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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






11. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






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






15. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






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






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






20. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






21. :=? 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.






22. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






25. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






27. Integer division is denoted by _____






28. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






30. The address of a memory location






31. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






34. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






36. Statistical middle






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






38. Type of control structure: CASE






39. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






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






42. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






43. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






45. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






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






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






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






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