Neets 22 Ch. 3 2012

Front 1

What must you load into a computer to
manage its resources and operations?
1. Bootstrap program
2. Word processor
3. Graphics program
4. Operating system

Back 1

Operating System

Front 2

What program controls the execution of
other programs according to job
information?
1. An operating system
2. A bootstrap program
3. A word processor
4. A utility program

Back 2

Operating System

Front 3

The simplest and most commonly used
operating systems on microcomputers are
which of the following types?
1. Multiuser/single tasking
2. Single user/single tasking
3. Single user/multitasking
4. Multiuser/multitasking

Back 3

Single user/single tasking

Front 4

Which of the following programs must
be compatible with the operating system
in use?
1. CP/M-86
2. UNIX
3. Applications
4. MS-DOS

Back 4

Applications

Front 5

To overcome the applications software
compatibility problem, which of the
following is done so the application can
be run under several different operating
systems?
1. Some software comes in several
versions
2. Computers are designed to accept all
applications software
3. Software comes in a universal
version
4. Operating systems are changed to be
compatible

Back 5

Some software comes in several versions

Front 6

What is another term for "initial program
load" the system?
1. Start
2. Boot
3. Kick
4. Run

Back 6

Boot

Front 7

When the symbol A> is on the screen of
a computer crt, it tells the operator/user
which of the following information?
1. The system is not ready, and drive A
is busy
2. The system is ready, and drive A is
assigned as your secondary drive
3. The system is ready, and drive A is
assigned as your primary drive
4. The system is activating, and no
drive is available

Back 7

The system is ready and Drive A is assigned as your primary drive

Front 8

The three characters following each
directory entry are called what?
1. Files
2. Records
3. Locators
4. Extensions

Back 8

Extensions

Front 9

Commands built into the operating
system that control actions, like diskcopy
and rename, are what type of commands?
1. Independent
2. Copy
3. Spread
4. Utility

Back 9

Utility

Front 10

To eliminate the need for programmers
to write new programs when all they
want to do is copy, print, or sort a data
file, which of the following types of
programs can be used?
1. Word processor
2. Graphics
3. Utility
4. Spreadsheet

Back 10

Utility

Front 11

What is the term given to arranging
records in a predefined sequence or
order?
1. Sorting
2. Merging
3. Writing
4. Shifting

Back 11

Sorting

Front 12

On a computer, what is the sequence of
characters called?
1. Numerical sequence
2. Collating sequence
3. Random sequence
4. Alphabetic sequence

Back 12

Collating sequence

Front 13

To sort a data file, what must you tell the
sort program?
1. How many characters are in the file
2. How many records are in the file
3. The length of the data file
4. The data field or fields to sort on

Back 13

The data fields or fields to sort on

Front 14

Sort-merge programs usually have which
of the following characteristics?
1. Specific file length
2. Specific run time
3. Phases
4. Names

Back 14

Phases

Front 15

What personnel or methods are used to
generate programs to print detail and
summary reports of data files?
1. Programmers
2. Operating systems
3. Sort-merge programs
4. Report program generators

Back 15

Report program generators

Front 16

What are report program generators
designed to save?
1. Run time
2. Programming time
3. Operator time
4. Printer time

Back 16

Programming time

Front 17

Each time there is a control break, what
does the program developed by the report
program generator print?
1. Input information
2. Output information
3. Summary information
4. Programming information

Back 17

Summary information

Front 18

A computer language that is a string of
numbers which represents the instruction
code and operand addresses is what type?
1. Machine
2. Printed
3. Symbolic
4. Procedure-oriented

Back 18

Machine

Front 19

Mnemonic instruction codes and
symbolic addresses were developed early
in what decade?
1. 1940s
2. 1950s
3. 1960s
4. 1970s

Back 19

1950's

Front 20

Compared to machine language coding,
symbolic languages have which of the
following advantages?
1. Detail is reduced
2. Fewer errors are made
3. Less time is required to write a
program
4. All of the above

Back 20

All of the above

Front 21

An instruction that allows the
programmer to write a single instruction
which is equivalent to a specified
sequence of machine instructions is what
type of instruction?
1. Machine language instruction
2. Graphic language instruction
3. Macroinstruction
4. Scientific instruction

