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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






2. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities






3. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.






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






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






6. 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.






7. Statistics: square root of variance






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






9. The remainder in a division.






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






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






12. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






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






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






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






18. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






21. Type of control structure: LOOP






22. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






24. Type of control structure: CASE






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






26. base value of a binary number system?






27. 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






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






29. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






30. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






33. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






36. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






37. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






44. ____________ 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).






45. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






46. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






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






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






50. A formula developed to solve a problem