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Terms in this set (100) Q&A




CNIT 176 Final Exam Questions And
Answers 2025




A contiguous file has its blocks scattered across the disk - False (In order)



A journaled file system is less reliable than a non-journaled file system
upon sudden power failure - False (More)



A program may often make reference to variables physical address in
memory - false

,Terms in this set (100) Q&A

Abstract data type - A data type whose properties (data and operations) are
specified independently of any particular implementation



Abstract step - an algorithmic step containing unspecified details.



Abstract Step v. Concrete Step - abstract step

-an algorithmic step containing unspecified details



concrete step

-an algorithmic step in which all details are specified



Abstraction - a mental model that removes complex details



Abstraction - a model of a complex system that includes only the details
essential to the viewer



Abstraction - a technique for arranging complexity of computer systems. It
works by establishing a level of complexity on which a person interacts with
the system, suppressing the more complex details below the current level.



Active partition - Partition on a hard drive where the OS boots off of, also
called a bootable partition



Algorithm - a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other
problem-solving operations.

,Terms in this set (100) Q&A



Algorithm - a set of unambiguous instructions for solving a problem or
subproblem in a finite amount of time using a finite amount of data



Algorithm - a set of unambiguous instructions for solving a problem or
subproblem in a finite amount of time using a finite amount of data



Application software interacts directly with computer hardware - false



Application software is written to solve problems in the real world - true



Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) - performs basic arithmetic operations such as
addition and subtraction



performs logical operations such as AND, OR, and NOT



ARM - processor that is one of a family of CPUs based on the RISC
(reduced instruction set computer) architecture



ARM makes 32-bit and 64-bit RISC multi-core processors



Array - a named homogeneous collection of items in which an individual
item is accessed by its position (index) within the collection

, Terms in this set (100) Q&A

Array length - the length of the array (?)



Array length versus index of last item - index of the last item is the length of
the array minus 1



Array- based - Objects in the container are kept in an array



ASCII - ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information
Interchange. Computers can only understand numbers, so an ASCII code
is the numerical representation of a character such as 'a' or '@' or an action
of some sort.



Assembly language - a language that uses mnemonic codes to represent
machine-language instructions



Atanasoff Berry Computer - (1937-1938) solved systems of linear
equations.



This is a vacuum tube computer



Bandwidth - data transfer rate



the speed with which data is moved form on place to another on a network

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