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General Programming
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The steps are performed in a strictly sequential manner - each step being executed exactly once.
Sequential algorithm
Iteration
Operating system
Boolean
2. Statistical average
Identifiers
mean
nested
Selection algorithm
3. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
nested
Reserved words
median
Real numbers
4. The remainder in a division.
MOD
Two complements
mean
Validation
5. One of a number of alternative actions is selected and executed.
Syntax
Selection algorithm
array
Selection
6. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.
Hexadecimal base
String Constants
breakpoint
linear
7. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
linear
divisor
parameter
semantics
8. The grammatical rules of the language.
associative
array
x
Syntax
9. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
Identifiers
x
parameter
Coding
10. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.
String Constants
MOD
x
nested
11. dividend / divisor = _______________
assignment
Binary scheme mean
quotient
pointer
12. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
Assigment statement
transitive
compiled
Binary scheme mean
13. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)
loop
slack
x
Octal base
14. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)
program composition
median
Hexadecimal base
Selection
15. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements
pointer
constraints
nested
DIV
16. 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.
oop
Iteration
Selection algorithm
tracepoint
17. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
equal (=)
parameter
subroutine
commutative
18. 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
commutative
selection
Repetition algorithm
interpreted
19. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
Identifiers
standard deviation
linear
subroutine
20. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
Binary scheme mean
Iteration
Control unit
MOD
21. Integer division is denoted by _____
Real Constants
assignment
DIV
linear
22. In Linear Programming a _________ is a means for simplifying the solution
x
dual
parameter
algorithm
23. Zero sum game theory problems can be solved by means of ____________ programming
median
equal (=)
linear
MOD
24. The address of a memory location
semantics
pointer
counter
Boolean
25. Type ____ Error: False Positive
I
Operating system
commutative
dividend
26. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.
2
Octal base
slack
Repetition algorithm
27. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
I
Hexadecimal base
interpreted
File
28. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
x
quotient
DIV
standard deviation
29. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
commutative
Memory unit
program composition
MOD
30. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.
Octal base
Two complements
Sequential algorithm
Iteration
31. A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.
Boolean
commutative
subroutine
nested
32. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself
interpreted
recursion
Hexadecimal base
Octal base
33. Type _____ Error: False Negative
selection
II
Repetition algorithm
loop
34. :=? 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.
Assigment statement
Selection
Boolean
linear
35. The information that is produced to solve the problem.
semantics
2
Output
Selection algorithm
36. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
control structures
selection
Input
pointer
37. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.
slack
parameter
dividend
2
38. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
associative
Assigment statement
standard deviation
linear
39. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
Validation
label
Input
assignment
40. Type of control structure: CASE
assignment
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Input
Selection
41. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
Time to failure
counter
applications
ReadLn
42. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`
Real Constants
control structures
end if
constraints
43. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.
subroutine
Input
standard deviation
VAR
44. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
subscript
concatenation
applications
dividend
45. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result
Binary scheme mean
ReadLn
commutative
tracepoint
46. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities
slack
counter
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Identifiers
47. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
subscript
equal (=)
String Constants
Replacement
48. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
Time to failure
Validation
commutative
associative
49. base value of a binary number system?
Two complements
2
Output
Replacement
50. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO
assignment
Iteration
array
commutative