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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. :=? is an ________. Here the varaible to be assigned a value must appear on the left of the assignment operator and a legal expression must appear on the right side.






2. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.






3. The steps are performed in a strictly sequential manner - each step being executed exactly once.






4. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?






5. The grammatical rules of the language.






6. A fixed position within source code: _________






7. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer






8. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.






9. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.






10. Zero sum game theory problems can be solved by means of ____________ programming






11. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program






12. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.






13. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.






14. Statistical average






15. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).






16. One of a number of alternative actions is selected and executed.






17. It allocates storage for programs and data and carry out many other supervisory functions. It acts as an interface between the user and the machine.






18. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






19. Type of control structure: CASE






20. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.






21. base value of a binary number system?






22. A programming paradigm that uses data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions - to design applications and computer programs.






23. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.






24. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.






25. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






26. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.






27. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read






28. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






29. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`






30. Type _____ Error: False Negative






31. ____________ is a measure of the amount of variation within the values of that variable taking account of all possible values and their probabilities or weightings (not just the extremes which give the range).






32. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






33. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.






34. dividend / divisor = _______________






35. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.






36. The address of a memory location






37. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used






38. Quantities whose values do not change during program execution.






39. Outout and Input are _____






40. The place where the instructions and data are stored.






41. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.






42. The remainder in a division.






43. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction






44. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.






45. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities






46. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired






47. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .






48. A _________ is a new way to use breakpoints. It is a breakpoint with a custom action associated with it. When hit it causes the debugger to perform the specified action instead of (or in addition to) breaking program execution.






49. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array






50. A reserved word for variable.