Programming Logic and Design – Final Exam Questions & Answers ( Edition)

Programming Logic and Design – Final Exam
Questions & Answers (2025-2026 Edition)


The smallest storage location in a computer's memory is known as a ________.

A) byte

B) word

C) letter

D) switch

E) bit

E) bit




True/False: Most programs written in a high-level language need to be translated
into machine language.

A) True

B) False

B) False




True/False: The CPU understands instructions in machine language, which are
written in binary.

A) True

B) False

,A) True




True/False: The term "software" refers to all the physical devices, or components,
that a computer is made of.

A) True

B) False

B) False




Which of the following is not an example of operating system software?

A) Microsoft Word

B) Windows Vista

C) Linux

D) Mac OS X

E) None of these

A) Microsoft Word




________ was the first high-level programming language designed that could
perform complex mathematical calculations.

A) COBOL

B) C++

,C) Java

D) FORTRAN

E) Ada

D) FORTRAN




Which of the following devices is a computer?

A) iPods®

B) Car navigation systems

C) BlackBerries®

D) Cell phones

E) All of these

E) All of these




The term used for a set of rules that must be strictly followed when writing a
program is ________.

A) Semantics

B) Syntax

C) Grammar

D) Key words

E) Punctuations

B) Syntax

, The process known as the ________ cycle is used by the CPU to execute
instructions in a program.

A) Decode- fetch-execute

B) Decode-execute-fetch

C) Fetch-decode-execute

D) Fetch-execute-decode

E) Execute-fetch-decode

C) Fetch-decode-execute




Which symbol is used for an assignment statement in a flowchart?

A) Processing

B) I/O

C) Terminal

D) Parallelogram

E) None of these

D) Parallelogram




What symbol is used to mark the beginning and end of a string?