CNIT 176 EXAM 1 FINAL PAPER 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Task.
Answer: The goal of the program
◉ Algorithm.
Answer: Steps needed to complete the task
◉ Program.
Answer: Translating each step of algorithm to lines of code
◉ Instruction Set Architecture.
Answer: Translating processor independent (human readable) to
processor dependent (bytecode/binary) code
◉ Microarchitecture.
Answer: Connecting small hardware components
◉ Logic Gates.
,Answer: Elementary building block of a digital circuit
◉ Devices.
Answer: Network of transistors (which makes up a logic gate) that
have a charge that can be manipulated by electrons and interpreted
as 1's or 0's
◉ Abstraction.
Answer: Mental model that removes complex details
◉ Binary Input.
Answer: Begins as discrete input, then keyboard generates binary
number code for each key (ex. "A 1 + 2 = 3 math")
◉ Analog.
Answer: Continuous data (sounds, images) that requires hardware
to convert into binary
◉ Alphanumeric.
Answer: Unicode, ASCII, EBCDIC
◉ Image (Bitmapped).
Answer: GIF, TIFF, PNG
,◉ Image (Object).
Answer: PostScript, JPEG, SWF, SVG
◉ Outline Graphics and Fonts.
Answer: PostScript, TrueType
◉ Sound.
Answer: WAV, AVI, MP3, MIDI, WMA
◉ Page Description.
Answer: PDF, HTML, XML
◉ Video.
Answer: MP4, OGG, MPEG-4, WMV, QuickTime
◉ Integer.
Answer: Whole number
◉ Real number.
Answer: Contains a decimal point
, ◉ BCD.
Answer: Binary-coded decimal, 6-bit, early implementation of
character codes by IBM
◉ EBCDIC.
Answer: Extended binary-coded decimal interchange code, 8-bit,
one of the first widely-used computer codes that supported upper
and lowercase alphabetic characters and special characters
◉ ASCII.
Answer: American Standard Code for Information Interchange, 7-bit,
numerical representation of Latin alphabet, Arabic numerals,
standard punctuation characters
◉ Collating Sequence.
Answer: ASCII: numbers collate first
EBCDIC: numbers collate last
◉ Unicode.
Answer: 16-bit, encodes the characters of every language in the
world
◉ Compression.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Task.
Answer: The goal of the program
◉ Algorithm.
Answer: Steps needed to complete the task
◉ Program.
Answer: Translating each step of algorithm to lines of code
◉ Instruction Set Architecture.
Answer: Translating processor independent (human readable) to
processor dependent (bytecode/binary) code
◉ Microarchitecture.
Answer: Connecting small hardware components
◉ Logic Gates.
,Answer: Elementary building block of a digital circuit
◉ Devices.
Answer: Network of transistors (which makes up a logic gate) that
have a charge that can be manipulated by electrons and interpreted
as 1's or 0's
◉ Abstraction.
Answer: Mental model that removes complex details
◉ Binary Input.
Answer: Begins as discrete input, then keyboard generates binary
number code for each key (ex. "A 1 + 2 = 3 math")
◉ Analog.
Answer: Continuous data (sounds, images) that requires hardware
to convert into binary
◉ Alphanumeric.
Answer: Unicode, ASCII, EBCDIC
◉ Image (Bitmapped).
Answer: GIF, TIFF, PNG
,◉ Image (Object).
Answer: PostScript, JPEG, SWF, SVG
◉ Outline Graphics and Fonts.
Answer: PostScript, TrueType
◉ Sound.
Answer: WAV, AVI, MP3, MIDI, WMA
◉ Page Description.
Answer: PDF, HTML, XML
◉ Video.
Answer: MP4, OGG, MPEG-4, WMV, QuickTime
◉ Integer.
Answer: Whole number
◉ Real number.
Answer: Contains a decimal point
, ◉ BCD.
Answer: Binary-coded decimal, 6-bit, early implementation of
character codes by IBM
◉ EBCDIC.
Answer: Extended binary-coded decimal interchange code, 8-bit,
one of the first widely-used computer codes that supported upper
and lowercase alphabetic characters and special characters
◉ ASCII.
Answer: American Standard Code for Information Interchange, 7-bit,
numerical representation of Latin alphabet, Arabic numerals,
standard punctuation characters
◉ Collating Sequence.
Answer: ASCII: numbers collate first
EBCDIC: numbers collate last
◉ Unicode.
Answer: 16-bit, encodes the characters of every language in the
world
◉ Compression.
