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Chapter 10 multiple choice
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1When a piece of data is written to a file it is copied from a variable in ____________ to the file.
- AAll of the answers
- BNone of the answers
- CRAM
- Dcyberspace
- Eflash memory
2Which flowcharting symbol is used for opening and closing files?
- AOval
- BParallelogram
- CRectangle
- DDiamond
- ENone of the answers
3What is the terminology used when a task is temporarily interrupted as a control variable reaches a specific value?:
- AControl break logic
- BEnd of page
- CControl break
- DBreak
- ENone of the answers
4The contents of this type of file can be viewed in an editor such as Notepad.
- AEnglish file
- Btext file
- Cbinary file
- Dhuman-readable file
5This marks the location of the next item that will be read from a file.
- Aread position
- Bpointer
- Cdelimiter
- Dinput position
6Which type of data file access starts from the beginning of the file and proceeds to the end of the file?
- ANone of the answers
- BOutput access
- CInput access
- DDirect access
- ESequential access
7A file that data is read from is known as a(n) _____
- Asequential access file
- Boutput file
- Cbinary file
- Dinput file
8When a file is opened in this mode, data will be written at the end of the file's existing contents.
- Abackup mode
- Boutput mode
- Cread-only mode
- Dappend mode
9 In the _________ step the data is either written to the file or read from the file.
- AProcessing
- BOpening
- CNone of the answers
- DClosing
- EI/O
10This is a single piece of data within a record.
- Asubrecord
- Bfield
- Cvariable
- Ddelimiter
11What is a short sequence of characters that appears at the end of a filename and is preceded by a period called?
- AFileaccess extension
- BNone of the answers
- CFile extension
- DFilename extension
- EFiletype extension
12This is a character or set of characters that marks the end of a piece of data.
- Adelimiter
- Bmedian value
- Cboundary marker
- DEOF Marker
13Programmers usually refer to the process of saving data to a file as _______________a file.
- Aput data to
- BNone of the answers
- Csaving data to
- Dcopying data to
- Ewriting data to
14This marks the location of the next item that will be read from a file.
- Aread position
- Bdelimiter
- Cpointer
- Dinput position
15Which type of data file access starts from the beginning of the file and proceeds to the end of the file?
- ASequential access
- BNone of the answers
- CDirect access
- DOutput access
- EInput access
16Which of the following software packages store data in files?
- AAll of the answers
- BWeb browsers
- CImage editors
- DGames
- EWord processors
17 In an input file what maintains the location of the next item that will be read from the file?
- ARead marker
- BRead locator
- CLocator
- DMarker
- ERead position
18When working with this type of file, you can jump directly to any piece of data in the file without reading the data that comes before it.
- Asequential access
- Bordered access
- Cbinary access
- Ddirect access
19What type of data file cannot be opened and viewed in an editor such as Notepad?
- ABinary file
- BNone of the answers
- COutput file
- DInput file
- EText file
20 What type of file does the AppendMode work with?
- AOutput file
- BText file
- CBinary file
- DInput file
- ENone of the answers
21Before a file can be used by a program, it must be
- Aencrypted
- Bopened
- Cformatted
- Dclosed
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- Computer Science Quiz on Chapter 10 multiple choice, created by Naina Minhas on 10/12/2022.
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