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General Programming

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






11. :=? 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.






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






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






14. The remainder in a division.






15. base value of a binary number system?






16. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






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






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






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






22. The grammatical rules of the language.






23. Outout and Input are _____






24. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






26. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






29. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






31. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






32. Zero sum game theory problems can be solved by means of ____________ programming






33. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






37. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






39. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






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






43. dividend / _____________ = quotient






44. Integer division is denoted by _____






45. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






46. ____________ / divisor = quotient






47. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






49. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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