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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A _________ is a new way to use breakpoints. It is a breakpoint with a custom action associated with it. When hit it causes the debugger to perform the specified action instead of (or in addition to) breaking program execution.






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






7. Statistics: square root of variance






8. The grammatical rules of the language.






9. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






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






12. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






14. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






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






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






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






20. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






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






23. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






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






27. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






29. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






31. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






33. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






34. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






37. :=? 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.






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






39. ____________ 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).






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






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






42. The address of a memory location






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






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






45. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






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






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






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