Everything Computer: Advanced Trivia Quiz

1. A computer program that stores the names of 5,000 customers for business would most likely be written in what language?

BASIC

COBOL

Pascal

SQL

2. How do algorithms and cooking recipes compare?

Algorithms are long and recipes are short.

Both are always easy to follow

Both are sequences of instructions.

Recipes are detailed and algorithms are not.

3. Which describes a program designed to reproduce itself by copying itself into other programs without the user's knowledge?

A bug

A reproduction

A virus

An infection

4. What is the primary numbers system used in computers?

Base

Binary

Decimal

Hexadecimal

5. How would a programming language that allows programs to run on any operating system be classified?

High level

Low level

Medium level

Very low level

6. What is the decimal representation of the binary number 1100?

12

9

10

11

7. Which statement best describes why the binary system is one of the four numbering systems used in computers?

Computers can only process electronic pulses which are equivalent to on and off pulses of electricity.

Computers do not have a brain so programmers must keep it simple in making conversions.

Four digits can be used to show a large range of information by using the power of 2.

The most significant digit to a computer is 0 so it is open to the flow of electricity.

8. What would best replace the "?" on Line 4 in the figure?

  Begin
     get x
     get y
     ?
     sum= x + y + z
     print sum
   End

Get x + z

Get z

Print x

Print y

9. What is the decimal representation of the binary number 10001?

15

17

16

18

10. What is the hexadecimal number 1A in binary form?

10111

11010

11100

11110

11. Which is a netiquette guideline?

Never change your password.

Access the account of another user.

Do not attempt to access the account of another user without authorization.

Share your password.

12. When comparing third and fourth generation computers, which statement best summarizes the comparison?

Fourth generation computers completely overhauled the third generation use of vacuum tubes.

The inventions of integrated circuits in third generation computers led to the development of microprocessors in the fourth generation computers.

Third generation computer’s silicon wafers led to a waffle housing of computers and reduced heat generation in fourth generation computers.

13. Using a program to record transactions, phone calls and other personal information is what type of ethical consideration?

Netiquette

Online Profiling

Phishing

Privacy

14. What are multi-line comments called?

Multiple line

Block

Single line

Line

15. What best describes the output for the program designed below?Begin
    sum= number1 + number2 + number3 + number4 +number5
    avg= sum/5
    Print avg
End

The average of six numbers

The average of five numbers

The comparison of five numbers

The total sum of five numbers

16. The Stepped Reckoner was never mass-produced because:

No investor saw a need for these types of devices.

The raw materials in mechanical devices were hard to find.

It broke when used causing cost production issues.

It frequently jammed or malfunctioned, causing data reliability issues.

17. In flowchart symbols, which symbol shows the input/output?

Parallelogram

Rectangle

Oval

Diamond

18. What is an advantage of using modularization in computer programming?

Anyone who codes can work on the solution.

Each sub-problem can be solved in a few steps.

More programmers are required to solve the problem.

More time can be spent programming the solution.

19. Which statement best describes how World War II impacted computer development?

The need for accuracy of military calculations for the trajectory of artillery shells led government to develop a computer.

The need for navigational systems to steer troops to landings led to the development of sophisticated computers.

The use of vacuum tubes in visual displays during WWI led to the use of tubes in computers.

The use of wiring in WWI communication instruments led to a development of computers with wire houses.

20. The need to perform what tasks led to the development of the first mechanical devices?

Mathematical computations

Decision structures

Logic

Sequencing

21. What language does the code in this example represent?

 fib:

mov edx, [esp+8]

cmp edx, 0

ja @f

move ax, 0

Assembly language

C#

Machine Language

Visual Basic

22. Why were magnetic tapes used to replace punch cards in second generation computers?

Increased computer memory

Increased cost of production

Increased manual labor

Increased reliability Increased reliability

23. Why is a comment used in Visual Basic?

Allows the programmer to add documentation to a program

Serves as a user guide

Checks for logic errors

Explains logic to the users

24. The interaction between the actor and the system can be best described as:

Select Case.

Use Case.

User Case.

User Application.

