Suppose That You Were Shown the Calculation R5 672

question 166

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you were shown the calculation R5 672 + R2 004 + R2 744, and needed to calculate the sum quickly.How would your automatic system handle this information?

• A)It would quickly see that the sum is about R10 000, but would not calculate the exact amount.
• B)It would calculate the exact sum, but would take a few moments.
• C)It would not process this information at all, since only the deliberate system deals with calculations.
• D)It would store the numbers and operators separately to pass along to the deliberate system for calculation.

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Definitions:

Automatic Garbage Collection

A form of memory management where the runtime environment automatically frees memory occupied by objects that are no longer in use.

Memory Space

The area in a computer where data and instructions are stored for processing.

Int Num

A declaration in programming that signifies a variable named Num is of the integer data type, capable of storing whole numbers.

Nonnull String

A string reference in programming that is guaranteed not to be null, often used to denote that a method parameter or return type should never be null.