IT 201 MIDTERM REVIEW QUESTIONS
System Development Life Cycle - Answer -When developing an information system, IS
professionals follow a series of steps called a______
Systems Architecture - Answer -The term ____ describes the structure, interaction, and
technology of computer system components
bits - Answer -In a modern digital computer, data is represented by groups of ______
Registers - Answer -The CPU contains a few internal storage locations called ____,
each capable of holding a single instruction or data item.
End users - Answer -Most application software is used by _____
Binary number - Answer -In a _____, each digit can have only one of two possible
values: 0 and 1
The position of the radix - Answer -The accuracy, or precision of data format
representation increases with _____
Overflow - Answer -____ occurs when the absolute value of a computational result
contains too many bits to fit into a fixed-width data format
Real number - Answer -A(n) ____ can contain both whole and fractional components
Characters - Answer -In their written form, English and many other languages use
alphabetic letters, numerals, punctuation marks, and a variety of other special-purpose
symbols known as ______
ALU - Answer -The ____ section of the CPU performs all computations and
comparison operations
Execution - Answer -During the ____ cycle of the CPU, the transformation takes place
and data output is stored
Op code - Answer -The first group of bits in an instruction represents its unique binary
number, commonly called the _____
operands - Answer -Subsequent groups of bits after the first group in an instruction
hold its input values, called _____
AND - Answer -A(n) _____ instruction generates the result true if both of its data inputs
are true
System Development Life Cycle - Answer -When developing an information system, IS
professionals follow a series of steps called a______
Systems Architecture - Answer -The term ____ describes the structure, interaction, and
technology of computer system components
bits - Answer -In a modern digital computer, data is represented by groups of ______
Registers - Answer -The CPU contains a few internal storage locations called ____,
each capable of holding a single instruction or data item.
End users - Answer -Most application software is used by _____
Binary number - Answer -In a _____, each digit can have only one of two possible
values: 0 and 1
The position of the radix - Answer -The accuracy, or precision of data format
representation increases with _____
Overflow - Answer -____ occurs when the absolute value of a computational result
contains too many bits to fit into a fixed-width data format
Real number - Answer -A(n) ____ can contain both whole and fractional components
Characters - Answer -In their written form, English and many other languages use
alphabetic letters, numerals, punctuation marks, and a variety of other special-purpose
symbols known as ______
ALU - Answer -The ____ section of the CPU performs all computations and
comparison operations
Execution - Answer -During the ____ cycle of the CPU, the transformation takes place
and data output is stored
Op code - Answer -The first group of bits in an instruction represents its unique binary
number, commonly called the _____
operands - Answer -Subsequent groups of bits after the first group in an instruction
hold its input values, called _____
AND - Answer -A(n) _____ instruction generates the result true if both of its data inputs
are true
