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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.






2. base value of a binary number system?






3. Type ____ Error: False Positive






4. A reserved word for variable.






5. A fixed position within source code: _________






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. A formula developed to solve a problem






12. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






14. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






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






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






18. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






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






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






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






24. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






25. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






26. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






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






31. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






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






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






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






37. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






39. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






48. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






49. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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