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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.






2. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






5. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






7. The remainder in a division.






8. Outout and Input are _____






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






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






11. A formula developed to solve a problem






12. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.






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






14. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






16. dividend / _____________ = quotient






17. base value of a binary number system?






18. Statistical average






19. The grammatical rules of the language.






20. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






21. The address of a memory location






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






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






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






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






26. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Statistics: square root of variance






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






33. Type of control structure: LOOP






34. ____________ / divisor = quotient






35. Statistical middle






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






37. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






38. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






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






47. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






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