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Basic Programming Vocab
Subject
:
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer
50
questions in
20 minutes
.
2 minutes extra for reading the instructions.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
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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 message that asks the user to enter a specific value
If-Then statement
parameter
prompt
sequence structure
2. Functions that are built into the programming language
logical operators
output
hierarchy charts
library functions
3. Allows a program to perform actions only if certain conditions are met
module aliases
decision structure
output
arguments
4. A loop that iterates until a condition is true
repetition structure
Do-Until loop
single alternative decision structure
condition-controlled loop
5. Performs a specified task while a condition is true
Do-While loop
parameter
For statement
While loop
6. Storage locations in an array
function
decision structure
sequence structure
elements
7. Data that a program receives while it is running
input
iteration
top-down design
loop
8. A module that returns a value to the program
arguments
function
input
loop
9. Used to write a dual alternative decision structure
string
string
string literal
If-Then-Else statement
10. Statements execute in the order in which they appear
module
string
parameter
sequence structure
11. A group of statements that perform a specific task
iteration
module
condition-controlled loop
sentinel
12. Has two possible paths of execution
string literal
dual alternative decision structure
uninitialized variable
hierarchy charts
13. A special value that marks the end of a list of values
uninitialized variable
For statement
elements
sentinel
14. Sets a variable to a specified value
hierarchy charts
iteration
variable
assignment statement
15. The process of converting an algorithm into a series of subtasks
output
assignment statement
top-down design
If-Then statement
16. Allows a program to perform actions only if certain conditions are met
output
iteration
decision structure
pretest loop
17. The execution of the body of a loop
parameter
pretest loop
iteration
output
18. Provides only one alternate path of execution
top-down design
hierarchy charts
module aliases
single alternative decision structure
19. Causes a set of statements to execute repeatedly
repetition structure
single alternative decision structure
module
Do-Until loop
20. A graphical representation of modules connected in a way that illustrates their relationship to one another
hierarchy charts
global variable
string
top-down design
21. Used to write a dual alternative decision structure
If-Then-Else statement
Do-While loop
condition-controlled loop
iteration
22. Data generated and displayed by a program
parameter
output
uninitialized variable
input
23. A sequence of characters used as data
string
Boolean expressions
iteration
prompt
24. Procedures and subroutines and subprograms and methods and functions
loop
variable
While loop
module aliases
25. Variable that has been declared but has not been assigned a value
logical operator function
variable
uninitialized variable
parameter
26. The execution of the body of a loop
iteration
module aliases
subscripts
If-Then statement
27. Tests its condition before performing an iteration
subscripts
pretest loop
string literal
size declarator
28. A special variable that receives an argument when a module is called
module aliases
module
logical operators
parameter
29. AND-OR-NOT
Boolean expressions
logical operators
decision structure
top-down design
30. A message that asks the user to enter a specific value
sentinel
subscripts
prompt
hierarchy charts
31. The process of converting an algorithm into a series of subtasks
string literal
dual alternative decision structure
Do-While loop
top-down design
32. A logical design that controls the order in which a group of statements execute
decision structure
control structure
string literal
count-controlled loop
33. Sets a variable to a specified value
prompt
sequence structure
output
assignment statement
34. Expressions that can be evaluated as either True of False
parameter
variable
If-Then-Else statement
Boolean expressions
35. Iterates a specific number of times
Do-Until loop
loop
If-Then-Else statement
count-controlled loop
36. A statement designed to initialize and test and increment a counter variable
For statement
size declarator
global variable
string literal
37. Specifies variable's name and data type
control structure
variable declaration
string
While loop
38. Provides only one alternate path of execution
module
decision structure
top-down design
single alternative decision structure
39. Performs an iteration before testing its condition
size declarator
parameter
Do-While loop
For statement
40. A string that appears in the actual code of a program
pretest loop
output
library functions
string literal
41. Used to create complex Boolean expressions
logical operator function
hierarchy charts
control structure
logical operators
42. A sequence of characters used as data
count-controlled loop
count-controlled loop
string
If-Then statement
43. A loop that iterates until a condition is true
If-Then-Else statement
hierarchy charts
Do-Until loop
uninitialized variable
44. The identifying number assigned to each element in an array
prompt
If-Then statement
string literal
subscripts
45. Another name for a repetition structure
loop
repetition structure
top-down design
parameter
46. Repeats a specific number of times
module aliases
logical operators
count-controlled loop
sentinel
47. Specifies the number of values that an array can hold
global variable
size declarator
dual alternative decision structure
decision structure
48. A storage location in memory represented by a name
variable
top-down design
count-controlled loop
arguments
49. AND-OR-NOT
string literal
Do-Until loop
single alternative decision structure
logical operators
50. Causes a set of statements to execute repeatedly
repetition structure
array
variable
hierarchy charts