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General Programming
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Study First
Subject
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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. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
program composition
oop
commutative
dividend
2. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.
Octal base
Repetition algorithm
subscript
concatenation
3. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
ReadLn
divisor
Control unit
Constants
4. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
parameter
linear
nested
Real Constants
5. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.
tracepoint
recursion
breakpoint
linear
6. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities
Input
slack
linear
interpreted
7. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself
Identifiers
loop
recursion
slack
8. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.
variance
Control unit
Two complements
divisor
9. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO
Coding
DIV
Hexadecimal base
Iteration
10. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
selection
Iteration
logic
equal (=)
11. ____________ / divisor = quotient
dividend
Output
x
Constants
12. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
counter
equal (=)
Octal base
standard deviation
13. One of a number of alternative actions is selected and executed.
Selection algorithm
equal (=)
Output
Iteration
14. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
semantics
pointer
breakpoint
standard deviation
15. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.
variance
Binary scheme mean
linear
algorithm
16. 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
Input
loop
interpreted
variance
17. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
Replacement
assignment
end if
VAR
18. A formula developed to solve a problem
algorithm
linear
Two complements
syntax
19. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
Iteration
Two complements
subscript
Sequential algorithm
20. A reserved word for variable.
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
VAR
dual
divisor
21. Type ____ Error: False Positive
String Constants
parameter
I
Constants
22. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
transitive
I
linear
loop
23. Statistical middle
Iteration
Algorithms
tracepoint
median
24. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
Real numbers
Validation
dynamic allocation
Constants
25. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired
Iteration
associative
II
Logic
26. In a loop while construct the loop will be terminated upon the introduction of a ____________ ____________
label
Output
false condition
ReadLn
27. Statistical average
dual
mean
Integer
median
28. ____________ 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).
ReadLn
variance
dual
linear
29. Type _____ Error: False Negative
VAR
standard deviation
II
semantics
30. dividend / divisor = _______________
linear
assignment
quotient
Real Constants
31. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
Identifiers
Hexadecimal base
pointer
syntax
32. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
subroutine
concatenation
x
pointer
33. Type of control structure: CASE
semantics
Sequential algorithm
tracepoint
Selection
34. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
Memory unit
Files
Iteration
end if
35. Statistics: square root of variance
MOD
Control unit
standard deviation
Files
36. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction
Replacement
Selection algorithm
counter
Output
37. The grammatical rules of the language.
oop
Logic
Syntax
false condition
38. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.
Time to failure
Real numbers
variance
DIV
39. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.
MOD
Iteration
concatenation
subroutine
40. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
Integer
divisor
variance
constraints
41. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
Reserved words
ReadLn
quotient
transitive
42. The address of a memory location
Real numbers
pointer
assignment
Logic
43. A fixed position within source code: _________
label
Logic
Real Constants
compiled
44. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
algorithm
File
compiled
assignment
45. :=? 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.
tracepoint
Assigment statement
counter
File
46. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
oop
associative
applications
linear
47. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
File
Time to failure
array
ReadLn
48. Part of the program that may be repeated
subroutine
Files
Logic
loop
49. Quantities whose values do not change during program execution.
linear
Constants
dividend
counter
50. The steps are performed in a strictly sequential manner - each step being executed exactly once.
parameter
Identifiers
commutative
Sequential algorithm