CSCI 1301 EXAM 1-UGA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Hardware - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The physical components of a computer.
Software - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅holds current memory, volatile (goes away)
auxiliary memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅exists once the computer turns off (hard drive)
input - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅keyboard, mouse, etc.
output - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅monitor, printer, etc.
RAM - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Random Access Memory - is the main memory, and the hard drive is the
principal
CPU - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(Central Processing Unit) The key component of a computer system, which
contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions
1 bit - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅smallest unit
4 bits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅nibble
8 bits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 byte
1,000 bytes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 KB
, 1 million bytes (1,000 kilobytes) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 MB
1 billion bytes (1,000 megabytes) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 GB
bytes in larger units are ____ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅files
Files are organized into ____ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅folders or directories
machine language - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(what the computer understands)- is a "low-level language"
which is binary (01001101)
"high-level language" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A programming language like Java that is designed to be
easy for humans to read and write.
JVM - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Java Virtual Machine, an interpreter for compiled Java bytecodes -
translates and runs the Java bytecode
OOP - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Object-Oriented Programming- views a program as similarly consisting of
objects that can act alone or interact with one another
Encapsulation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅packages and hides details
Polymorphism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅allows the same program instruction to mean different things in
different contexts - one method name causes many different actions
Inheritance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is the way of organizing classes
code HelloWorld - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅public class HelloWorld{
public static void main(String[] args){
Hardware - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The physical components of a computer.
Software - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅holds current memory, volatile (goes away)
auxiliary memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅exists once the computer turns off (hard drive)
input - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅keyboard, mouse, etc.
output - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅monitor, printer, etc.
RAM - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Random Access Memory - is the main memory, and the hard drive is the
principal
CPU - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(Central Processing Unit) The key component of a computer system, which
contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions
1 bit - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅smallest unit
4 bits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅nibble
8 bits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 byte
1,000 bytes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 KB
, 1 million bytes (1,000 kilobytes) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 MB
1 billion bytes (1,000 megabytes) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 GB
bytes in larger units are ____ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅files
Files are organized into ____ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅folders or directories
machine language - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(what the computer understands)- is a "low-level language"
which is binary (01001101)
"high-level language" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A programming language like Java that is designed to be
easy for humans to read and write.
JVM - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Java Virtual Machine, an interpreter for compiled Java bytecodes -
translates and runs the Java bytecode
OOP - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Object-Oriented Programming- views a program as similarly consisting of
objects that can act alone or interact with one another
Encapsulation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅packages and hides details
Polymorphism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅allows the same program instruction to mean different things in
different contexts - one method name causes many different actions
Inheritance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is the way of organizing classes
code HelloWorld - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅public class HelloWorld{
public static void main(String[] args){
