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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






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






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






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






7. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .






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






9. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






11. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






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






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






15. The address of a memory location






16. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






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






20. dividend / _____________ = quotient






21. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






22. Statistical middle






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






24. dividend / divisor = _______________






25. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






28. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements






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






30. ____________ / divisor = quotient






31. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






33. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






34. Part of the program that may be repeated






35. A reserved word for variable.






36. :=? 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.






37. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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