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General Programming

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






2. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






5. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






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






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






10. base value of a binary number system?






11. 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






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






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






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






15. :=? 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.






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






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






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






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






20. Part of the program that may be repeated






21. The remainder in a division.






22. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






23. Statistical average






24. A formula developed to solve a problem






25. Type of control structure: CASE






26. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






27. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction






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






29. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






30. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






33. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






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






37. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






39. 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.






40. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






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






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






45. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






46. A reserved word for variable.






47. 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.






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






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. Outout and Input are _____