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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. :=? 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.






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






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






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






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






6. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






9. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






10. The place where the instructions and data are stored.






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






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






13. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






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






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






18. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






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






21. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






24. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






26. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






27. The remainder in a division.






28. 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.






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






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






31. Outout and Input are _____






32. ____________ 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).






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






34. base value of a binary number system?






35. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






36. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






37. 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.






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






39. A formula developed to solve a problem






40. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






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






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






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






46. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






47. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






49. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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