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. Performs a specified task while a condition is true
iteration
Do-While loop
Do-While loop
While loop

2. Used to write a dual alternative decision structure
top-down design
loop
iteration
If-Then-Else statement

3. A loop that iterates until a condition is true
uninitialized variable
string literal
hierarchy charts
Do-Until loop

4. Iterates a specific number of times
top-down design
count-controlled loop
logical operators
repetition structure

5. Data that a program receives while it is running
single alternative decision structure
Do-Until loop
input
output

6. Data that a program receives while it is running
dual alternative decision structure
input
control structure
module aliases

7. Provides only one alternate path of execution
variable
dual alternative decision structure
repetition structure
single alternative decision structure

8. Performs a specified task while a condition is true
While loop
count-controlled loop
uninitialized variable
hierarchy charts

9. A variable that is accessible to every module in a program
global variable
If-Then-Else statement
pretest loop
While loop

10. Repeats a specific number of times
module aliases
While loop
assignment statement
count-controlled loop

11. Another name for a repetition structure
uninitialized variable
loop
If-Then statement
prompt

12. Data generated and displayed by a program
string
parameter
decision structure
output

13. The execution of the body of a loop
condition-controlled loop
variable declaration
iteration
string literal

14. Expressions that can be evaluated as either True of False
pretest loop
Boolean expressions
logical operator function
While loop

15. Another name for a repetition structure
Do-While loop
count-controlled loop
loop
module

16. A graphical representation of modules connected in a way that illustrates their relationship to one another
variable
hierarchy charts
subscripts
string literal

17. A logical design that controls the order in which a group of statements execute
elements
control structure
string literal
If-Then-Else statement

18. Used to write a single alternative decision structure
condition-controlled loop
variable
module aliases
If-Then statement

19. Used to create complex Boolean expressions
logical operator function
condition-controlled loop
control structure
prompt

20. Specifies variable's name and data type
repetition structure
variable
variable declaration
arguments

21. Sets a variable to a specified value
Do-Until loop
assignment statement
loop
array

22. A module that returns a value to the program
hierarchy charts
sequence structure
assignment statement
function

23. Iterates a specific number of times
input
count-controlled loop
parameter
Do-Until loop

24. Has two possible paths of execution
uninitialized variable
input
dual alternative decision structure
prompt

25. Statements execute in the order in which they appear
module
While loop
single alternative decision structure
sequence structure

26. Causes a set of statements to execute repeatedly
count-controlled loop
uninitialized variable
repetition structure
elements

27. AND-OR-NOT
control structure
elements
logical operators
parameter

28. The process of converting an algorithm into a series of subtasks
For statement
function
top-down design
logical operator function

29. A sequence of characters used as data
count-controlled loop
parameter
string
decision structure

30. Statements execute in the order in which they appear
prompt
sequence structure
Do-Until loop
While loop

31. Procedures and subroutines and subprograms and methods and functions
input
module aliases
Do-While loop
pretest loop

32. A string that appears in the actual code of a program
global variable
library functions
variable
string literal

33. A storage location in memory represented by a name
arguments
variable
prompt
sequence structure

34. Causes a set of statements to execute repeatedly
decision structure
repetition structure
pretest loop
elements

35. Variables that can hold a group of values of the same data type
module
string
array
elements

36. Used to write a single alternative decision structure
If-Then statement
hierarchy charts
pretest loop
module aliases

37. Storage locations in an array
count-controlled loop
hierarchy charts
elements
While loop

38. Functions that are built into the programming language
Do-Until loop
library functions
count-controlled loop
If-Then-Else statement

39. Tests its condition before performing an iteration
pretest loop
array
module
repetition structure

40. Used to create complex Boolean expressions
dual alternative decision structure
global variable
logical operator function
global variable

41. Procedures and subroutines and subprograms and methods and functions
module aliases
global variable
size declarator
If-Then statement

42. Sets a variable to a specified value
prompt
count-controlled loop
single alternative decision structure
assignment statement

43. Pieces of data that are sent into a module
logical operator function
global variable
arguments
string

44. The process of converting an algorithm into a series of subtasks
logical operator function
While loop
array
top-down design

45. Repeats a specific number of times
string literal
output
input
count-controlled loop

46. A graphical representation of modules connected in a way that illustrates their relationship to one another
count-controlled loop
prompt
loop
hierarchy charts

47. Variable that has been declared but has not been assigned a value
sentinel
Do-While loop
uninitialized variable
string literal

48. The execution of the body of a loop
iteration
subscripts
condition-controlled loop
pretest loop

49. A variable that is accessible to every module in a program
global variable
variable
logical operator function
count-controlled loop

50. AND-OR-NOT
logical operators
repetition structure
library functions
arguments