Computer Programming 1 - Unit 1 Review

Question 1

___ is a program designed to reproduce itself by copying itself into other programs secretly?

Accepted Answer

A virus

Question 2

Which act requires websites collecting personal info from kids < 13 to obtain parental consent?

Accepted Answer

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (COPPA)

Question 3

The Stepped Reckoner was never mass produced because:

Accepted Answer

they frequently jammed or malfunctioned

Question 4

Why were magnetic tapes used to replace punch cards in Second Generation computers?

Accepted Answer

Increased reliability

Question 5

Programming languages were created to give ___ to computers.

Accepted Answer

instructions

Question 6

What is the hexadecimal number 1A in binary form?

Accepted Answer

11010

Question 7

How is a programming language that allows programs to run on any operating system classified?

Accepted Answer

High Level

Question 8

The need to perform what tasks led to the development of the first mechanical devices?

Accepted Answer

Mathematical computations

Question 9

The use of a hexadecimal numbering system in computers allows the computer to:

Accepted Answer

use less disk space in storing data.

Question 10

What did Ada Byron mean when she said the Analytical Engine could never "originate anything"?

Accepted Answer

A machine could not think.

Question 11

Which act gives individuals the right to see information maintained about them?

Accepted Answer

Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1996

Question 12

How is a prog. language composed of hex numbers that only runs on an IBM computer classified?

Accepted Answer

Low Level

Question 13

What is the decimal representation of the binary number 10001?

Accepted Answer

17

Question 14

How does Visual Basic differ from Basic?

Accepted Answer

VB is Object Oriented

Question 15

What characteristic of electro-mechanical devices positively impacted their success?

Accepted Answer

Electricity use

Question 16

Computers can only process electronic pulses which are equivalent to on and off circuits.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which act gives law enforcement the ability to monitor individual's email and web activity?

Accepted Answer

(PATRIOT) Act of 2001

Question 18

What is the primary numbers system used in computers?

Accepted Answer

Binary

Question 19

The computer's processor is the ___ of the computer.

Accepted Answer

Brains

Question 20

What is the binary representation of the decimal 42?

Accepted Answer

101010

Questions 20