Homework 1: Due September 16th
- Read chapter 1.
- Answer the study questions below.
- Complete the multiple choice questions at the end of chapter 1 but
do not submit them with your homework.
- Review the Short Answer questions at the end of chapter 1 but do
not submit them with your homework.
Study Questions
- Differentiate between hardware and software.
- Briefly describe the five major components of a computer system:
- The central processing unit (CPU)
- Main memory
- Secondary storage devices
- Input devices
- Output devices
- Describe the CPU machine cycle - fetch/decode/execute.
- Define syntax.
- What is the extension of a Java source code file?
- What is a syntax error?
- What is a runtime error?
- Complete the "Multiple Choice" questions 1-5, 7-14 at the end of chapter 1.
- Complete the "Find the Error" at the end of chapter 1.
- Complete the "Algorithm Workbench" at the end of chapter 1.
- Complete the "Predict the Result" at the end of chapter 1.
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