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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Quantities whose values do not change during program execution.






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






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






4. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.






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






6. A formula developed to solve a problem






7. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .






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






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






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






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






12. base value of a binary number system?






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






14. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






15. The information that is produced to solve the problem.






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The address of a memory location






24. ____________ / divisor = quotient






25. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






27. The grammatical rules of the language.






28. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






29. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer






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






31. ____________ 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).






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






33. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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.






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






37. Type _____ Error: False Negative






38. dividend / divisor = _______________






39. 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






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






41. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






42. Part of the program that may be repeated






43. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






45. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.






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






47. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






49. The remainder in a division.






50. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines