Programming Approach in C,
4th Edition by Behrouz A. Forouzan
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, Solution and Answer Guide: Afyouni/Forouzan, Computer Science: A Structured Programming Approach in C, 4e,
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TABLEOFCONTENTS IH IH
Review Questions......................................................................................................................................... 1
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Exercises ......................................................................................................................................................... 6
Problems.......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Note to instructor: It is recommended that students be required to respond, where ap
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propriate, with answers that are complete sentences.
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REVIEW QUESTIONS I H
1. Computer software is divided into two broad categories: system software and o
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perational software. IH
a. True
b. False
Answer:b.False IH IH
Feedback:Computer software is dividedintotwocategories: system software and ap
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plication software. IH
2. The operating system provides services such as a user interface, file and database acc
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ess, and interfaces to communications systems.
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a. True
b. False
Answer:a.True IH IH
Feedback: Operating system is the interface between the user and the computer ha
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rdware.
3. The first step in system development is to create a source program.
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a. True
b. False
Answer:b.False IH IH
Feedback: The first phase in system development is system requirements phase.
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,4. The programmer design tool used to design the whole program is the flowchart.
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a. True
b. False
Answer:b.False IH IH
Feedback: Flowchart is a tool to represent the flow of data through a program and h
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ow it is processed.
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5. Blackbox testing gets its name from the concept that the program is being tested w
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ithout knowing how it works. IH IH IH IH
a. True
b. False
Answer:a.True IH IH
Feedback: Blackbox testing is a concept of testing where the test engineer and the
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user perform the testing without knowing how the program is actually built.
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6. Which of the following is a component(s) of a computer system?
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a. Hardware
b. Software
c. Both hardware and software IH IH IH
d. Pseudocode
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Answer:c.Bothhardwareandsoftware IH IH IH IH IH
Feedback: Pseudocode is a tool that describes in part English the algorithm of the
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program.
7. Which of the following is not an example of application software?
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a. Database managementsystem IH IH
b. Languagetranslator IH
c. Operatingsystem IH
d. Accounting system IH
e. Virus detection IH
Answer:c.Operating System IH IH IH
Feedback: Operating system is not an application; it is a required software to interfa
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ce with the computer hardware.
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