CS 135 Midterm Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass

CS 135 Midterm Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass What was used to make analyzing results faster for the 1890 census? - ANSWER-punch cards and punch card readers What was the name of the first electronic computer, built at the University of Pennsylvania between ? - ANSWER-The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC) What 1947 Nobel Prize-winning invention allowed the production of smaller, more reliable, more complex, and less expensive computers? - ANSWER-the semiconductor transistor Personal computers first became available around _____. - ANSWER-1973 The first widely-used Web browser was _________. - ANSWER-Mosaic In order for something to be considered a computer, it must have a keyboard attached. - ANSWER- False Which of the following is an example of enhancing or embellishing digital information? - ANSWER- audio remixing video editing photo editing all of the above (correct) Rebooting a computer means to: - ANSWER-restart the computer Copyright © KAYLIN 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH NOVEMBER, 2024 Copyright ©Stuvia International BV Page 2/10 The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) and are stored on a microchip called the: - ANSWER-Boot ROM Which of the following is an example of software? - ANSWER-database Which of the following is an example of hardware? - ANSWER-printer Programmers use programming languages because these languages: - ANSWER-are precise and unambiguous A computer algorithm must have: - ANSWER-a specified input and output effectiveness definiteness all of the above (correct) Which of the following is a good example of effectiveness? - ANSWER-Add 1 to the total number of students registered. Which of the following lacks finiteness? - ANSWER-Find pi Algorithms should: - ANSWER-use resources efficiently Which of the following is an example of definiteness? - ANSWER-Add A and B. Divide the sum by C. If C = 0, the solution is "undefined." Different algorithms for the same problem can: - ANSWER-mean that one algorithm is preferred over others solve the same problem differently Copyright © KAYLIN 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH NOVEMBER, 2024 Copyright ©Stuvia International BV Page 3/10 take different amounts of processing time all of the above (correct) Instruction sequences that repeat are called: - ANSWER-loops he agent that executes an algorithm could be: - ANSWER-a computer a person a robot any of these (correct) HTML, as discussed in Chapter 4, is an acronym for what? - ANSWER-HyperText Markup Language All HTML tags come in pairs - ANSWER-False In HTML5, tags must be lowercase. - ANSWER-True Tags are words or abbreviations enclosed in angle brackets, and . - ANSWER-True Which of the following HTML tags will make text boldface? - ANSWER-b Which of the following HTML tags will make text italics? - ANSWER-i All tags between a starting tag and an ending tag should be matched. - ANSWER-True The preferred way to specify a break that continues the text on the