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COP 2258 Exam 1 Study Guide Questions and Answers
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COP 2258 Exam 1 Study GuideQuestions and Answers
Algorithm - Answer-A series of steps to do something (ex. recipe)
Problem Solving Strategies - Answer-When you design an algorithm, you need to know
what to solve and how to approach the problem
Ask Questions - Answer-About the data, the process, the output
Look for familiar things - Answer-Certain situations arise again
Solve by analogy - Answer--look for similarities
-try to compare problem with what you already know
Use means-end analysis - Answer-find out what program needs (input), and what is
going to be produced (output)
Divide and Conquer - Answer-Break up large problem into smaller units
Building Block Approach - Answer-solve smaller pieces of the problem an break down
overarching picture
Merge Solutions - Answer-Use solutions from other problems to get new
Overcome mental block - Answer-rewriting problem in own words
Computer Programming - Answer-Telling the computer how to solve a problem (ex.
calculate, develop)
Phases of Programming life cycle - Answer-*must be done in order*
1. Problem solving
2. Implementation: test
3. Maintenance
Problem Solving Stage - Answer-ADV
-Analyze
-Develop
-Verify
Implementation: Test - Answer-(Coding Phase)
-Code program
-test it
-deBUG: DISSECT code and find error
, Maintentance - Answer-Maintain code
Class vs. Object - Answer-Class- blueprint for what is being created
Object- instance, what you are referring to
Program - Answer-An algorithm written for a computer that defines classes of objects
and puts them in position to solve problem
Programming Language - Answer-a language with strict grammatical rules, symbols,
and special words used to construct a program
Code - Answer-The product of translating instructions of an algorithm into a
programming language
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) - Answer--Style of programming
-You use a programming language to define how data will look and what the program
will do with the data
(ex. dealership, student body)
Data Type - Answer-Telling the computer using programming language of what the data
will be
(ex. int x=20 | int=data type)
Object - Answer--Instance
-a collection of data values and associated options
Class - Answer--Blueprint
-a description of one or more like objects
Instantiation - Answer-The process of creating an object based on the description
provided by a class
Package - Answer-A container that has classes of your program
(ex. folder that contains documents of programs)
Compiler - Answer-a computer program that translates program into machine language
(0 & 1)
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) - Answer--machine that runs java byte code
-how to speak java
-implemented in software rather than hardware
Steps to compile and run a java program - Answer--Tell the computer to execute the
program
-The basic 'shell'
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