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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






12. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






13. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






15. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Statistics: square root of variance






23. Part of the program that may be repeated






24. Statistical average






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






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






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






28. :=? 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.






29. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






32. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.






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






34. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






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






37. 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.






38. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






40. Type of control structure: CASE






41. A reserved word for variable.






42. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






44. Integer division is denoted by _____






45. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines






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






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






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






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






50. dividend / _____________ = quotient