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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. Type of control structure: LOOP
equal (=)
2
end if
Iteration
2. The remainder in a division.
loop
MOD
semantics
Hexadecimal base
3. A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.
Boolean
Files
String Constants
x
4. The address of a memory location
pointer
Replacement
variance
Real Constants
5. for an "if" statement some languages require and "____________ _______" to close the selection group
DIV
end if
String Constants
linear
6. The grammatical rules of the language.
DIV
Syntax
equal (=)
Validation
7. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .
mean
x
divisor
Integer
8. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
parameter
breakpoint
program composition
oop
9. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.
equal (=)
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
array
x
10. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.
standard deviation
VAR
false condition
array
11. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
equal (=)
dividend
subroutine
divisor
12. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
recursion
equal (=)
Files
Boolean
13. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
dual
divisor
semantics
tracepoint
14. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.
end if
Time to failure
Input
subscript
15. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO
assignment
false condition
DIV
Iteration
16. Integer division is denoted by _____
dividend
DIV
commutative
loop
17. Statistical middle
Input
median
parameter
algorithm
18. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.
linear
I
Repetition algorithm
Time to failure
19. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
slack
Selection
Octal base
Validation
20. Statistics: square root of variance
Selection algorithm
standard deviation
selection
compiled
21. Type of control structure: CASE
Selection
Binary scheme mean
Control unit
Reserved words
22. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
recursion
dual
Boolean
linear
23. dividend / divisor = _______________
label
commutative
quotient
Time to failure
24. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
assignment
breakpoint
pointer
Files
25. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)
associative
Octal base
algorithm
slack
26. In Linear Programming a _________ is a means for simplifying the solution
Validation
dual
variance
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
27. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself
Hexadecimal base
dual
commutative
recursion
28. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.
II
parameter
array
algorithm
29. Type _____ Error: False Negative
counter
applications
interpreted
II
30. In a loop while construct the loop will be terminated upon the introduction of a ____________ ____________
Iteration
slack
false condition
Real numbers
31. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?
subscript
Logic
control structures
Operating system
32. Zero sum game theory problems can be solved by means of ____________ programming
oop
nested
linear
Binary scheme mean
33. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
Hexadecimal base
Binary scheme mean
logic
interpreted
34. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.
oop
Memory unit
File
Two complements
35. ____________ / divisor = quotient
interpreted
dividend
VAR
Output
36. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
Octal base
subroutine
label
ReadLn
37. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
label
Sequential algorithm
control structures
compiled
38. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
Reserved words
oop
ReadLn
Files
39. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
tracepoint
Assigment statement
DIV
parameter
40. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.
nested
I
Coding
false condition
41. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)
File
Hexadecimal base
Output
Two complements
42. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
end if
Assigment statement
selection
Syntax
43. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Real numbers
Real Constants
algorithm
44. dividend / _____________ = quotient
2
Syntax
Repetition algorithm
divisor
45. 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
interpreted
loop
II
Coding
46. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
syntax
Reserved words
Binary scheme mean
selection
47. ____________ 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).
x
variance
Real Constants
Input
48. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
syntax
VAR
Integer
Operating system
49. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
false condition
Control unit
File
dual
50. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
Reserved words
x
Replacement
Iteration