25. What is a list of instructions that contain data for a computer to follow called?

Computer program

Algorithm

Flowchart

Pseudocode

26. Which law requires that a government authority have a subpoena, summons, or search warrant to access an individual's financial records?

Fair Use Act of 2007

Right to Financial Privacy Acts of 1978

Electronic Freedom of Information Act of 1996

Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970

27. Which act requires commercial websites that collect personal information from children under the age of 13 to obtain parental consent?

Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (COPPA)

Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978

Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1996

28. What does the example below represent?
1. Obtain two numbers from the user 2. Add the two numbers together 3. Print the two numbers

Algorithm

Coding

Flowchart

Pseudocode

29. What are the advantages of the Visual Basic language?

Derived directly from COBOL and BASIC

Hexadecimal code understood by the computer

Runs only on Apple computers

Simple, general-purpose, object-oriented

30. Which design approach should be considered when several programs all require similar functionality?

Menu

Object-oriented

Procedural

Subclass

31. In flowchart symbols, which symbol is used to show decisions?

Parallelogram

Rectangle

Oval

Diamond

32. Jamie is careful to use non-offensive language and to be considerate of the feelings of others when she sends email messages. What does this behavior exemplify?

Information age

Netiquette

Online Profiling

Privacy

33. How does Visual Basic differ from BASIC?

BASIC is a high-level language and Visual Basic is low-level.

BASIC is a newer language than Visual Basic.

Visual Basic is an object-oriented language and BASIC is not

Visual Basic is easy to learn and BASIC is not.

34. The purpose of the Use Case is to:

Define the interaction between the user and the program.

Define the requirements that the software is intended to perform.

Describe the operation of a block of code.

Provide documentation to the next programmer.

35. To determine the level of the computer language, compare the language used to the:

Abstractions the language contains from machine code of 0s and 1s

Computer hardware being used.

Modifications the language will handle.

Number of variables in the language.

36. Why is documentation of programs important?

It is required for successful compiling.

Programs may not make sense without proper documentation.

It turns the code blue.

The compiler reads it and adds the documentation to the code.

37. What are the methods to show the steps to solve a problem?

Algorithm, drawings, sequence

Algorithm, flowcharts, pseudocode

Algorithm, program code, structure

Labels, flowcharts, pseudocode

38. The text below is an example of what?

Leave classroom
Turn right out of school building
Walk 1.2 miles
Turn right on street
Go to 4th house

Algorithm for driving to school from home

Algorithm for walking from school to home

Pseudocode for driving to school from home

Pseudocode for walking from school to home

39. What is a set of steps that create an ordered approach to a problem solution called?

Pseudocode

Flowcharting

Algorithm

Modularization

40. Which step should not be taken when planning an application?

Code the user interface.

Design the user interface.

Identify the events required to trigger an object into performing its assigned tasks.

Identify the tasks the application needs to perform and the objects to which you will assign the tasks

41. The information posted on the Social Security Administration website for public view and access is in compliance with which legislation?

Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

Electronic Freedom of Information Act of 1996

Privacy Act of 1974

Safety and Freedom through Encryption Act of 1999

42. Why is a flowchart used to design a programming solution?

To eliminate possible syntax errors in the program solution

To input all code needed for programming the problem solution

To minimize logic errors by graphically showing steps in the solution

To show a list of all statements needed to solve the problem

43. What does the example below represent?
1. Obtain two numbers from the user
2. Add the two numbers together
3. Print the two numbers

Algorithm

Coding

Flowchart

Pseudocode

44. What characteristic of electro-mechanical devices positively impacted their success?

Binary numbers

Electricity use

Logic patterns

Magnetic tape use

45. Which act gives law enforcement the ability to monitor individual's email and web activity?

Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act of 2001

Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978

Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1996

Privacy Act of 1974

46. Which is not a characteristic of commenting?

Comments can be on their own line or after a line of code

Comments begin with a '.

Comments begin with a ".

Comments will turn the text green.

47. How would a programming language composed of hexadecimal numbers that will only run on an IBM computer be classified?

High level

Low level

Medium level

Very high level

48. Which act requires federal agencies to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security?

Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002

Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2004

Privacy Act of 1974

49. The programming process begins with a meeting between the programmer and the client. Which activity would be the second step in the programming process?

