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General Programming

Subject : 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. The address of a memory location






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






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






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






5. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






6. Type ____ Error: False Positive






7. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).






8. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements






9. Part of the program that may be repeated






10. base value of a binary number system?






11. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.






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






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






15. Type _____ Error: False Negative






16. The remainder in a division.






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. dividend / _____________ = quotient






25. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.






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






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






28. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






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






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






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






34. Statistical average






35. Statistics: square root of variance






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






37. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






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






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






42. :=? 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.






43. Statistical middle






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






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






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






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






48. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






50. A reserved word for variable.