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MIS 505 Programming-Final-Exam-Review PART 7

1.
Images and music are contained in binary files.
A) True
B) False
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2.
When you copy data from RAM into a file on a storage device, you read to the file.
A) True
B) False
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3.
The keyboard and printer are the default input and output devices.
A) True
B) False
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4.
Programmers usually use the word “write” to mean “produce hard copy output.”
A) True
B) False
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5.
To write a program that produces a report of employees by department number, the records must be grouped by department number before you begin processing.
A) True
B) False
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6.
You can easily merge files even if each file contains a different record layout.
A) True
B) False
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7.
You can merge more than two files.
A) True
B) False
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8.
You update the transaction file with data from the master file.
A) True
B) False
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9.
The terms “parent” and “child” can refer to file backup generations, but they are also used for a different purpose in object-oriented programming.
A) True
B) False
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10.
Files in which records must be accessed immediately are sometimes called instant access files.
A) True
B) False
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11.
A ____ is a collection of data stored on a nonvolatile device in a computer system.
A) computer message
B) computer interface
C) computer file
D) computer selector
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12.
When you write a program that stores a value in a variable, you are using ____ storage.
A) permanent
B) temporary
C) resilient
D) resident
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13.
____ storage is not lost when a computer loses power.
A) Temporary
B) Intermediate
C) Permanent
D) Variable
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14.
Files exist on ____ storage devices, such as hard disks, DVDs, USB drives, and reels of magnetic tape.
A) permanent
B) transient
C) scalable
D) optical
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15.
The combination of the disk drive plus the complete hierarchy of directories in which a file resides is its ____.
A) pointer
B) path
C) locator
D) stream
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16.
Directories and ____ are organization units on storage devices.
A) folders
B) files
C) partitions
D) streams
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17.
____ is the more general term for an entity that organizes files.
A) Folder
B) Path
C) Structure
D) Directory
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18.
____ are groups of fields that go together for some logical reason.
A) Tables
B) Databases
C) Columns
D) Records
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19.
Characters are made up of smaller elements called ____.
A) fields
B) records
C) bits
D) bytes
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20.
A database holds groups of files or ____ that together serve the information needs of an organization.
A) fields
B) records
C) control breaks
D) tables
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