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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. Statistical middle






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






9. The remainder in a division.






10. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






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






13. Type of control structure: CASE






14. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






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






18. :=? 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.






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






20. Outout and Input are _____






21. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






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






25. The address of a memory location






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






27. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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






30. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






32. 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






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






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






35. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






36. base value of a binary number system?






37. Statistical average






38. A formula developed to solve a problem






39. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






40. A fixed position within source code: _________






41. A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.






42. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






43. Type ____ Error: False Positive






44. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






46. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






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






50. Type _____ Error: False Negative