CSCI 1301 EXAM 1-UGA | 2026 UPDATE | QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
Hardware Answer - The physical components of a computer.
Software Answer - written programs or procedures or rules and associated
documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are
stored in read/write memory
main memory Answer - holds current memory, volatile (goes away)
auxiliary memory Answer - exists once the computer turns off (hard drive)
input Answer - keyboard, mouse, etc.
output Answer - monitor, printer, etc.
RAM Answer - Random Access Memory - is the main memory, and the hard
drive is the principal
CPU Answer - (Central Processing Unit) The key component of a computer
system, which contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute
program instructions
, 1 bit Answer - smallest unit
4 bits Answer - nibble
8 bits Answer - 1 byte
1,000 bytes Answer - 1 KB
1 million bytes (1,000 kilobytes) Answer - 1 MB
1 billion bytes (1,000 megabytes) Answer - 1 GB
bytes in larger units are ____ Answer - files
Files are organized into ____ Answer - folders or directories
machine language Answer - (what the computer understands)- is a "low-level
language" which is binary (01001101)
"high-level language" Answer - A programming language like Java that is
designed to be easy for humans to read and write.
JVM Answer - Java Virtual Machine, an interpreter for compiled Java bytecodes
- translates and runs the Java bytecode
OOP Answer - Object-Oriented Programming- views a program as similarly
consisting of objects that can act alone or interact with one another
AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
Hardware Answer - The physical components of a computer.
Software Answer - written programs or procedures or rules and associated
documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are
stored in read/write memory
main memory Answer - holds current memory, volatile (goes away)
auxiliary memory Answer - exists once the computer turns off (hard drive)
input Answer - keyboard, mouse, etc.
output Answer - monitor, printer, etc.
RAM Answer - Random Access Memory - is the main memory, and the hard
drive is the principal
CPU Answer - (Central Processing Unit) The key component of a computer
system, which contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute
program instructions
, 1 bit Answer - smallest unit
4 bits Answer - nibble
8 bits Answer - 1 byte
1,000 bytes Answer - 1 KB
1 million bytes (1,000 kilobytes) Answer - 1 MB
1 billion bytes (1,000 megabytes) Answer - 1 GB
bytes in larger units are ____ Answer - files
Files are organized into ____ Answer - folders or directories
machine language Answer - (what the computer understands)- is a "low-level
language" which is binary (01001101)
"high-level language" Answer - A programming language like Java that is
designed to be easy for humans to read and write.
JVM Answer - Java Virtual Machine, an interpreter for compiled Java bytecodes
- translates and runs the Java bytecode
OOP Answer - Object-Oriented Programming- views a program as similarly
consisting of objects that can act alone or interact with one another
