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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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1. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
counter
ReadLn
parameter
Memory unit
2. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired
Logic
semantics
array
parameter
3. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
Boolean
Input
linear
Validation
4. Statistics: square root of variance
Logic
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
breakpoint
standard deviation
5. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.
Input
linear
Reserved words
syntax
6. Type _____ Error: False Negative
Constants
II
Output
control structures
7. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.
Memory unit
Coding
Syntax
File
8. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction
counter
DIV
oop
label
9. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
Repetition algorithm
compiled
Octal base
I
10. Statistical average
Two complements
loop
MOD
mean
11. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
nested
semantics
Coding
program composition
12. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
Reserved words
Identifiers
I
Assigment statement
13. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.
breakpoint
Time to failure
loop
Hexadecimal base
14. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array
linear
subscript
x
2
15. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
Iteration
linear
2
logic
16. A formula developed to solve a problem
subroutine
algorithm
Time to failure
Repetition algorithm
17. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.
end if
label
Control unit
Binary scheme mean
18. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
loop
pointer
recursion
Memory unit
19. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
pointer
dynamic allocation
divisor
Validation
20. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
Time to failure
compiled
Real numbers
Reserved words
21. Zero sum game theory problems can be solved by means of ____________ programming
linear
Coding
Iteration
VAR
22. Part of the program that may be repeated
loop
standard deviation
Memory unit
mean
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.
Two complements
tracepoint
Logic
applications
24. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
mean
Iteration
logic
dual
25. Type of control structure: CASE
associative
slack
Assigment statement
Selection
26. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
program composition
linear
File
Algorithms
27. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`
Real Constants
Iteration
parameter
subroutine
28. The address of a memory location
II
pointer
Constants
recursion
29. The grammatical rules of the language.
selection
Validation
Syntax
end if
30. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO
MOD
equal (=)
Iteration
Files
31. dividend / divisor = _______________
Validation
quotient
nested
slack
32. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result
Integer
Time to failure
median
commutative
33. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
Algorithms
slack
Control unit
counter
34. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
Algorithms
Operating system
transitive
standard deviation
35. :=? 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.
Octal base
VAR
breakpoint
Assigment statement
36. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements
dynamic allocation
selection
nested
Time to failure
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.
Input
applications
Operating system
slack
38. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
Selection
syntax
linear
Files
39. A reserved word for variable.
Control unit
File
syntax
VAR
40. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
applications
Assigment statement
Real numbers
Algorithms
41. The remainder in a division.
Constants
false condition
MOD
Operating system
42. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.
Output
commutative
Two complements
oop
43. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
Repetition algorithm
Integer
associative
dual
44. Statistical middle
median
Real numbers
File
constraints
45. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
II
Replacement
MOD
parameter
46. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
Boolean
x
semantics
Sequential algorithm
47. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.
Real Constants
parameter
Constants
Identifiers
48. A programming paradigm that uses data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions - to design applications and computer programs.
String Constants
syntax
Output
oop
49. The information that is produced to solve the problem.
Time to failure
Real numbers
Output
pointer
50. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________
counter
standard deviation
Time to failure
dynamic allocation