Back 21

Macroinstruction

Front 22

What does the acronym COBOL stand
for?
1. Computer ordered byte oriented
language
2. Computer ordered business oriented
language
3. Common business oriented language
4. Common business ordered language

Back 22

Common business oriented language

Front 23

PASCAL is being used by many colleges
and universities to teach programming
for which of the following reasons?
1. It is fairly easy to learn and more
powerful than BASIC
2. It is hard to learn and weaker than
BASIC
3. It is easy to learn and cheaper than
BASIC
4. It is a shorter course and produces
better programmers

Back 23

It is fairly easy to learn and more powerful than BASIC

Front 24

The development of Ada was initiated by
what organization?
1. U. S. Navy
2. U. S. Army
3. U. S. Department of Defense
4. U. S. Department of Transportation

Back 24

U.S. DOD

Front 25

What are the two most familiar of the
procedure-oriented languages used for
scientific or mathematical problems?
1. PASCAL and FORTRAN
2. PASCAL and COBOL
3. COBOL and FORTRAN
4. BASIC and FORTRAN

Back 25

BASIC and FORTRAN

Front 26

Compared with programs written in
symbolic languages, programs written in
procedure-oriented languages differ in
which of the following ways?
1. They can only be used with small
computers
2. They can only be used with large
computers
3. They can only be used with the
computer for which the program was
written
4. They can be used with a number of
different computer makes and
models

Back 26

They can be used with a number of different computer makes and models

Front 27

Compared with symbolic languages,
procedure-oriented languages have which
of the following disadvantages?
1. They require more space in memory,
and they process data at a slower rate
2. They require more space in memory,
and they process data too fast for
some printers
3. They require a special memory, and
they process data at a slower rate
4. They require a special memory, and
they process data too fast for some
printers

Back 27

They require more space in memory, and they process data at a slower rate

Front 28

Which of the following is a simple
definition of programming?
1. The process of planning which
computer system to use
2. The process of planning the
computer solution to a problem
3. The process of planning the
mathematical solution to a problem
4. The process of planning which
computer program to use

Back 28

The process of planning the computer solution to a problem

Front 29

Which of the following is NOT a basic
characteristic of a computer?
1. It needs commands
2. It needs specifically defined
operations
3. It can think
4. It can understand instructions only in
an acceptable form

Back 29

It can think

Front 30

How many fundamental and discrete
steps are involved in solving a problem
on a computer?
1. Five
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

Back 30

Four

Front 31

In the advance planning phase of
programming, what are the first two
steps?
1. Program coding and machine
readable coding preparation
2. Problem understanding/ definition
and flowcharting
3. Test data preparation and test run
performance
4. Documentation completion and
operator procedures preparation

Back 31

Problem understanding/definition of flowcharting

Front 32

Which of the following is NOT part of
defining every aspect of a problem?
1. What information (or data) is needed
2. Where and how will the information
be obtained
3. What is the desired output
4. What is the computation time

Back 32

What is the computation time

Front 33

Once you have a thorough understanding
of the problem, what is the next step in
programming?
1. Gathering information
2. Coding the program
3. Flowcharting
4. Debugging

Back 33

Flowcharting

Front 34

The method of pictorially representing a
step-by-step solution to a problem before
computer instructions are written to
produce the desired results is called
what?
1. Flowcharting
2. Constructing
3. Documenting
4. Debugging

Back 34

Flowcharting

Front 35

What two types of flowcharts are there?
1. System and programming
2. System and data
3. Processing and programming
4. Processing and data

Back 35

System and programming

Front 36

What are the four basic tools used in
flowcharting?
1. Advanced symbols, graphic symbols,
flowcharting template, and
flowcharting worksheet
2. Fundamental symbols, graphic
symbols, flowcharting template, and
flowcharting worksheet
3. Fundamental symbols, mathematical
symbols, flowcharting symbols, and
flowcharting worksheet
4. Fundamental symbols, advanced
symbols, flowcharting template, and
flowcharting worksheet

Back 36

Fundamental symbols, graphic symbols, flowcharting template, and flowcharting worksheet

