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Computer science is the study of...

A sequence of instructions that is continually repeated until a certain condition is reached.

Computer Basics Part 3

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Fundamentals of computers including algorithms

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1
A sequence of instructions that is continually repeated until a certain condition is reached.
A problem.
A loop.
A function.
A formula.
2
Computer science is the study of...
hardware design
computing agents
computer application
software design
3
A clear problem statement is called the______.
algorithm
output
specification
input
4
Choose the computing agent:
Una Calculadora
A chair
A soccer ball
A rock
5
Modern computers are derivations of:
the computer and the mouse
the Touring Model and the Van Norman machine
the Turning Machine and the Von Normann Model
the Turing Machine and the Von Neumann Model
6
The following: "to shampoo your hair, rinse, lather, repeat" is an almost algorithm because...
It is ambiguous
It isn't specific
All of the Above
It creates an infinite loop
7
A computing agent is...
a computer
anything that computes
something that has at least 1 of the 4 elements of computing
a rock
8
A computer must be general purpose, programmable, process information, and handle input/output.
Flase
False
True
Ture
9
An algorithm is...
A set of instructions
A sequence of specific steps
A sequence of instructions
A sequence of specific steps that a computer can understand
10
The four functions of a computer in order are:
Input, Storagee, Processing, Output
Input, Processing, Storage, Output
Input, Output, Processing, Storage
Input, Processing, Output, Storage