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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. base value of a binary number system?






2. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






3. ____________ 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).






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).






10. A formula developed to solve a problem






11. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






13. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read






14. Statistics: square root of variance






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






16. Type of control structure: LOOP






17. dividend / _____________ = quotient






18. Type _____ Error: False Negative






19. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






21. Outout and Input are _____






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






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






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






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






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






27. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






29. Statistical average






30. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






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






34. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






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






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






39. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






41. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






44. :=? 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.






45. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






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






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






50. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?