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General Programming
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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. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.
array
Operating system
dual
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
2. The steps are performed in a strictly sequential manner - each step being executed exactly once.
concatenation
Replacement
Sequential algorithm
Coding
3. :=? 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.
Constants
logic
VAR
Assigment statement
4. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired
Octal base
Two complements
Logic
Syntax
5. Part of the program that may be repeated
interpreted
slack
loop
Files
6. Type ____ Error: False Positive
I
2
logic
tracepoint
7. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
Replacement
I
oop
assignment
8. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
semantics
tracepoint
Iteration
compiled
9. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
commutative
logic
selection
constraints
10. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.
dynamic allocation
compiled
median
parameter
11. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.
Binary scheme mean
concatenation
Replacement
Memory unit
12. One of a number of alternative actions is selected and executed.
tracepoint
array
algorithm
Selection algorithm
13. ____________ 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).
File
selection
oop
variance
14. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
Logic
I
transitive
selection
15. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
tracepoint
recursion
Validation
Output
16. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result
Assigment statement
commutative
recursion
String Constants
17. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)
pointer
subroutine
Octal base
Replacement
18. A formula developed to solve a problem
Validation
Selection
algorithm
control structures
19. ____________ / divisor = quotient
String Constants
Syntax
dividend
Selection algorithm
20. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
VAR
associative
I
Syntax
21. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.
Selection algorithm
standard deviation
String Constants
interpreted
22. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.
Sequential algorithm
DIV
parameter
array
23. 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.
false condition
Constants
tracepoint
Iteration
24. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
Reserved words
DIV
loop
tracepoint
25. A programming paradigm that uses data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions - to design applications and computer programs.
ReadLn
Operating system
oop
Syntax
26. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
parameter
mean
Sequential algorithm
ReadLn
27. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`
equal (=)
Real Constants
parameter
pointer
28. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
Input
Hexadecimal base
Identifiers
Iteration
29. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities
slack
program composition
Syntax
parameter
30. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
Selection algorithm
Files
subscript
syntax
31. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.
Input
Octal base
Binary scheme mean
2
32. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
breakpoint
Hexadecimal base
subroutine
ReadLn
33. In Linear Programming a _________ is a means for simplifying the solution
subscript
Binary scheme mean
dual
algorithm
34. 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
DIV
linear
interpreted
false condition
35. The address of a memory location
Reserved words
Binary scheme mean
VAR
pointer
36. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction
nested
counter
Control unit
Coding
37. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array
subscript
Logic
assignment
Integer
38. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
subscript
counter
slack
program composition
39. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
Validation
transitive
Selection algorithm
compiled
40. Type of control structure: CASE
Selection
linear
nested
mean
41. Zero sum game theory problems can be solved by means of ____________ programming
linear
nested
false condition
transitive
42. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
selection
pointer
end if
43. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
applications
Syntax
Assigment statement
File
44. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
applications
DIV
Reserved words
commutative
45. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)
subscript
semantics
assignment
Hexadecimal base
46. for an "if" statement some languages require and "____________ _______" to close the selection group
String Constants
logic
end if
subroutine
47. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
Repetition algorithm
dividend
commutative
Integer
48. Statistical average
Output
variance
concatenation
mean
49. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________
String Constants
Iteration
dynamic allocation
Repetition algorithm
50. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
Real numbers
Reserved words
divisor
Replacement