Test Bank - Python Programming for Engineers and Scientists, 1st Edition – Cengage – ISBN 9798214002446 (Chapters 1–13)

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— Python Programming for Engineers and Scientists, 1st
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Publisher: Cengage
ISBN: 9798214002446
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Chapters Covered (1–13):

Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: Software Development, Data Types, and Expressions
Chapter 3: Loops and Selection Statements
Chapter 4: Strings and Text Files
Chapter 5: Lists and Dictionaries
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Chapter 6: Design with Functions
Chapter 7: Design with Recursion
Chapter 8: Simple Graphics and Image Processing
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Chapter 9: Graphical User Interfaces
Chapter 10: Design with Classes
Chapter 11: Data Analysis and Visualization
Chapter 12: Multithreading, Networks, and Client/Server Programming
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Chapter 13: Searching, Sorting, and Complexity Analysis
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Chapter 1-13 Answers are at the End of Each Chapter
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chapter 1

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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1. In the early 1940s, computer scientists realized that a symbolic notation could be used instead of machine code, and the
first assembly languages appeared.
a. True
b. False

2. The first electronic digital computers, sometimes called mainframe computers, consisted of vacuum tubes, wires, and
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plugs, and filled entire rooms.
a. True
b. False
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3. The most important example of system software is a computer's operating system.
a. True
b. False
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4. In 1984, Apple Computer brought forth the Macintosh, the first successful mass-produced personal computer with a
graphical user interface.
a. True
b. False
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5. Informally, a computing agent is like a recipe.
a. True
b. False

6. In the 1930s, the mathematician Blaise Pascal explored the theoretical foundations and limits of algorithms and
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computation.
a. True
b. False
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7. Ancient mathematicians developed the first algorithms.
a. True
b. False

8. When using a computer, human users primarily interact with the memory.
a. True
b. False
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9. In the 1960s, batch processing sometimes caused a programmer to wait days for results, including error messages.
a. True
b. False
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10. An algorithm describes a process that may or may not halt after arriving at a solution to a problem.
a. True
b. False
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11. Magnetic storage media, such as tapes and hard disks, allow bit patterns to be stored as patterns on a magnetic field.
a. True
b. False

12. Moore's Law states that the processing speed and storage capacity of hardware will increase, and its cost will decrease,
by approximately a factor of 3 every 18 months.
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a. True
b. False
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13. The people known as “computers” working on cryptanalysis and ballistics calculations during World War II were
primarily men highly skilled in mathematics and puzzle solving.
a. True
b. False
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14. Gordon Moore coined the term software engineering.
a. True
b. False
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15. Computer science focuses on a broad set of interrelated ideas.
a. True
b. False

16. Each individual instruction in an algorithm is well-defined.
a. True
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b. False

17. A program stored in computer memory must be represented in binary digits, which is also known as ASCII code.
a. True
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b. False

18. A programmer typically starts by writing high-level language statements in a text editor.
a. True
b. False


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