Test your basic knowledge |

Basic Programming Vocab

Subject : it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. A statement designed to initialize and test and increment a counter variable
If-Then-Else statement
Boolean expressions
While loop
For statement

2. Pieces of data that are sent into a module
arguments
single alternative decision structure
size declarator
string literal

3. Iterates a specific number of times
While loop
Do-While loop
dual alternative decision structure
count-controlled loop

4. A group of statements that perform a specific task
module
If-Then statement
While loop
logical operator function

5. A special variable that receives an argument when a module is called
iteration
repetition structure
While loop
parameter

6. Used to write a single alternative decision structure
count-controlled loop
If-Then statement
input
variable declaration

7. The execution of the body of a loop
variable declaration
count-controlled loop
control structure
iteration

8. A storage location in memory represented by a name
string literal
single alternative decision structure
variable
module aliases

9. A sequence of characters used as data
string
logical operator function
parameter
arguments

10. Has two possible paths of execution
pretest loop
uninitialized variable
If-Then statement
dual alternative decision structure

11. Used to write a dual alternative decision structure
iteration
count-controlled loop
parameter
If-Then-Else statement

12. A special value that marks the end of a list of values
For statement
sentinel
pretest loop
decision structure

13. Causes a set of statements to execute repeatedly
repetition structure
output
arguments
count-controlled loop

14. Provides only one alternate path of execution
While loop
parameter
single alternative decision structure
string

15. Used to write a single alternative decision structure
If-Then statement
loop
hierarchy charts
prompt

16. Specifies variable's name and data type
string literal
repetition structure
variable declaration
count-controlled loop

17. Repeats a specific number of times
global variable
string literal
loop
count-controlled loop

18. A message that asks the user to enter a specific value
If-Then statement
prompt
parameter
output

19. Specifies variable's name and data type
count-controlled loop
variable declaration
sequence structure
Boolean expressions

20. Variable that has been declared but has not been assigned a value
input
condition-controlled loop
uninitialized variable
sentinel

21. Performs a specified task while a condition is true
Do-Until loop
repetition structure
function
While loop

22. A sequence of characters used as data
top-down design
string
loop
elements

23. Used to create complex Boolean expressions
logical operator function
dual alternative decision structure
variable declaration
parameter

24. Repeats a specific number of times
count-controlled loop
For statement
condition-controlled loop
While loop

25. Statements execute in the order in which they appear
variable
prompt
Boolean expressions
sequence structure

26. A logical design that controls the order in which a group of statements execute
dual alternative decision structure
control structure
function
Boolean expressions

27. Data that a program receives while it is running
pretest loop
decision structure
input
uninitialized variable

28. Statements execute in the order in which they appear
variable declaration
global variable
repetition structure
sequence structure

29. Iterates a specific number of times
pretest loop
count-controlled loop
Boolean expressions
function

30. Tests its condition before performing an iteration
pretest loop
prompt
function
arguments

31. Has two possible paths of execution
dual alternative decision structure
prompt
logical operator function
function

32. Procedures and subroutines and subprograms and methods and functions
prompt
array
module aliases
variable

33. A variable that is accessible to every module in a program
prompt
sequence structure
size declarator
global variable

34. Performs an iteration before testing its condition
string literal
Do-While loop
logical operator function
dual alternative decision structure

35. Provides only one alternate path of execution
global variable
condition-controlled loop
single alternative decision structure
Do-Until loop

36. Another name for a repetition structure
hierarchy charts
module
dual alternative decision structure
loop

37. Data generated and displayed by a program
dual alternative decision structure
output
module aliases
Boolean expressions

38. Data generated and displayed by a program
parameter
output
single alternative decision structure
string

39. A loop that iterates until a condition is true
Do-Until loop
module
top-down design
input

40. AND-OR-NOT
Do-While loop
logical operators
While loop
count-controlled loop

41. AND-OR-NOT
logical operators
hierarchy charts
If-Then-Else statement
parameter

42. Tests its condition before performing an iteration
array
uninitialized variable
pretest loop
logical operators

43. Another name for a repetition structure
loop
subscripts
assignment statement
variable declaration

44. Data that a program receives while it is running
sentinel
Do-Until loop
global variable
input

45. Sets a variable to a specified value
elements
assignment statement
string
input

46. A loop that iterates until a condition is true
control structure
arguments
top-down design
Do-Until loop

47. A variable that is accessible to every module in a program
sequence structure
global variable
uninitialized variable
For statement

48. A string that appears in the actual code of a program
Boolean expressions
subscripts
string literal
count-controlled loop

49. Specifies the number of values that an array can hold
single alternative decision structure
logical operators
size declarator
module aliases

50. Procedures and subroutines and subprograms and methods and functions
decision structure
elements
module aliases
control structure

Test your basic knowledge |

Basic Programming Vocab

Communication skills, Self help skills, Self improvement skills, Productivity skills, Writing skills, Business skills, Thinking skills & More...

502 Pages | Only $12 | PDF / EPub, Kindle Ready

Top Scores

Link to This Test

Related Subjects