CS Exam

HTML

programming language used by all web browsers

COBOL

programming language designed for the business community

LISP

programming language designed to help develop AI

Java

first Platform Independent programming language

FORTRAN

the first successful programming language

Grace Hopper

created the COBOL programming language

Alan Turing

considered to the the "father of AI"

computer programming

Computer Science is essentially _____. (The correct answer is 2 words.)

system software

instructions that the computer requires to operate properly

application software

instructions that the computer requires to do something specific for you

decimal

the number system we use daily

2

the base of the number system computers use

binary

the number system computers use

10

the base of the number system we use daily

0

this means off

1

this means on

high level language

computer programming that uses English or English-like words

machine language

computer programming that uses just 0s and 1s

assembly language

computer programming that uses symbols to represent different 4-bit combinations of 1s and 0s

8

How many bits are in a byte? (The correct answer is a number, not a word.)

Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets, Canvas

Select each piece of software that is considered application software. Pick all that are correct.

process information, accept input from outside the computer, produce results of computations, store information.

All computers do these things. Pick all that are correct.

peer-to-peer network

a small group of computers with a common purpose all connected to each other

internet

developed during the Cold War

Sneaker Net

old way information was shared by copying data to a disk and walking to another computer

intranet

a series of LANs that all connect into a larger network

analog

a type of device that collects data continuously

digital

a type of device that can create perfect copies of data

software

instructions which make a computer do something

hardware

a physical piece of computer equipment

interpreter

translates one program statement at a time during execution

translator

turns a high-level language into low-level machine code

compiler

translates the entire program into an executable file before execution

program

a sequence of instructions, which enables a computer to perform a desired task

server

A specialty computer that is connected to the LAN to provide one or more services to computers on the LAN

RAM

This kind of chip does not remember information after the computer power is turned off.

motherboard

This is the board in which all the main computer components are plugged.

CPU

This is considered the brains of a computer.

ROM

This kind of chip remembers information after the computer power is turned off.