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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






3. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






5. Type _____ Error: False Negative






6. :=? 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.






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






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






9. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






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






13. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.






14. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






16. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






19. dividend / _____________ = quotient






20. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






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






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






25. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






27. 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.






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






29. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






31. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






33. 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






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






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






36. ____________ 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).






37. The address of a memory location






38. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






41. Type ____ Error: False Positive






42. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer






43. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






44. A reserved word for variable.






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






46. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






47. dividend / divisor = _______________






48. ____________ / divisor = quotient






49. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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