Designing the solution

Documenting the solution

Testing the solution

Validating the design

50. In flowchart symbols, which symbol represents the start and the end process?

Parallelogram

Rectangles

Ovals

Diamonds

51. Which of the choices below is not a Basic Control Structure?

Simple sequence control structure

Conditional control structure

Iteration control structure

Pseudocode control structure

52. Which expresses the step-by-step instructions of an algorithm by using keywords, while depicting logical groupings or structures using indentation?

A flowchart

A StoryBoard

Methods

Pseudocode

53. Which act gives individuals the right to see information maintained about them?

Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002

Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1996

Privacy Act of 1974

54. Which is not an expectation for commenting?

Not every line should be commented, but any line that performs an operation should be.

Any line that causes confusion should be commented.

Comment every line.

At the top of the program, there should be comments on the purpose and scope of the program.

55. What is an acceptable comment for second line of the Visual Basic program below?

  Private Sub Form_Load()
      MessageBox.Show("Hello World!")
  End Sub

!Execute a simple message box that will say "Hello, World!"

//Execute a simple message box that will say "Hello, World!"

‘Execute a simple message box that will say "Hello, World!"

Execute a simple message box that will say "Hello, World!"

56. Which project type is a desktop application run directly by the end user via forms appearing on the desktop?

Common application

Forms application

User application

Windows application

57. The use of a hexadecimal numbering system in computers allows the computer to:

Convert small numbers quickly.

Represent small amounts of information in a large database.

Store data with little room for error.

Use less disk space in storing data.

58. The best way to compare a binary number to a hexadecimal number is to convert:

The binary number to a decimal number and then compare that to the hexadecimal number.

The binary number to a hexadecimal number and compare that to the hexadecimal number.

The hexadecimal number to a binary number and then to a decimal value to compare.

The hexadecimal number to a decimal number and compare that to the binary number.

59. Which statement best explains the conversion of the binary number 1010 to a decimal number?

60. What did Ada Byron mean when she said that the Analytical Engine could never "originate anything"?

A machine could not do calculations.

A machine could not talk.

A machine could not think.

A machine could not make decisions.

61. Tricia decided that the computer program she was designing should be coded in Visual Basic. She then began to code the program from her pseudocode. This exemplifies which stage in the programming process?

Design the Solution

Identify the Problem

Test the Program

Write the Program

62. What is the binary representation of the decimal 42?

101011

1000011

110011

101010

63. In flowchart symbols, which symbol is used to show processes?

Parallelogram

Rectangle

Oval

Diamond

64. The programming process begins with a meeting between the programmer and the client. Which of the following activities would be the third activity in the programming process?

Test the program

Write the program

Design the solution

Identify the problem

Everything Computer: Advanced Trivia Quiz

1. A computer program that stores the names of 5,000 customers for business would most likely be written in what language?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. How do algorithms and cooking recipes compare?

3. Which describes a program designed to reproduce itself by copying itself into other programs without the user's knowledge?

4. What is the primary numbers system used in computers?

5. How would a programming language that allows programs to run on any operating system be classified?

6. What is the decimal representation of the binary number 1100?

7. Which statement best describes why the binary system is one of the four numbering systems used in computers?

8. What would best replace the "?" on Line 4 in the figure? Begin get x get y ? sum= x + y + z print sum End

9. What is the decimal representation of the binary number 10001?

10. What is the hexadecimal number 1A in binary form?

11. Which is a netiquette guideline?

12. When comparing third and fourth generation computers, which statement best summarizes the comparison?

13. Using a program to record transactions, phone calls and other personal information is what type of ethical consideration?

14. What are multi-line comments called?

15. What best describes the output for the program designed below?Begin sum= number1 + number2 + number3 + number4 +number5 avg= sum/5 Print avg End

16. The Stepped Reckoner was never mass-produced because:

17. In flowchart symbols, which symbol shows the input/output?

18. What is an advantage of using modularization in computer programming?

19. Which statement best describes how World War II impacted computer development?

20. The need to perform what tasks led to the development of the first mechanical devices?

21. What language does the code in this example represent? fib: mov edx, [esp+8] cmp edx, 0 ja @f move ax, 0

22. Why were magnetic tapes used to replace punch cards in second generation computers?

23. Why is a comment used in Visual Basic?

24. The interaction between the actor and the system can be best described as:

25. What is a list of instructions that contain data for a computer to follow called?

26. Which law requires that a government authority have a subpoena, summons, or search warrant to access an individual's financial records?

