to use the following command
to compile a program:




javac MyClass.java




Before entering the command, you must: - ANSWERSMake sure you are in the same directory or folder
where MyClass.java is located



In the programming process which of the following is NOT involved in defining what the program is to
do: - ANSWERSCompile code



One of the design tools used by programmers when creating a model of the program is: -
ANSWERSPseudocode

,The purpose of validating the results of the program is: - ANSWERSTo determine whether the program
solves the original problem



results in only the object's methods being able to directly access and make the changes to the object's
data. - ANSWERSData hiding



Software refers to - ANSWERSSoftware refers to



Internally, the central processing unit (CPU) consists of two parts: - ANSWERSThe control unit and the
arithmetic and logic unit (ALU)



Java was developed by: - ANSWERSSun Microsystems



These are used to indicate the end of a Java statement. - ANSWERSSemicolons



Which of the following will compile a program called ReadIt? - ANSWERSjavac ReadIt.java



Which of the following is not part of the programming process? - ANSWERSAll of the above

(Design, Testing, Debugging)



The computer is a tool used by so many professions that it cannot be easily categorized - ANSWERStrue



Without programmers, the users of computers would have no software, and without software,
computers would not be able to do anything. - ANSWERStrue



Application software refers to programs that make the computer useful to the user. - ANSWERStrue



Colons are used to indicate the end of a Java statement. - ANSWERSfalse



Each byte is assigned a unique number known as an address. - ANSWERStrue

, The Java Virtual Machine is a program that reads Java byte code instructions and executes them as they
are read - ANSWERStrue



Java source files end with the .class extension. - ANSWERSfalse



A Java program will not compile unless it contains the correct line numbers. - ANSWERSfalse



All Java statements end with semicolons. - ANSWERSfalse



Java is a case-insensitive language. - ANSWERSfalse



Although the dollar sign is a legal identifier character, you should not use it because it is normally used
for special purposes. - ANSWERStrue



Assuming that pay has been declared a double, the following statement is valid.



pay = 2,583.44; - ANSWERSfalse



Named constants are initialized with a value, that value cannot be changed during the execution of the
program. - ANSWERStrue



A variable's scope is the part of the program that has access to the variable. - ANSWERStrue



In Java the variable named total is the same as the variable named Total. - ANSWERSfalse



Class names and key words are examples of variables. - ANSWERSfalse



If the compiler encounters a statement that uses a variable before the variable is declared, an error will
result. - ANSWERStrue

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