C++ Chapter 2 Quiz Test

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1.

Name two advantages of low level languages and two advantages of high level languages.
2.

Name the five steps of the programming process.
3.

What is the purpose of documentation inside a program?
4.

How many bits are there in a byte?
- A.
  
  3
- B.
  
  12
- C.
  
  8
- D.
  
  1
- E.
  
  24
5.

What is data?
- A.
  
  Computer representation of scientific facts.
- B.
  
  The arrangement of the binary number system.
- C.
  
  Something that can be measured.
- D.
  
  Computer representation of something that exists in the real world.
6.

What does the microprocessor do?
- A.
  
  The device that executes machine language instructions.
- B.
  
  Kills people.
- C.
  
  Reads the code the programmer writes and assembles a machine language program based on those codes.
- D.
  
  Debugs runtime errors.
7.

What is an example of a low level language?
- A.
  
  Binary code
- B.
  
  BASIC
- C.
  
  Pascal
- D.
  
  C++
8.

What is the definition of a digital device?
- A.
  
  Something that uses quantities that are avaliable or exist in a range.
- B.
  
  Something that uses switches in combinination to represent something in the real world.
9.

What is the definition of an analog device?
- A.
  
  Something that uses quantities that are avaliable or exist in a range.
- B.
  
  Something that uses switches in combinination to represent something in the real world.
10.

What is an interpreter?
- A.
  
  Files saved by a text editer in ASCII format.
- B.
  
  Program that translates the source code of a high level language into machine language. Every time a program written in an interpreted language needs to be inerpreted, the interpreter must once again translate each instruction.
- C.
  
  A program that translates the source code of a high level language into machine language. The interpreter makes the translation onces, then saves the machine language so that the instructions do not have to be translated each time.
11.

Which of the answers in question 10 are the definition of a compiler?
- A.
  
  A
- B.
  
  B
- C.
  
  C
12.

Fill in the blank for the steps involved in using a compiler.Source code -> compiler -> __________ -> linker -> executable code
- A.
  
  Object code
- B.
  
  Interpreter
- C.
  
  C++
13.

What is an algorithm?
- A.
  
  A graphic user interface, a system used for interacting with the computer user through pictures.
- B.
  
  Set of sequential instructions that are followed to solve a problem.
- C.
  
  The part of the computer that stores random access memory.
14.

What is a runtime error or a crash?
- A.
  
  A type of error that can cause your program to stop running.
- B.
  
  Instructions that fail.
- C.
  
  A set of sequential instructions.
- D.
  
  Flying squirrels.
15.

What is a syntax error?
- A.
  
  An error caused by moths flying into vacuum tubes.
- B.
  
  When program a command that the computer cannot execute.
- C.
  
  An error that occurs when you key a command or some other part of the program incorrectly.