27. Which act requires commercial websites that collect personal information from children under the age of 13 to obtain parental consent?

28. What does the example below represent? 1. Obtain two numbers from the user 2. Add the two numbers together 3. Print the two numbers

29. What are the advantages of the Visual Basic language?

30. Which design approach should be considered when several programs all require similar functionality?

31. In flowchart symbols, which symbol is used to show decisions?

32. Jamie is careful to use non-offensive language and to be considerate of the feelings of others when she sends email messages. What does this behavior exemplify?

33. How does Visual Basic differ from BASIC?

34. The purpose of the Use Case is to:

35. To determine the level of the computer language, compare the language used to the:

36. Why is documentation of programs important?

37. What are the methods to show the steps to solve a problem?

38. The text below is an example of what?Leave classroomTurn right out of school buildingWalk 1.2 milesTurn right on streetGo to 4th house

39. What is a set of steps that create an ordered approach to a problem solution called?

40. Which step should not be taken when planning an application?

41. The information posted on the Social Security Administration website for public view and access is in compliance with which legislation?

42. Why is a flowchart used to design a programming solution?

43. What does the example below represent? 1. Obtain two numbers from the user 2. Add the two numbers together 3. Print the two numbers

44. What characteristic of electro-mechanical devices positively impacted their success?

45. Which act gives law enforcement the ability to monitor individual's email and web activity?

46. Which is not a characteristic of commenting?

47. How would a programming language composed of hexadecimal numbers that will only run on an IBM computer be classified?

48. Which act requires federal agencies to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security?

49. The programming process begins with a meeting between the programmer and the client. Which activity would be the second step in the programming process?

50. In flowchart symbols, which symbol represents the start and the end process?

51. Which of the choices below is not a Basic Control Structure?

52. Which expresses the step-by-step instructions of an algorithm by using keywords, while depicting logical groupings or structures using indentation?

53. Which act gives individuals the right to see information maintained about them?

54. Which is not an expectation for commenting?

55. What is an acceptable comment for second line of the Visual Basic program below? Private Sub Form_Load() MessageBox.Show("Hello World!") End Sub

56. Which project type is a desktop application run directly by the end user via forms appearing on the desktop?

57. The use of a hexadecimal numbering system in computers allows the computer to:

58. The best way to compare a binary number to a hexadecimal number is to convert:

59. Which statement best explains the conversion of the binary number 1010 to a decimal number?

60. What did Ada Byron mean when she said that the Analytical Engine could never "originate anything"?

61. Tricia decided that the computer program she was designing should be coded in Visual Basic. She then began to code the program from her pseudocode. This exemplifies which stage in the programming process?

62. What is the binary representation of the decimal 42?

63. In flowchart symbols, which symbol is used to show processes?

64. The programming process begins with a meeting between the programmer and the client. Which of the following activities would be the third activity in the programming process?

8. What would best replace the "?" on Line 4 in the figure?
Begin get x get y ? sum= x + y + z print sum End

15. What best describes the output for the program designed below?Begin
sum= number1 + number2 + number3 + number4 +number5
avg= sum/5
Print avg
End

21. What language does the code in this example represent?
fib:
mov edx, [esp+8]
cmp edx, 0
ja @f
move ax, 0

28. What does the example below represent?
1. Obtain two numbers from the user 2. Add the two numbers together 3. Print the two numbers

38. The text below is an example of what?

Leave classroom
Turn right out of school building
Walk 1.2 miles
Turn right on street
Go to 4th house

43. What does the example below represent?
1. Obtain two numbers from the user
2. Add the two numbers together
3. Print the two numbers

55. What is an acceptable comment for second line of the Visual Basic program below?
Private Sub Form_Load() MessageBox.Show("Hello World!") End Sub