30 Questions
Which one of these is an advantage of a digital computer?
Performs tasks extremely quickly
Which one of these is an example of an application software?
Videogame
Which one of these is not a component of a computer's hardware?
Compiler
Which one of these is the correct definition of machine language?
A language that uses strings of 0s and 1s
Which one of these programming languages is procedural?
C
Which one of these is not a programming language paradigm mentioned in the text?
Functional Programming
Which one of these units in a computer stores information temporarily?
Memory Unit
Which one of these units in a computer supervises the other parts of the computer?
Central Processing Unit
Which one of these is not a secondary storage unit in a computer?
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Which one of these is the correct definition of compilation?
A process that converts high-level language to machine language
True or false: The hardware is the physical aspect of a computer.
True
True or false: An application software is programs that make the computer useful for everyday tasks.
True
True or false: The input unit of a computer receives data from output devices.
False
True or false: Machine language is the only language that the computer understands.
True
True or false: Compilation replaces high-level language with equivalent machine language.
True
True or false: Procedural programming controls the sequence of execution of commands in a program.
True
True or false: Object-oriented programming is not mentioned as one of the programming language paradigms.
False
True or false: The CPU is a part of the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU).
True
True or false: Secondary storage unit is responsible for storing memory temporarily.
False
True or false: Digital computer performs tasks extremely slowly.
False
True or false: Object-oriented programming is one of the programming language paradigms mentioned in the text?
True
True or false: Secondary storage unit is responsible for storing memory temporarily?
False
True or false: The hardware is the physical aspect of a computer?
True
True or false: The CPU is a part of the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)?
False
True or false: The input unit of a computer receives data from output devices?
False
True or false: Machine language is the only language that the computer understands?
True
True or false: The input unit of a computer receives data from output devices?
False
True or false: An application software is programs that make the computer useful for everyday tasks?
True
True or false: Compilation replaces high-level language with equivalent machine language?
True
True or false: Procedural programming controls the sequence of execution of commands in a program?
True
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