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General Programming

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






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






3. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






5. The address of a memory location






6. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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






9. Outout and Input are _____






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






11. dividend / _____________ = quotient






12. Statistical average






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






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






15. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






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






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






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






21. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






22. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






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






26. A reserved word for variable.






27. It allocates storage for programs and data and carry out many other supervisory functions. It acts as an interface between the user and the machine.






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






29. The grammatical rules of the language.






30. Type ____ Error: False Positive






31. ____________ 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).






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






33. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .






34. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.






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






36. :=? 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.






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






38. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






39. The remainder in a division.






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






41. 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






42. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






44. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result






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






46. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






48. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE






49. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`






50. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.







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