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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program






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






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






4. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






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






7. 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






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






9. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






11. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






14. The address of a memory location






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






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






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






18. A reserved word for variable.






19. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






22. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






23. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. :=? 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.






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






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






32. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






34. Type of control structure: CASE






35. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






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






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






39. The remainder in a division.






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






41. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






44. A formula developed to solve a problem






45. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






47. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






48. Statistics: square root of variance






49. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






50. A fixed position within source code: _________