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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: LOOP






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






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






4. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






5. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






8. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






10. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement






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






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






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






14. ____________ 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).






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






16. dividend / divisor = _______________






17. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






19. :=? 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.






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






21. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






24. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






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






28. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________






29. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






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






33. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.






34. Outout and Input are _____






35. 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






36. Part of the program that may be repeated






37. The remainder in a division.






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






39. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






41. Type _____ Error: False Negative






42. 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.






43. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






44. Statistical middle






45. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






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






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






49. Statistics: square root of variance






50. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL