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1. The two major components of any computer system are its:
a. Input and output
b. Data and programs
c. hardware and software
d. memory and disk drives: c. hardware and software
2. The major computer operation include:
a. hardware and software
b. input, processing, and output
c. sequence and looping
d. spreadsheets, word processing, and data communications: b. input, process-
ing, and output
3. Another term meaning "computer instructions" is:
a. Hardware
b. Software
c. Queries
d. Data: b. Software
4. Visual Basic, C++ and Java are all examples of computer:
a. Operating systems
b. Hardware
c. Machine languages
d. Programming: d. Programming
5. A programming language's rules are its:
a. Syntax
b. Logic
c. Format
d. Options: a. Syntax
6. The most important task of a compiler or interpreter is to:
a. Create the rules for a programming language
b. Translate English statements into a language such as Java
c. Translate programming language statements into machine language
d. Execute machine language programs to perform useful tasks.: c. Translate
programming language statements into machine language
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