CS 201 PSU Exam 1 |60 Questions with Answers

CS 201 PSU Exam 1 |60 Questions
with Answers
Main Memory - -Consists of a long list of numbered memory locations

- RAM - -numbers memory locations

- Memory Location - -Contains binary digits

- Byte - -each memory location

- Address - -identifies a byte

- Secondary Memory - -USB drives, CD's, Hard Drives

- Source Code - -Source file created by a text editor .cpp

- Preprocessor - -Modifies source code by instruction

- Compiler - -Translates to machine code and checks for syntax errors

- Linker - -Combines various object code files to create an executable
file .exe

- key words - -Words highlighted in blue that have special meaning within
the codes

- Programmer Defined Symbols - -variables, constants, or functions defined
by the programmer

- Operators - -Tell the computer to perform specific operations

- run-time errors - -causes the program to perform illegal operations ( divide
by 0 or sqrt(-x))

- Procedural programming - -focuses on the development of
procedures(functions) to solve problems

- Object Oriented Programming - -Developing objects that are combinations
of procedures

- Unary Arithmetic Operators - -Requires one operand (x)

- Binary Arithmetic Operators - -Requires two operands (x+y)