Computer software is the collection of program instructions that allow the hardware to do a specific job.

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True

False

Which computer environment is characterized by many users connecting to one or more computers who all share output devices $($such as printers$)$ and secondary storage devices $($such as disks$)?$

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cloud computing

client$/$server

distributed computing

time$-$sharing

Which computer environment splits the computing processing between a central computer and users$$ computers?

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distributed computing

cloud computing

time$-$sharing

client$/$server

Which computer environment is characterized by servers and storage devices being spread out across multiple geographic areas and connected via the Internet?

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time$-$sharing

client$/$server

distributed computing

cloud computing

Program development involves these major steps: understanding the problem, developing a solution, writing the program, and then testing the program.

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True

False

Which is an example of general$-$purpose application software?

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system sort

main memory

operating system

database management system

Today$$s large$-$scale, modern programming projects are built using a series of interrelated phases commonly referred to as the $\_\_\_\_$ cycle.

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program development

system development life

software engineering

system analysis

Which statement would print the following output: $23$ z $4\mathrm{.}100000?$

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printf$("\%$d $\%$c $\%$f$",23,\text{'}$z$\text{'},4\mathrm{.}1)$;

printf$("\%$d $\%$c $\%$x$",23,\text{'}$z$\text{'},4\mathrm{.}1)$;

printf$("\%$i$\%$c$\%$f$",23,\text{'}$z$\text{'},4\mathrm{.}1)$;

printf$("\%$d$\%$c$\%$f$",23,\text{'}$z$\text{'},4\mathrm{.}1)$;

Which programming language was used to develop the first version of UNIX?

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C

B

BCPL

ALGOL

In C$,$ variables must be declared and defined at the same time.

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True

False

Keywords, which include syntactical words such as if and while, are also known as $\_\_\_\_\_$ words.

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line

reserved

token

block

In a C language conversion specification, what type of modifier is used to modify the type specified by the conversion code?

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width

precision

flag

size

In a C conversion specification for inserting data into the stream, the flag modifier is used to change $\_\_\_\_\_.$

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the justification of values

the type specified by the conversion code

floating$-$point number precision

output width

What term is used for named memory locations that have a type, such as integer or character, which is inherited from their type?

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identifiers

variables

functions

tokens

Which was the first language to use a block structure made up of a sequence of code statements?

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Modula

ALGOL

Pascal

C

Assuming that x has an initial value of $3,$ what is the value of the expression on the right of the assignment operator?

x $=$ x $+4$;

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$3$

$9$

$5$

$7$

An expression is a sequence of operands and operators that reduces to a single value.

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True

False

An expression is turned into an expression statement by placing which symbol after it$?$

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asterisk

colon

period

semicolon

What is the final value of the following expression?

$3*4+4/2-5*4$

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$6$

$-12$

$-6$

$-12$

Which term is used for the parsing direction used to evaluate an expression?

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cast

promotion

associativity

block

An action that output from the evaluation of an expression is a$($n$)\_\_\_\_\_.$

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return value

operation

side effect

null statement

Which statement about implicit type conversion is true?

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Promotion occurs during an assignment if the right expression has a lower rank; demotion occurs if the right expression has a higher rank.

When the types of the two operands in a binary expression are different, C must be prompted to convert one type to another.

Characters cannot be used in arithmetic expressions.

A long double real has a lower conversion rank than a long integer.

Which of the following options is considered a useless expression statement?

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x $*5$;

x$++$

x $=$ x $+30$;

x $+30$

Which operator is used to get the address of a variable?

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$*$

;

:

&

In a typical C program, the main module has submodules and therefore is known as a $\_\_\_\_\_$ module.

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called

calling

core

decomposed

A block is zero or more statements enclosed in a set of $\_\_\_\_\_.$

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forward slashes

quotation marks

parentheses

braces

In the function definition, the parameters are contained in the $\_\_\_\_\_.$

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function declaration

formal parameter list

function body

return statement

A function cannot return data.

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True

False