Front 37

Fundamental symbols are standard for
the military, as directed by Department
of the Navy Automated Data Systems
Documentation Standards,
SECNAVINST 5233.1.
1. True
2. False

Back 37

False
(SECNAVINST 5233)

Front 38

Within a flowchart, what type of symbols
are used to specify arithmetic operations
and relational conditions?
1. Fundamental symbols
2. Graphic symbols
3. Arithmetic symbols
4. Arabic symbols

Back 38

Graphic symbols

Front 39

The flowchart worksheet is a means of
standardizing documentation.
1. True
2. False

Back 39

True

Front 40

To develop a flowchart, which of the
following must you know first?
1. What type of computer is to be used
2. What problem you are to solve
3. What code you are going to use
4. What logic the computer will use to
solve a problem

Back 40

The problem you are to solve

Front 41

In solving a problem, which of the
following ways does a computer operate?
1. Two steps at a time in random order
2. It processes the problem as a whole
3. One step after another in specified
order
4. One step after another in random
order

Back 41

One step after another in specified order

Front 42

What is the step called in which you code
a program that can be translated by a
computer into a set of instructions it can
execute?
1. Program booting
2. Program execution
3. Program logic
4. Program coding

Back 42

Program coding

Front 43

It is important to remember program
coding is the first step of programming.
1. True
2. False

Back 43

False

Front 44

Before sitting down to code the computer
instructions to solve a problem, you
should complete which of the following
activities?
1. A course in computer operation
2. A course in mathematics
3. Planning and coding
4. Planning and preparation

Back 44

Planning and preparation

Front 45

What is the fundamental element in
program preparation?
1. Subject
2. Predicate
3. Computer
4. Instruction

Back 45

Instruction

Front 46

The first part of a computer instruction,
which answers the question what, is
known by which of the following terms?
1. Operation only
2. Command only
3. Command or operation
4. Operand

Back 46

Command or operation

Front 47

The second specific part of the predicate
in a computer instruction, known as the
operand, in general answers what
question?
1. Who
2. What
3. When
4. Where

Back 47

Where

Front 48

What part of the program must the
programmer prepare according to the
format required by the language and the
computer to be used?
1. Documentation
2. Implementation
3. Instructions
4. Length

Back 48

Instructions

Front 49

To copy data from one storage location
to another and to rearrange and change
data elements in some prescribed
manner, what type of instructions are
used?
1. Input/output
2. Data movement
3. Transfer of control
4. Conditional logic

Back 49

Data movement

Front 50

Transfer of control instructions are
classified as which of the following
types?
1. Conditional only
2. Unconditional only
3. Conditional and unconditional
4. Conditional and distributed

Back 50

Conditional and Unconditional

Front 51

Errors caused by faulty logic and coding
mistakes are referred to as what?
1. Mistakes
2. Errors
3. Faults
4. Bugs

Back 51

Bugs

Front 52

The process of carefully checking the
coding sheets before they are keyed into
the computer is known as what?
1. Desk-checking
2. Code-checking
3. Program-checking
4. Computer-checking

Back 52

Desk-checking

Front 53

A definition of the problem, a description
of the system, a description of the
program, and operator instructions make
up what package?
1. Training
2. Security
3. Orientation
4. Documentation

Back 53

Documentation

Front 54

Which of the following is another name
for packaged software?
1. Rented programs
2. Manufactured programs
3. Off-the-shelf programs
4. On-the-shelf programs

Back 54

Off-the-shelf programs

Front 55

Under the word processing software
control, you generally enter the text using
what method?
1. Tape
2. Disk
3. Drum
4. Keyboard

Back 55

Keyboard

Front 56

Spelling checker software helps find
misspelled words not misused words.
1. True
2. False

Back 56

True

Front 57

What type of software allows you to
enter data and then retrieve it in a variety
of ways?
1. Communications
2. Data retrieval
3. Data management
4. Document compilation

Back 57

Data management

Front 58

Spreadsheets are tables of rows and
columns of text.
1. True
2. False

Back 58

False
(Numbers)

Front 59

You can use all printers for graphics
output.
1. True
2. False

Back 59

False