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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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 variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.






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






3. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






5. A fixed position within source code: _________






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Outout and Input are _____






13. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






15. The address of a memory location






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






17. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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






20. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






21. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction






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






23. :=? 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.






24. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






27. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






29. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






30. A formula developed to solve a problem






31. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






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






35. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






38. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






41. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






42. Part of the program that may be repeated






43. Statistical middle






44. ____________ 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).






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






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






47. Type _____ Error: False Negative






48. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






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