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General Programming
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Study First
Subject
:
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 _________ 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.
2
tracepoint
Time to failure
divisor
2. Type _____ Error: False Negative
Control unit
Memory unit
II
DIV
3. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
compiled
loop
mean
logic
4. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.
end if
Replacement
false condition
String Constants
5. Type ____ Error: False Positive
DIV
I
interpreted
assignment
6. A reserved word for variable.
VAR
DIV
Control unit
Hexadecimal base
7. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Control unit
tracepoint
commutative
8. Statistical average
mean
Iteration
recursion
Logic
9. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
Iteration
Octal base
dividend
Validation
10. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
applications
Selection
Real numbers
Input
11. Part of the program that may be repeated
I
File
array
loop
12. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
Repetition algorithm
linear
divisor
Integer
13. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.
array
Hexadecimal base
Assigment statement
associative
14. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
Identifiers
subscript
Iteration
transitive
15. One of a number of alternative actions is selected and executed.
program composition
Selection algorithm
DIV
File
16. Outout and Input are _____
Iteration
nested
Files
assignment
17. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
Memory unit
syntax
selection
slack
18. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
Hexadecimal base
Sequential algorithm
standard deviation
File
19. Quantities whose values do not change during program execution.
Constants
recursion
commutative
Boolean
20. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
median
Validation
Iteration
DIV
21. The information that is produced to solve the problem.
nested
Replacement
Output
oop
22. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
Validation
Real numbers
equal (=)
DIV
23. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
subscript
Algorithms
Iteration
applications
24. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
compiled
ReadLn
Control unit
algorithm
25. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
Replacement
Reserved words
false condition
ReadLn
26. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`
Real Constants
slack
Files
logic
27. dividend / divisor = _______________
Real numbers
x
quotient
Repetition algorithm
28. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________
Assigment statement
Operating system
dynamic allocation
loop
29. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.
interpreted
Input
Selection
Two complements
30. A fixed position within source code: _________
x
algorithm
label
constraints
31. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself
program composition
II
x
recursion
32. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
linear
syntax
divisor
ReadLn
33. :=? 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.
linear
Repetition algorithm
Assigment statement
oop
34. A programming paradigm that uses data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions - to design applications and computer programs.
ReadLn
variance
subroutine
oop
35. 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.
x
Real numbers
File
Operating system
36. The address of a memory location
pointer
array
DIV
ReadLn
37. ____________ 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).
equal (=)
Binary scheme mean
variance
2
38. Integer division is denoted by _____
median
DIV
Memory unit
Logic
39. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.
dynamic allocation
Selection
syntax
Input
40. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.
Output
applications
Iteration
Algorithms
41. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
counter
Identifiers
semantics
Reserved words
42. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements
applications
label
logic
nested
43. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
recursion
end if
associative
slack
44. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
subroutine
associative
algorithm
II
45. Type of control structure: CASE
Selection
dynamic allocation
I
Boolean
46. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.
parameter
label
Output
counter
47. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
String Constants
loop
Sequential algorithm
linear
48. The remainder in a division.
Constants
array
MOD
linear
49. 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
interpreted
Repetition algorithm
transitive
File
50. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)
Octal base
Syntax
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
linear