Questions and Answers12
The_____ programming practice is centered on creating functions that are separate from the
data that they work on - ANSWERS-Procedural
The ___ programming practice is centered on creating objects - ANSWERS-object- oriented
A _____ is a component of a class that references data - ANSWERS-data attribution
An object is an _____ - ANSWERS-Instance
An ________ method gets the value of a data attribute but does not change it - ANSWERS-
accessor
A ______ method stores a value in a data attribute or changes its value in some other way -
ANSWERS-mutator
The ____ method is automatically called when an object is created - ANSWERS-__init___
A set of standard diagrams for graphically depicting object-oriented systems is provided by ____
- ANSWERS-a UML
In one approach to identifying the classes in a problem, the programmer identifies the _____ in
a description of the problem domain - ANSWERS-nouns
, In ones approach to identifying a class's data attributes and methods, the programmer identifies
the class's _________ - ANSWERS-Responsibilites
*A ____ is a set of instructions that a computer follows to perform a task - ANSWERS-Program
The physical devices that a computer is made of are referred to as ______ - ANSWERS-Hardware
*The part of a program that runs the programs is called the ____ - ANSWERS-CPU
Today, CPU's are small chips known as _______ - ANSWERS-Microprocessors
The computer stores a program while the program is running, as well as the data that the
program is working with, in ____ - ANSWERS-Main memory
*_____ is a volatile type of memory that is used only for temporary storage while a program is
running - ANSWERS-RAM
A type of memory that can hold data for long periods of time, even when there is no power to
the computer is called _______ - ANSWERS-Secondary Storage
A component that collects data from people or other devices and sends it to the computer is
called ______ - ANSWERS-an input device
A video display is an _______ device - ANSWERS-Output
A ____ is enough memory to store a letter of the alphabet or a small number - ANSWERS-byte
*A byte is made up of 9 ____ - ANSWERS-bits