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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






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






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






6. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






9. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






12. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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






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






16. Statistical average






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






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






19. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






21. 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.






22. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






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






26. The address of a memory location






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






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






29. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






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






33. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






35. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






36. A reserved word for variable.






37. ____________ 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).






38. Statistical middle






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






40. The remainder in a division.






41. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






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






44. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






45. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






47. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






48. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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