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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Statistical middle






3. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result






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






5. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.






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






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






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






9. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






10. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






13. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements






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






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






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






17. Type of control structure: CASE






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






19. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






20. 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.






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






22. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.






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






24. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






25. :=? 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.






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






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






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






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






30. ____________ / divisor = quotient






31. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer






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






33. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






35. ____________ 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).






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






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






38. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






40. Type ____ Error: False Positive






41. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






42. Type of control structure: LOOP






43. 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






44. base value of a binary number system?






45. dividend / divisor = _______________






46. In Linear Programming a _________ is a means for simplifying the solution






47. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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