CSC 102 Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers Updated 2024
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CSC 102 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Answers Updated 2024
A computer consists of what hardware components? - Answer-A central processing unit,
memory, storage device, input device, output device, and communication device.
What does software provide? - Answer-It provides the invisible instructi...
Storage Device - Answer✔✔-A computer's memory (RAM) is a volatile form of data storage.
Programs and data are permanently stored here and are moved when the computer actually
uses them. There are 3 kinds of this: Disks, CDs and DVDs, and Flash Drives.
Input Device - Answer✔✔-Most common of this device are keyboards and mouses.
Output Device - Answer✔✔-Most common of this device are monitors and printers.
Communication Device - Answer✔✔-This device consists of a dial-up modem, a digital
subscriber line (DSL) or cable modem, a wired network interface card, or a wireless adapter.
Machine Language - Answer✔✔-A computer's native language. It has a set of built-in primitive
instructions. They're in the form of binary code.
Assembly Language - Answer✔✔-Uses a short descriptive word, known as mnemonic, to
represent each of the machine-language instructions. Developed to make programming easier.
Assembler - Answer✔✔-A program used to translate assembly-language programs into machine
code.
High-Level Language - Answer✔✔-They are platform-independent, it can run in different types
of machines. They are English-like and easy to learn and use. The instructions for this language
are called statements
Operating Systems - Answer✔✔-The most important program that runs on a computer. The
major tasks of it are controlling and monitoring system activities, allocating and assigning
system resources, and scheduling operations.
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