Engineering Problem Solving with C++, 3e Chapter 1 Test Bank
1. Match the following people with their contribution to the field of Computer Science, where a name
can be used more than once.
A. John Atanasoff and Cilfford Berry
B. Augusta Ada Byron
C. Charles Babbage
D. Luigi F. Menabrea
E. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert.
F. John von Neumann
_________ Inventor of the Analytical Engine
_________ Published a paper describing the Analytical Engine in French
_________ Inventor of the ABC
_________ Wrote detailed instructions for numerical computations, thought to be the first
computer program.
_________ proposed a computing model used in most digital computers
_________ Inventor of the ENIAC
_________ envisioned the multidisciplinary potential of the Analytical Engine
2. Place the following computers in order from oldest to most recent.
_________ ABC
_________ Analytical Engine
_________ ENIAC
3. List the five steps of the problem solving methodology given in this chapter.
4. Convert the decimal number -91 to two’s complement using 8 bits, showing all work.
5. Convert the binary number 1010110001010111 to hexadecimal, showing any work.
6. Which of the following is not computer hardware?
A. a printer
B. the hard disk
C. the operating system
D. the mouse
7. Which of the following is not computer software?
A. a USB memory stick
B. the operating system
C. a C++ compiler
D. a spreadsheet
8. Which of the following is responsible for interpreting the instructions stored in memory?
A. the ALU (arithmetic logic unit)
B. the control unit
C. the software
D. the accumulator
Engineering Problem Solving with C++, 3e Chapter 1 Test Bank
9. High-speed registers for the temporary storage of values are found in …
A. the computers hard disk
B. the computer’s primary memory
C. the accumulator
D. the C++ program
10. Which of the following is not a function of a utility provided by an operating system?
A. copying files
B. listing files
C. printing files
D. translating C++ programs
11. Which of the following is not a part of a GUI (Graphical User Interface)?
A. icons
B. menus
C. a mouse
D. text boxes
12. Which of the following is not considered to be application software?
A. database management software
B. spreadsheet programs
C. an operating system
D. mathematical computation software
13. Which of the following is not an example of mathematical computation software?
A. Maple
B. MATLAB
C. Mathematica
D. MySQL
14. Which of the following languages is unique to a computer design where the instructions are binary
strings?
A. assembly language
B. Basic
C. C++
D. machine language
15. Semantics are the set of grammar rules for a high-level language.
A. true
B. false
16. The CPU refers to the control unit and the ALU.(arithmetic logic unit)
A. true
B. false
Engineering Problem Solving with C++, 3e Chapter 1 Test Bank
17. A modern digital computer represents values in memory in base 10.
A. true
B. false
18. A compiler is hardware used to translate a C++ program into machine language.
A. true
B. false
19. The source file is the machine language version of a C++ program.
A. true
B. false
20. Linking is the process of combining the object file with other machine language statements and
loading the executable program into memory.
A. true
B. false
21. Program bugs are errors which occur during the compilation step for preparing a C++ program for
execution.
A. true
B. false
22. The word size is the size of the registers in the ALU, and therefore depends on the design of the
processor.
A. true
B. false
23. A byte is by definition 8 bits.
A. true
B. false
24. Every real number can be represented exactly in binary in the computer’s memory.
A. true
B. false
