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Question 21

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When a Python interpreter runs a script, what is the script translated into?

A) assembly code
B) byte code
C) interpolated language code
D) ELF-formatted binary

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Question 22

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What technology replaced the vacuum tube as the mechanism for implementing electronic switches in computer hardware?

A) transistor
B) resistor
C) fully programmable gate array
D) microprocessor

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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When using a computer, human users primarily interact with the memory.

An algorithm describes a process that may or may not halt after arriving at a solution to a problem.

In 1984, Apple Computer brought forth the Macintosh, the first successful mass-produced personal computer with a graphical user interface.

What language was designed based on a theory of recursive functions and is considered to be an ideal language for solving difficult or complex problems?

A flash memory stick is an example of what type of storage media?

Each individual instruction in an algorithm is well defined.

The development of the transistor in the early 1960s allowed computer engineers to build ever smaller, faster, and less expensive computer hardware components.

When reading the syntax for the print command, what does the ellipsis between expressions indicate?

What type of processing occurs when processes run for a slice of time, then yield access to the CPU to another process, cycling through processes repeatedly?

In the early 1940s, computer scientists realized that a symbolic notation could be used instead of machine code, and the first assembly languages appeared.

In the 1960s, batch processing sometimes caused a programmer to wait days for results, including error messages.

When using IDLE for Python programming, what color is used to distinguish built-in function names?

Regardless of whether print is passed a single or multiple expressions, what does output always end with by default?

What is the name used for the integrated program development environment that comes with a Python installation?

What built-in function should you use in Python to prompt a user for data input?

What processor was contained in the first mass-produced personal computer?

The most important example of system software is a computer's operating system.

In order to change the print function to output on the same line as the previous one, without printing a newline, what expression can be added?