What is an algorithm?

a) the actions (and their order) that solve a particular problem
b) an English description of a problem to be solved
c) the process of converting between data types
d) None of the above.


a) the actions (and their order) that solve a particular problem

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The transform that changes the size of a shape, but otherwise leaves it unchanged, is a:

a) TranslateTransform b) SkewTransform c) ScaleTransform d) none of the above

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Case 7-3 Andrea is the new receptionist at Edoron Technologies. Although she is new at using a computer system, she tries her best to organize all the files and folders on the system. Andrea is working with a File Explorer window. She notices that a file, instead of being in its original folder, is in a new folder. Which of the following actions could have resulted in such a situation?

A. ?She dragged the file, and the two folders were on different drives. B. ?She dragged the file, and the two folders were on the same drive. C. ?She used the Copy command instead of the Cut command. D. ?She copied the file when the Clipboard was full, and so it was unable to accept the file.

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Methods are sometimes called ____.

A. segments B. modules C. classes D. routines

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? ? Referring to the figure above, the href attribute is the name of a(n) ____ file.

A. Microsoft Word B. PDF C. Text D. HTML

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