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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. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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






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






5. :=? 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.






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






7. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






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






10. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






11. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






14. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement






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






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






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






18. The remainder in a division.






19. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






28. The address of a memory location






29. Statistics: square root of variance






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






31. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






33. Zero sum game theory problems can be solved by means of ____________ programming






34. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






35. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






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






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






40. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






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






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






45. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






47. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






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