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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .






2. A reserved word for variable.






3. Outout and Input are _____






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






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. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






7. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






9. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






12. Statistical middle






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






14. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






15. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?






16. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).






17. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






20. base value of a binary number system?






21. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






23. A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.






24. dividend / _____________ = quotient






25. Statistical average






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






27. The address of a memory location






28. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






30. The grammatical rules of the language.






31. :=? 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.






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






33. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






35. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






37. ____________ 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).






38. Type of control structure: CASE






39. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






41. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________






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






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






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






45. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






47. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.






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






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






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