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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






2. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






4. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






5. The information that is produced to solve the problem.






6. Type of control structure: CASE






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






8. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.






9. 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.






10. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






11. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement






12. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE






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






14. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






16. Part of the program that may be repeated






17. ____________ 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).






18. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.






19. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.






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






21. Statistical middle






22. A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.






23. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .






24. 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.






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






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






27. for an "if" statement some languages require and "____________ _______" to close the selection group






28. A formula developed to solve a problem






29. The remainder in a division.






30. The address of a memory location






31. A fixed position within source code: _________






32. In a loop while construct the loop will be terminated upon the introduction of a ____________ ____________






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






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






35. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






37. Statistics: square root of variance






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






39. ____________ / divisor = quotient






40. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






42. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.






43. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer






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






45. Type _____ Error: False Negative






46. An _________ language is a programming language where the programs written in that language are not translated or "compiled" into the machine code of the computer it is on - which then is directly executed by the host CPU but instead is indirectly ex






47. A reserved word for variable.






48. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






49. Outout and Input are _____






50. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL