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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction






2. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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.






4. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Part of the program that may be repeated






12. The remainder in a division.






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






14. A formula developed to solve a problem






15. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






17. Outout and Input are _____






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






19. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






20. The address of a memory location






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






22. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






23. Statistical average






24. dividend / _____________ = quotient






25. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






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






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






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






30. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. base value of a binary number system?






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






37. Type of control structure: CASE






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






39. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






40. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.






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






47. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






48. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






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