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






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






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






4. A formula developed to solve a problem






5. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






7. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






8. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






10. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






12. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






14. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






15. Type of control structure: LOOP






16. Statistical average






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






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






19. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






21. Type _____ Error: False Negative






22. ____________ 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).






23. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






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






26. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Statistical middle






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






35. Part of the program that may be repeated






36. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






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






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






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






42. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Outout and Input are _____