Intro to Computers – Ch 13 (Test) – Flashcards

Programs created for mass distribution often have two stages of testing: an internal onsite test and one or more rounds of outside tests (called ____).

____ is a broad term to describe creating and managing an application throughout its entire lifecycle—from design through coding and testing, to maintenance, and, eventually, to retirement.

In a(n) ____ check, the programmer "walks" through the program design, keeping track of the values of any loop counters and other variables in a tracing table to ensure the program does what it is intended to do.

____ create the forms or screens used to input data into a program or database.

C is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. _________________________

Kelly is a college sophomore majoring in computer science. She is interested in gaining exposure to the most useful and current programming languages and techniques. One of the languages that Kelley is learning is ____ an object-oriented programming language that is commonly used to write Web applications.

The Rainbow Trout Company specializes in developing software that is useful to amateur and professional fishermen. They often work on projects with constantly changing requirements. To allow everyone, not just the original programmer, to understand the source code of a program, the Rainbow Trout Company follows a set of ____—a list of rules designed to standardize programming styles.

The Rainbow Trout Company uses the ____ approach, which emphasizes teams of people working closely together, which provides for continuous learning and adaptation as the project is developed.

Kelly is a college sophomore majoring in computer science. She is interested in gaining exposure to the most useful and current programming languages and techniques. During the summer, Kelly will be writing a compiler as part of a research project. To prepare, she is learning ____, a functional language.

If an application is going to need to interact with existing programs, it will likely be coded in the same language as those other programs.

In a computer program, ____ are named memory locations that are defined for that particular program and are used to store the current value of data items used in the program.

A(n) ____ is a software program that helps programmers develop software.

____, which dates back to 1954, was designed by scientists and is oriented toward manipulating formulas for scientific, mathematical, and engineering problem solving applications.

____ values are values that represent one of two states—yes (true) or no (false).

Fourth-generation languages (4GLs) are ____.

A(n) ____ is designed for a specific programming language and translates programs written in that language into machine language so it can be executed.

A ____ is simply a series of statements that follow one another. After the first statement has been carried out completely, the program control moves to the next statement, and so forth.

Programmers often use temporary dummy print statements—print statements that are temporarily inserted into the code—to help locate a ____.

____ was created to fill the need for a teaching tool to encourage structured programming.

The first official recorded use of the word "bug" in the context of computing is associated with the temporary failure of the ____ computer.

In the program design step of the PDLC, the specifications developed during the problem analysis step are used to develop a(n) ____ for the program.

With the ____, the instructions in the loop are repeated as long as a certain condition is false.

Program coding is the process of writing the actual program steps in the proper format for a particular programming language. _________________________

____ is the first phase of the PDLC.

____ are small programs that are designed to be inserted into Web pages and run using a Java-enabled Web browser.

Fourth-generation languages are commonly used to access ____.

____ was designed as an easy-to-learn beginner's language.

Program ____ use graphic symbols and relational operators (such as < for "less than" and = for "equal to") to portray the sequence of steps needed to fulfill the logic in that program, module, or method.

Tool such as Microsoft's ____ are helping to bridge different platforms and programming languages.

Two of the most significant approaches to programming are procedural programming and ____.

____ are notes within the actual program code that identify key features and steps of the program but that are written in such a way that the computer knows to ignore them when the program is executed.

The earliest programming languages—machine language and assembly language—are referred to as ____.

A(n) ____ occurs when the programmer has not followed the proper rules of the programming language being used.

____ errors occur when a formula is written incorrectly, when a mistake is made with a decision condition, or when the wrong variable name is used.

Rather than creating a complete object module for a program, a(n) ____ reads, translates, and executes the source program one line at a time.

The repetition control structure is also called the selection control structure.

With a logic error, the program will run but the output will be wrong.

Java source code cannot be converted into object code using a Python compiler. _________________________

Although there is no precise definition of 3GLs, they are even further from machine language than fourth-generation languages, and, therefore, are much easier to use. _________________________

Python programs run on computers using the Windows, Linux, UNIX, Mac OS X, or OS/2 operating systems, as well as on some mobile devices.

A(n) macro is a sequence of saved actions (such as keystrokes, mouse clicks, and menu selections) that can be replayed whenever needed within the application program in which it was created. _________________________

An advantage to using 4GLs is that they can result in a smaller number of program statements and more efficient object code when they are compiled into machine language.

With a(n) sequence control structure, the direction that the program control takes depends on the results of a certain condition. _____________________________

With most programs, compiling or interpreting a program will result in errors—the assembling process consists of locating and correcting these errors.

In addition to its traditional uses, COBOL is evolving to support new applications.

With the do until structure, the instructions in the loop are repeated as long as a certain condition is true. _________________________

An IDE is a tool that prepares reports to be used with a software program quickly and easily.

Run time errors are noticed after all syntax errors are corrected and the program can be executed. _________________________

In a(n) procedural program, variables can be accessed and their values changed from any module in the program, as appropriate. _________________________

The figure above shows the selection control structure. _________________________

A program bug is an error that causes a program to malfunction.

Much of the coding in a declarative programming language consists of mouse clicks to select instructions and issue commands to the program. _________________________

Structure charts are used to illustrate the step-by-step logic that is to take place within a program, module, or method.

To use a macro recorder, you start the macro recorder and then you perform the desired tasks—the macro recorder records all of the keystrokes and mouse clicks you make until the recorder is turned off.

Pseudocode expresses the steps in a program, module, or method, but uses English-like statements in place of the flowchart's graphical symbols.

Procedural programming utilizes procedures, which are also called modules or subprograms. _________________________

One or more rounds of outside tests for programs created for mass distribution are referred to as alpha tests. _________________________

User documentation normally consists of a user's manual containing instructions for running the program, a description of software commands, and so forth. _________________________