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General Programming
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Study First
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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. A fixed position within source code: _________
false condition
loop
MOD
label
2. dividend / divisor = _______________
quotient
variance
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Syntax
3. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.
Replacement
String Constants
standard deviation
DIV
4. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
equal (=)
Real Constants
Control unit
subroutine
5. Type of control structure: LOOP
Iteration
x
pointer
Replacement
6. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
Real numbers
VAR
subroutine
2
7. Type _____ Error: False Negative
Coding
control structures
File
II
8. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
Algorithms
label
Replacement
x
9. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired
Logic
II
Real Constants
divisor
10. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.
control structures
array
String Constants
mean
11. The address of a memory location
Iteration
semantics
pointer
algorithm
12. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?
label
control structures
ReadLn
VAR
13. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.
String Constants
compiled
Time to failure
tracepoint
14. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
semantics
MOD
subroutine
linear
15. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
logic
Operating system
2
loop
16. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.
Iteration
Syntax
Input
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
17. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
nested
counter
Validation
Algorithms
18. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
transitive
subscript
compiled
standard deviation
19. ____________ 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
control structures
Real Constants
Assigment statement
20. 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.
Operating system
MOD
Octal base
tracepoint
21. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)
Integer
Sequential algorithm
Real Constants
Hexadecimal base
22. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
syntax
breakpoint
DIV
mean
23. A formula developed to solve a problem
Real Constants
algorithm
pointer
DIV
24. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result
commutative
false condition
Replacement
divisor
25. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
program composition
Binary scheme mean
II
Files
26. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
Algorithms
divisor
Memory unit
parameter
27. Statistical average
Integer
Memory unit
subroutine
mean
28. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
Reserved words
applications
parameter
equal (=)
29. A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.
Selection algorithm
VAR
Boolean
label
30. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
ReadLn
Sequential algorithm
transitive
DIV
31. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.
array
divisor
Repetition algorithm
dynamic allocation
32. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.
Coding
nested
DIV
dividend
33. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
constraints
program composition
applications
Files
34. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
semantics
DIV
selection
DIV
35. :=? 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.
interpreted
Output
Real numbers
Assigment statement
36. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
dividend
Iteration
control structures
mean
37. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.
breakpoint
Repetition algorithm
equal (=)
Two complements
38. Outout and Input are _____
control structures
II
Files
Time to failure
39. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array
pointer
subscript
median
Memory unit
40. One of a number of alternative actions is selected and executed.
DIV
Selection algorithm
oop
Iteration
41. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.
Octal base
variance
concatenation
linear
42. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
Binary scheme mean
divisor
associative
DIV
43. Part of the program that may be repeated
x
Replacement
loop
breakpoint
44. dividend / _____________ = quotient
Hexadecimal base
DIV
Sequential algorithm
divisor
45. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
String Constants
Assigment statement
selection
applications
46. 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.
parameter
Operating system
syntax
equal (=)
47. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
pointer
Constants
array
linear
48. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
File
end if
ReadLn
compiled
49. The grammatical rules of the language.
File
Syntax
VAR
II
50. Statistics: square root of variance
standard deviation
semantics
Integer
compiled