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General Programming

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1. A fixed position within source code: _________






2. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






3. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






6. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






7. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






9. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result






10. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






12. Type ____ Error: False Positive






13. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






15. Statistical average






16. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.






17. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






20. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






22. base value of a binary number system?






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






24. ____________ / divisor = quotient






25. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






27. ____________ 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).






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






29. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.






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






31. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






34. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






37. 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.






38. Statistics: square root of variance






39. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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







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