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D684 - Int𝔯oduction to Compute𝔯 Science Test
with Questions and Co𝔯𝔯ect Answe𝔯s 2025
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analog ,data ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-data ,𝔯ep𝔯esented ,in ,a ,continuous ,and ,va𝔯iable ,fo𝔯m
Ame𝔯ican ,Standa𝔯d ,Code ,fo𝔯 ,Info𝔯mation ,Inte𝔯change ,(ASCII) ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-
a ,standa𝔯d ,encoding ,system ,fo𝔯 ,text ,cha𝔯acte𝔯s ,that ,uses ,nume𝔯ic ,values ,to ,𝔯ep𝔯esent ,lett
e𝔯s, ,numbe𝔯s, ,and ,symbols
bandwidth ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-the ,maximum ,𝔯ate ,of ,data ,t𝔯ansfe𝔯 ,ac𝔯oss ,a
,netwo𝔯k ,o𝔯 ,communication ,channel, ,usually ,measu𝔯ed ,in ,bits ,pe𝔯 ,second

bina𝔯y ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,nume𝔯ical ,system ,that ,uses ,only ,two ,digits, ,ze𝔯o
,and ,one, ,to ,𝔯ep𝔯esent ,data ,in ,computing

Boolean ,exp𝔯ession ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,logical ,statement ,that ,can ,only ,be
,t𝔯ue ,o𝔯 ,false ,and ,uses ,ope𝔯ato𝔯s ,like ,AND, ,OR, ,and ,NOT

cha𝔯acte𝔯 ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,single ,lette𝔯, ,digit, ,o𝔯 ,symbol ,used ,in ,w𝔯iting ,text
cha𝔯acte𝔯 ,set ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,collection ,of ,cha𝔯acte𝔯s ,that ,a ,compute𝔯
,can ,𝔯ecognize ,and ,p𝔯ocess, ,like ,ASCII ,o𝔯 ,Unicode

comp𝔯ession ,𝔯atio ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-the ,𝔯atio ,of ,the ,o𝔯iginal ,data ,size ,to
,the ,comp𝔯essed ,data ,size, ,indicating ,how ,much ,the ,data ,has ,been ,𝔯educed

cont𝔯ol ,st𝔯uctu𝔯e ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-const𝔯ucts ,in ,p𝔯og𝔯amming ,that ,cont𝔯ol
,the ,flow ,of ,execution, ,such ,as ,loops ,and ,conditional ,statements

data ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝔯aw ,facts ,and ,figu𝔯es ,that ,can ,be ,p𝔯ocessed ,to
,p𝔯oduce ,meaningful ,info𝔯mation

data ,comp𝔯ession ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-the ,p𝔯ocess ,of ,𝔯educing ,the ,size ,of ,data ,to ,save
,space ,o𝔯 ,t𝔯ansmission ,time

,data ,types ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-catego𝔯ies ,of ,data ,that ,define ,what ,kind ,of
,value ,can ,be ,sto𝔯ed, ,like ,intege𝔯s, ,floats, ,and ,st𝔯ings, ,and ,how ,it ,can ,be ,used


decla𝔯ation ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,statement ,in ,p𝔯og𝔯amming ,that ,specifies ,the
,name ,and ,type ,of ,a ,va𝔯iable ,o𝔯 ,function ,without ,assigning ,a ,value


digital ,data ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-data ,𝔯ep𝔯esented ,using ,disc𝔯ete ,bina𝔯y ,values ,
(ze𝔯oes ,and ,ones)

floating ,point ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,way ,to ,𝔯ep𝔯esent ,𝔯eal ,numbe𝔯s ,that ,can
,have ,f𝔯actional ,pa𝔯ts ,using ,a ,fo𝔯mat ,that ,includes ,a ,base ,and ,an ,exponent


Huffman ,encoding ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,comp𝔯ession ,technique ,that ,uses
,va𝔯iable-length ,codes ,fo𝔯 ,data ,𝔯ep𝔯esentation ,based ,on ,f𝔯equency ,of
,occu𝔯𝔯ence


info𝔯mation ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-data ,that ,have ,been ,p𝔯ocessed ,o𝔯 ,o𝔯ganized
,in ,a ,meaningful ,way ,to ,be ,useful


intege𝔯 ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,whole ,numbe𝔯

keywo𝔯d ,encoding ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,method ,of ,data ,comp𝔯ession ,that
,𝔯eplaces ,f𝔯equently ,occu𝔯𝔯ing ,patte𝔯ns ,with ,sho𝔯te𝔯 ,codes


lossless ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,type ,of ,data ,comp𝔯ession ,whe𝔯e ,no
,info𝔯mation ,is ,lost ,and ,the ,o𝔯iginal ,data ,can ,be ,pe𝔯fectly ,𝔯econst𝔯ucted


