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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. A fixed position within source code: _________






2. dividend / divisor = _______________






3. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






5. Type of control structure: LOOP






6. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.






7. Type _____ Error: False Negative






8. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






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






11. The address of a memory location






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. ____________ 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).






20. 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.






21. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






23. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






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






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






27. Statistical average






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






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






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






31. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






34. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






35. :=? 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.






36. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






37. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.






38. Outout and Input are _____






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






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






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






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






43. Part of the program that may be repeated






44. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






46. 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.






47. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






49. The grammatical rules of the language.






50. Statistics: square root of variance