Chapter 1 Review

The Python language uses a compiler which is a program that both translates and executes the instructions in a high-level language.

• True

• False

What is an alternative method to using a text editor to write, execute, and test a Python program?

• IDLE

• binary

• ENIAC

• machine language

What is considered to be the worlds first programmable electronic computer?

• RAM

• IDLE

• ENAC

• ENIAC

Where does a computer store a program and the data that the program is working with while the program is running?

• IDLE

• In main memory

• ENIAC

• CPU

Modern CPUs are much ________ than the CPUs of early computers.

• smaller and more powerful

• bigger

• smaller

• bigger and less powerful

The process known as the blank cycle is used by the CPU to execute instructions in a program.

• execute-fetch-decode

• fetch-decode-execute

• execute-decode-fetch

• decode-fetch-execute

Which language is referred to as a low-level language?

• C++

• Phyton

• assembly language

• Java

The following is an example of an instruction written in which computer language?

10110000

• machine language

• assembly language

• Python

• C++

All programs are normally stored in ROM and are loaded into RAM as needed for processing.

• True

• False

The instruction set for a microprocessor is unique and is typically understood by the microprocessor.

• True

• False