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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .






2. dividend / divisor = _______________






3. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






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






6. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






8. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






16. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






18. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________






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






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






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






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






23. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






26. Statistical middle






27. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






29. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






40. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






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






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






45. Type of control structure: LOOP






46. Statistics: square root of variance






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






48. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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