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General Programming
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Study First
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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. ____________ / divisor = quotient
Sequential algorithm
Real numbers
dividend
String Constants
2. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
DIV
syntax
transitive
selection
3. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`
Real Constants
Selection algorithm
breakpoint
subscript
4. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.
Algorithms
Coding
Syntax
transitive
5. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
loop
Iteration
false condition
Selection
6. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
compiled
Logic
standard deviation
Files
7. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
DIV
Assigment statement
assignment
end if
8. Statistical middle
Real numbers
logic
dynamic allocation
median
9. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
semantics
subroutine
dividend
end if
10. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.
Time to failure
commutative
associative
String Constants
11. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
ReadLn
Operating system
Repetition algorithm
assignment
12. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
concatenation
associative
tracepoint
Reserved words
13. base value of a binary number system?
2
linear
Hexadecimal base
II
14. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
Validation
semantics
algorithm
equal (=)
15. A reserved word for variable.
Hexadecimal base
Assigment statement
VAR
false condition
16. A fixed position within source code: _________
Memory unit
label
recursion
logic
17. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)
Files
end if
Output
Hexadecimal base
18. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array
standard deviation
DIV
subscript
dynamic allocation
19. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
File
dynamic allocation
Iteration
logic
20. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
quotient
Memory unit
VAR
median
21. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
Binary scheme mean
compiled
nested
selection
22. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
Output
Control unit
tracepoint
Integer
23. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
Replacement
Time to failure
Integer
dividend
24. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.
nested
Octal base
Repetition algorithm
end if
25. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired
Logic
Control unit
ReadLn
Identifiers
26. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO
label
syntax
Iteration
Two complements
27. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
Assigment statement
Selection
Identifiers
MOD
28. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.
Coding
syntax
subscript
Selection
29. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.
algorithm
oop
semantics
Binary scheme mean
30. Part of the program that may be repeated
VAR
breakpoint
variance
loop
31. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________
Binary scheme mean
constraints
dual
assignment
32. Outout and Input are _____
assignment
end if
Files
Assigment statement
33. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
assignment
false condition
Constants
Octal base
34. :=? 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.
loop
Assigment statement
DIV
nested
35. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
applications
Iteration
Sequential algorithm
syntax
36. A programming paradigm that uses data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions - to design applications and computer programs.
Two complements
Syntax
oop
false condition
37. The address of a memory location
Constants
end if
subroutine
pointer
38. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.
Output
array
pointer
Iteration
39. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?
VAR
recursion
control structures
pointer
40. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
program composition
quotient
logic
false condition
41. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
Input
syntax
Memory unit
concatenation
42. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements
syntax
mean
nested
parameter
43. dividend / _____________ = quotient
divisor
Replacement
pointer
Selection algorithm
44. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
Syntax
associative
ReadLn
standard deviation
45. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
String Constants
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
subroutine
oop
46. 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.
Logic
Output
tracepoint
compiled
47. The remainder in a division.
slack
Algorithms
MOD
Boolean
48. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.
breakpoint
Repetition algorithm
VAR
File
49. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
nested
dual
logic
standard deviation
50. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction
counter
2
variance
II