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General Programming
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Type _____ Error: False Negative
Coding
Algorithms
II
Operating system
2. A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.
Iteration
Boolean
Assigment statement
Integer
3. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.
String Constants
label
logic
Assigment statement
4. base value of a binary number system?
breakpoint
2
Constants
linear
5. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction
end if
logic
counter
linear
6. Type ____ Error: False Positive
Reserved words
I
algorithm
DIV
7. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
selection
equal (=)
recursion
DIV
8. The information that is produced to solve the problem.
Real Constants
Sequential algorithm
Output
quotient
9. dividend / divisor = _______________
quotient
linear
DIV
Two complements
10. 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.
interpreted
algorithm
ReadLn
Operating system
11. The address of a memory location
Boolean
quotient
pointer
slack
12. ____________ 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).
variance
Validation
parameter
Constants
13. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
DIV
median
concatenation
Real numbers
14. for an "if" statement some languages require and "____________ _______" to close the selection group
program composition
subscript
end if
Hexadecimal base
15. 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
Two complements
end if
Integer
interpreted
16. Statistics: square root of variance
variance
Operating system
Selection
standard deviation
17. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.
linear
Reserved words
applications
Binary scheme mean
18. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
Repetition algorithm
linear
program composition
Replacement
19. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
transitive
Selection algorithm
I
Operating system
20. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
applications
Input
Time to failure
dynamic allocation
21. A reserved word for variable.
VAR
Iteration
parameter
Control unit
22. The grammatical rules of the language.
array
interpreted
Syntax
divisor
23. Statistical middle
DIV
median
File
parameter
24. Quantities whose values do not change during program execution.
Output
Constants
subscript
String Constants
25. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array
VAR
Algorithms
constraints
subscript
26. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
File
Input
mean
DIV
27. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
associative
slack
Control unit
Time to failure
28. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
II
Iteration
constraints
Integer
29. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .
x
ReadLn
Selection algorithm
recursion
30. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.
selection
oop
Algorithms
Iteration
31. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
syntax
tracepoint
VAR
divisor
32. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result
pointer
commutative
dynamic allocation
parameter
33. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
assignment
Iteration
Integer
slack
34. Statistical average
mean
Real numbers
Coding
Replacement
35. Integer division is denoted by _____
subroutine
DIV
Constants
program composition
36. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities
constraints
slack
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
II
37. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.
Input
syntax
Repetition algorithm
commutative
38. Part of the program that may be repeated
algorithm
Iteration
nested
loop
39. In a loop while construct the loop will be terminated upon the introduction of a ____________ ____________
false condition
linear
slack
algorithm
40. 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.
tracepoint
Real Constants
interpreted
Syntax
41. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
Validation
Binary scheme mean
II
Selection
42. One of a number of alternative actions is selected and executed.
constraints
Selection algorithm
subroutine
linear
43. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.
compiled
assignment
Two complements
selection
44. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
array
logic
linear
DIV
45. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
interpreted
array
Real numbers
standard deviation
46. The remainder in a division.
pointer
algorithm
MOD
I
47. Outout and Input are _____
Time to failure
Control unit
Files
tracepoint
48. ____________ / divisor = quotient
dividend
Operating system
Time to failure
dynamic allocation
49. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements
parameter
ReadLn
nested
Integer
50. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
quotient
constraints
Sequential algorithm
associative