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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






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






7. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






8. The address of a memory location






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






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






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






12. ____________ 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).






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






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






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






16. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






19. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






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






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






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






25. The grammatical rules of the language.






26. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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






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






30. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






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






33. dividend / _____________ = quotient






34. Part of the program that may be repeated






35. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






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






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






39. The remainder in a division.






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






41. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






44. base value of a binary number system?






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






46. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






48. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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