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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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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. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
Binary scheme mean
transitive
linear
ReadLn
2. Statistical middle
median
compiled
nested
variance
3. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.
parameter
Files
commutative
VAR
4. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
Output
Reserved words
DIV
Iteration
5. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
Control unit
linear
File
ReadLn
6. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
linear
recursion
algorithm
Memory unit
7. Type _____ Error: False Negative
II
control structures
2
Integer
8. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.
quotient
Hexadecimal base
Binary scheme mean
selection
9. Integer division is denoted by _____
mean
DIV
Iteration
Two complements
10. The information that is produced to solve the problem.
Output
concatenation
String Constants
dual
11. The grammatical rules of the language.
compiled
concatenation
Syntax
slack
12. ____________ / divisor = quotient
Identifiers
dividend
DIV
label
13. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.
variance
Coding
logic
pointer
14. base value of a binary number system?
selection
Time to failure
2
Control unit
15. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
Two complements
Coding
Operating system
Identifiers
16. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?
Real Constants
Selection algorithm
control structures
selection
17. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________
constraints
interpreted
Reserved words
quotient
18. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.
nested
Algorithms
Assigment statement
equal (=)
19. Type ____ Error: False Positive
Hexadecimal base
Reserved words
I
mean
20. The address of a memory location
recursion
Replacement
pointer
control structures
21. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.
String Constants
concatenation
Input
array
22. 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
interpreted
Two complements
MOD
Selection algorithm
23. One of a number of alternative actions is selected and executed.
Selection algorithm
median
semantics
program composition
24. A reserved word for variable.
program composition
Reserved words
Sequential algorithm
VAR
25. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
logic
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
breakpoint
Sequential algorithm
26. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.
tracepoint
program composition
String Constants
interpreted
27. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
Reserved words
equal (=)
DIV
selection
28. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities
slack
end if
Constants
2
29. ____________ 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
counter
end if
algorithm
30. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
equal (=)
control structures
Sequential algorithm
syntax
31. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
slack
assignment
Selection algorithm
Validation
32. Statistical average
II
semantics
control structures
mean
33. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
Real numbers
recursion
semantics
Validation
34. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
Input
commutative
File
median
35. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.
Identifiers
Assigment statement
Two complements
Sequential algorithm
36. Type of control structure: LOOP
Iteration
Octal base
Memory unit
applications
37. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
constraints
transitive
end if
Iteration
38. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
MOD
linear
Logic
Replacement
39. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
program composition
mean
Validation
Input
40. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO
subscript
interpreted
breakpoint
Iteration
41. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________
Constants
Repetition algorithm
selection
dynamic allocation
42. In a loop while construct the loop will be terminated upon the introduction of a ____________ ____________
Selection algorithm
x
subroutine
false condition
43. A fixed position within source code: _________
Syntax
concatenation
subscript
label
44. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.
Time to failure
equal (=)
logic
Replacement
45. 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.
subroutine
dividend
quotient
Operating system
46. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction
Selection algorithm
tracepoint
counter
logic
47. for an "if" statement some languages require and "____________ _______" to close the selection group
Repetition algorithm
end if
dividend
Hexadecimal base
48. The remainder in a division.
MOD
compiled
tracepoint
loop
49. In Linear Programming a _________ is a means for simplifying the solution
dual
variance
oop
Validation
50. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
ReadLn
false condition
linear
mean