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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. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
x
Algorithms
Identifiers
counter
2. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`
Selection
Real Constants
2
logic
3. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)
Octal base
Binary scheme mean
syntax
Selection
4. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array
program composition
subscript
label
ReadLn
5. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
algorithm
Iteration
associative
subroutine
6. for an "if" statement some languages require and "____________ _______" to close the selection group
end if
Octal base
commutative
MOD
7. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
Operating system
linear
Logic
Control unit
8. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.
File
concatenation
commutative
median
9. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.
x
subroutine
Time to failure
File
10. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
Algorithms
ReadLn
Binary scheme mean
Integer
11. Integer division is denoted by _____
DIV
quotient
commutative
MOD
12. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction
DIV
counter
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
String Constants
13. Type _____ Error: False Negative
String Constants
II
mean
Real numbers
14. Type of control structure: CASE
array
I
quotient
Selection
15. The grammatical rules of the language.
Syntax
logic
Octal base
oop
16. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO
syntax
Iteration
DIV
loop
17. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired
Logic
equal (=)
standard deviation
Validation
18. Statistical average
Repetition algorithm
Assigment statement
mean
program composition
19. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.
I
Octal base
Algorithms
tracepoint
20. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.
Reserved words
Identifiers
oop
parameter
21. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
Validation
tracepoint
VAR
Repetition algorithm
22. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
Iteration
2
standard deviation
applications
23. :=? 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.
divisor
Assigment statement
control structures
algorithm
24. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
quotient
compiled
2
algorithm
25. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
recursion
Input
linear
dual
26. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.
Real Constants
2
Input
Real numbers
27. ____________ / divisor = quotient
DIV
Hexadecimal base
dividend
Assigment statement
28. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.
Replacement
equal (=)
breakpoint
assignment
29. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
Repetition algorithm
nested
associative
dynamic allocation
30. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.
Binary scheme mean
end if
dynamic allocation
median
31. A reserved word for variable.
MOD
VAR
tracepoint
Real Constants
32. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
assignment
Iteration
linear
divisor
33. ____________ 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).
DIV
Octal base
variance
linear
34. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
Memory unit
dynamic allocation
Two complements
Time to failure
35. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
compiled
applications
syntax
Reserved words
36. 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
VAR
linear
interpreted
syntax
37. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
associative
Binary scheme mean
array
File
38. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
ReadLn
Coding
Binary scheme mean
Real numbers
39. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________
dynamic allocation
Integer
ReadLn
nested
40. The information that is produced to solve the problem.
Logic
Output
mean
Selection algorithm
41. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.
algorithm
divisor
array
subscript
42. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
commutative
mean
Integer
transitive
43. base value of a binary number system?
DIV
2
tracepoint
oop
44. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.
Input
Validation
Two complements
linear
45. Outout and Input are _____
Integer
Files
assignment
pointer
46. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________
Sequential algorithm
constraints
nested
equal (=)
47. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
recursion
Reserved words
Constants
2
48. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
applications
Iteration
constraints
program composition
49. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result
Selection
Control unit
commutative
I
50. The remainder in a division.
semantics
MOD
commutative
Syntax