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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. Type of control structure: LOOP






2. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






10. Zero sum game theory problems can be solved by means of ____________ programming






11. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.






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






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






14. The remainder in a division.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Statistical average






21. dividend / _____________ = quotient






22. Type of control structure: CASE






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






24. Part of the program that may be repeated






25. A fixed position within source code: _________






26. ____________ 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).






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






28. Outout and Input are _____






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






30. A reserved word for variable.






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






32. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






33. ____________ / divisor = quotient






34. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






35. Type ____ Error: False Positive






36. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






37. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. base value of a binary number system?






43. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






45. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






46. Statistical middle






47. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.






48. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?






49. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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