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Ancient mathematicians developed the first algorithms.

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What kind of programming language is Python?


A) An interpreted language.
B) A compiled language.
C) A interpolated language.
D) A manufactured language.

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What problem was the Atanasoff-Berry Computer designed to solve?


A) The automatic creation of ballistics tables for the U.S. military.
B) The coded transmissions used by Germany in WWII.
C) The solving of systems of simultaneous linear equations.
D) The calculation of maritime navigation routes for the U.S. Navy.

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Information is stored as patterns of bytes (1s and 0s).

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At what point in the interpretation of a Python program are syntax error messages generated?


A) After the conversion of the code into byte code.
B) Before execution of the program, when it is passed through the translator.
C) During execution of the program by the Python virtual machine.
D) After user input defined by the program is collected.

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Magnetic storage media, such as tapes and hard disks, allow bit patterns to be stored as patterns on a magnetic field.

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What component of Python is responsible for the execution of Python byte code?


A) IDLE
B) Python interpreter
C) Python virtual machine (PVM)
D) Python Script Engine (PSE)

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What is NOT one of the initial four locations connected by the ARPANET in the 1970s?


A) Stanford Research Institute
B) University of California at Los Angeles
C) UC Santa Barbara
D) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Computer science focuses on a broad set of interrelated ideas.

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While viewing a screen displaying an active IDLE session, what does green text mean?


A) The text is the result of output, or is the name of a function.
B) The text represents a string.
C) The text is a built-in function name.
D) The text indicates a variable's name.

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