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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • 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. In a loop while construct the loop will be terminated upon the introduction of a ____________ ____________






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






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






4. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






7. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






8. dividend / _____________ = quotient






9. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






12. :=? 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.






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






14. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






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






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






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






20. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






22. Type ____ Error: False Positive






23. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






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






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






27. ____________ 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).






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






29. The address of a memory location






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






31. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






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






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






35. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






38. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






39. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






41. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






42. The remainder in a division.






43. Outout and Input are _____






44. The grammatical rules of the language.






45. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






48. Statistical middle






49. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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