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. Variables that can hold a group of values of the same data type
array
top-down design
parameter
output

2. A storage location in memory represented by a name
loop
input
string
variable

3. Statements execute in the order in which they appear
If-Then-Else statement
sequence structure
module
top-down design

4. A logical design that controls the order in which a group of statements execute
Boolean expressions
prompt
Boolean expressions
control structure

5. Allows a program to perform actions only if certain conditions are met
library functions
decision structure
Do-While loop
module aliases

6. A group of statements that perform a specific task
count-controlled loop
logical operator function
module
Do-While loop

7. Provides only one alternate path of execution
single alternative decision structure
Do-Until loop
logical operator function
decision structure

8. Repeats a specific number of times
dual alternative decision structure
iteration
count-controlled loop
hierarchy charts

9. A sequence of characters used as data
decision structure
sentinel
module aliases
string

10. Has two possible paths of execution
parameter
output
dual alternative decision structure
module

11. A graphical representation of modules connected in a way that illustrates their relationship to one another
module
prompt
For statement
hierarchy charts

12. A message that asks the user to enter a specific value
prompt
elements
logical operators
uninitialized variable

13. Performs an iteration before testing its condition
library functions
uninitialized variable
iteration
Do-While loop

14. A message that asks the user to enter a specific value
module aliases
prompt
While loop
single alternative decision structure

15. Variable that has been declared but has not been assigned a value
count-controlled loop
sentinel
uninitialized variable
pretest loop

16. Causes a set of statements to execute repeatedly
repetition structure
Boolean expressions
hierarchy charts
count-controlled loop

17. Provides only one alternate path of execution
count-controlled loop
single alternative decision structure
input
string

18. Causes a set of statements to execute repeatedly
repetition structure
logical operators
assignment statement
Boolean expressions

19. Functions that are built into the programming language
If-Then statement
While loop
library functions
loop

20. Pieces of data that are sent into a module
size declarator
Do-While loop
module aliases
arguments

21. Performs a specified task while a condition is true
string literal
While loop
output
Do-Until loop

22. Expressions that can be evaluated as either True of False
Boolean expressions
condition-controlled loop
iteration
control structure

23. Iterates a specific number of times
count-controlled loop
subscripts
Do-While loop
Do-While loop

24. Used to write a dual alternative decision structure
logical operators
global variable
If-Then-Else statement
assignment statement

25. Performs an iteration before testing its condition
hierarchy charts
Do-While loop
decision structure
parameter

26. Repeats a specific number of times
repetition structure
module
If-Then-Else statement
count-controlled loop

27. Tests its condition before performing an iteration
pretest loop
variable
If-Then-Else statement
top-down design

28. A special variable that receives an argument when a module is called
module
count-controlled loop
sequence structure
parameter

29. Iterates a specific number of times
global variable
string
count-controlled loop
Do-Until loop

30. Allows a program to perform actions only if certain conditions are met
Do-Until loop
For statement
decision structure
If-Then-Else statement

31. A storage location in memory represented by a name
assignment statement
input
variable
count-controlled loop

32. Storage locations in an array
variable declaration
elements
control structure
logical operators

33. Specifies variable's name and data type
arguments
pretest loop
variable declaration
library functions

34. Data that a program receives while it is running
repetition structure
pretest loop
hierarchy charts
input

35. Procedures and subroutines and subprograms and methods and functions
Boolean expressions
Do-While loop
module aliases
uninitialized variable

36. A variable that is accessible to every module in a program
prompt
global variable
repetition structure
sequence structure

37. A group of statements that perform a specific task
control structure
elements
module
pretest loop

38. Another name for a repetition structure
pretest loop
Boolean expressions
loop
sequence structure

39. Data generated and displayed by a program
input
If-Then statement
output
logical operators

40. The identifying number assigned to each element in an array
variable declaration
subscripts
variable declaration
repetition structure

41. A loop that iterates until a condition is true
Boolean expressions
array
Do-Until loop
output

42. A special value that marks the end of a list of values
sentinel
If-Then-Else statement
arguments
pretest loop

43. Uses a true/false condition to control the number of times that it repeats
condition-controlled loop
logical operator function
Do-While loop
pretest loop

44. Specifies the number of values that an array can hold
elements
output
hierarchy charts
size declarator

45. The process of converting an algorithm into a series of subtasks
top-down design
variable declaration
global variable
count-controlled loop

46. A statement designed to initialize and test and increment a counter variable
If-Then-Else statement
dual alternative decision structure
module
For statement

47. Data generated and displayed by a program
For statement
pretest loop
size declarator
output

48. Used to write a single alternative decision structure
logical operator function
count-controlled loop
repetition structure
If-Then statement

49. Expressions that can be evaluated as either True of False
hierarchy charts
string literal
uninitialized variable
Boolean expressions

50. Specifies variable's name and data type
arguments
dual alternative decision structure
size declarator
variable declaration