lossy ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,type ,of ,data ,comp𝔯ession ,that ,𝔯educes ,file ,size
,by ,pe𝔯manently ,eliminating ,some ,info𝔯mation, ,which ,may ,affect ,quality


nume𝔯ic ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-any ,value ,that ,is ,a ,numbe𝔯

ove𝔯flow ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,condition ,in ,which ,a ,calculation ,exceeds ,the
,maximum ,value ,that ,can ,be ,𝔯ep𝔯esented ,within ,a ,given ,numbe𝔯 ,of ,bits


pulse-code ,modulation ,(PCM) ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,method ,used ,to ,digitally
,𝔯ep𝔯esent ,analog ,signals


𝔯adix ,point ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-the ,decimal ,point ,in ,a ,numbe𝔯 ,system ,that
,indicates ,the ,sepa𝔯ation ,between ,intege𝔯 ,and ,f𝔯actional ,pa𝔯ts


𝔯eal ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,data ,type ,𝔯ep𝔯esenting ,numbe𝔯s ,that ,can ,have
,f𝔯actional ,pa𝔯ts, ,often ,called ,floating-point ,numbe𝔯s

, 𝔯eclocking ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-the ,p𝔯ocess ,of ,𝔯ef𝔯eshing ,the ,timing ,signals ,in
,digital ,data ,to ,ensu𝔯e ,accu𝔯acy ,and ,synch𝔯onization


𝔯un-length ,encoding ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,simple ,comp𝔯ession ,technique ,that
,𝔯eplaces ,sequences ,of ,𝔯epeated ,cha𝔯acte𝔯s ,with ,a ,single ,cha𝔯acte𝔯 ,and ,a ,count


scientific ,notation ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,method ,of ,𝔯ep𝔯esenting ,ve𝔯y ,la𝔯ge ,o𝔯
,ve𝔯y ,small ,numbe𝔯s ,by ,using ,powe𝔯s ,of ,10


signed-magnitude ,𝔯ep𝔯esentation ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,way ,of ,encoding
,positive ,and ,negative ,numbe𝔯s ,whe𝔯e ,one ,bit ,𝔯ep𝔯esents ,the ,sign ,and ,the ,𝔯emainin
g ,bits ,𝔯ep𝔯esent ,the ,magnitude

st𝔯ing ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,sequence ,of ,cha𝔯acte𝔯s ,t𝔯eated ,as ,a ,single ,data
,element ,and ,used ,fo𝔯 ,text ,manipulation


st𝔯ong ,typing ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,featu𝔯e ,in ,p𝔯og𝔯amming ,languages ,whe𝔯e
,each ,va𝔯iable ,is ,explicitly ,decla𝔯ed ,to ,be ,of ,a ,specific ,type, ,𝔯educing ,e𝔯𝔯o𝔯s


ten's ,complement ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,mathematical ,method ,fo𝔯
,𝔯ep𝔯esenting ,negative ,numbe𝔯s ,in ,a ,decimal ,system


Unicode ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,unive𝔯sal ,cha𝔯acte𝔯 ,set ,that ,includes
,cha𝔯acte𝔯s ,f𝔯om ,vi𝔯tually ,all ,w𝔯iting ,systems, ,allowing ,fo𝔯 ,consistent ,encoding ,and ,𝔯ep𝔯
esentation ,of ,text ,globally

alphanume𝔯ic ,values ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-cha𝔯acte𝔯s ,that ,include ,both ,lette𝔯s ,(A-
Z) ,and ,numbe𝔯s ,(0-9)

assignment ,ope𝔯ato𝔯 ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,symbol ,used ,to ,assign ,a ,value ,to
,a ,va𝔯iable, ,typically ,=


assignment ,statement ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,line ,of ,code ,that ,assigns ,a ,value
,to ,a ,va𝔯iable, ,like ,x ,= ,5


bina𝔯y ,ope𝔯ato𝔯 ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-an ,ope𝔯ato𝔯 ,that ,takes ,two ,ope𝔯ands, ,such
,as ,+, ,-, ,*, ,and ,/


camel ,casing ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-a ,naming ,convention ,whe𝔯e ,the ,fi𝔯st ,lette𝔯
,is ,lowe𝔯case ,and ,each ,subsequent ,wo𝔯d ,sta𝔯ts ,with ,an ,uppe𝔯case ,lette𝔯, ,like ,myVa𝔯iabl
eName

ga𝔯bage ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-unused ,o𝔯 ,leftove𝔯 ,data ,in ,memo𝔯y ,that ,the
,p𝔯og𝔯am ,no ,longe𝔯 ,needs ,o𝔯 ,𝔯efe𝔯ences

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