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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.






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






3. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






5. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






7. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






9. Statistical middle






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






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






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






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






14. :=? 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.






15. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






22. 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.






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






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






25. Outout and Input are _____






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






27. Type of control structure: CASE






28. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






29. ____________ 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).






30. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






33. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. The address of a memory location






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






41. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






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






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






45. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






48. dividend / _____________ = quotient






49. In Linear Programming a _________ is a means for simplifying the solution






50. The remainder in a division.