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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. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
Operating system
Replacement
label
Real Constants
2. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.
Two complements
counter
selection
semantics
3. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
compiled
Boolean
oop
File
4. ____________ / divisor = quotient
divisor
Constants
dividend
Operating system
5. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________
Real numbers
dynamic allocation
slack
interpreted
6. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
subroutine
x
concatenation
Control unit
7. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
Control unit
Identifiers
Constants
semantics
8. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.
Input
Reserved words
Binary scheme mean
Two complements
9. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
Integer
semantics
syntax
Output
10. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
DIV
Operating system
logic
Real numbers
11. Type ____ Error: False Positive
Real Constants
program composition
I
II
12. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)
Hexadecimal base
Real numbers
Output
standard deviation
13. In a loop while construct the loop will be terminated upon the introduction of a ____________ ____________
linear
false condition
Iteration
nested
14. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
Reserved words
mean
String Constants
Validation
15. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired
standard deviation
subscript
Logic
2
16. ____________ 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).
variance
parameter
loop
logic
17. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
Algorithms
variance
Identifiers
applications
18. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
Reserved words
associative
Selection algorithm
Selection
19. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities
Boolean
subscript
standard deviation
slack
20. Type of control structure: CASE
false condition
Output
standard deviation
Selection
21. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO
Iteration
Replacement
nested
array
22. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.
Binary scheme mean
Time to failure
control structures
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
23. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
dynamic allocation
applications
Sequential algorithm
ReadLn
24. Statistical middle
median
loop
concatenation
program composition
25. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
Sequential algorithm
x
2
Memory unit
26. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.
Hexadecimal base
Repetition algorithm
Real Constants
breakpoint
27. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
Integer
Iteration
Logic
Output
28. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
Binary scheme mean
Syntax
selection
Two complements
29. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.
Reserved words
recursion
array
Time to failure
30. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________
constraints
linear
oop
interpreted
31. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.
Time to failure
recursion
compiled
String Constants
32. dividend / _____________ = quotient
Repetition algorithm
divisor
assignment
control structures
33. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
Time to failure
Binary scheme mean
Octal base
subroutine
34. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.
Replacement
algorithm
I
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
35. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
2
Binary scheme mean
median
transitive
36. for an "if" statement some languages require and "____________ _______" to close the selection group
end if
Iteration
VAR
algorithm
37. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
concatenation
ReadLn
Binary scheme mean
equal (=)
38. The remainder in a division.
MOD
Replacement
label
compiled
39. :=? 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.
linear
Iteration
breakpoint
Assigment statement
40. The information that is produced to solve the problem.
II
applications
Replacement
Output
41. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?
Iteration
subscript
control structures
median
42. In Linear Programming a _________ is a means for simplifying the solution
program composition
dual
Reserved words
DIV
43. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
variance
syntax
Replacement
File
44. 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
constraints
equal (=)
oop
45. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
assignment
false condition
loop
Input
46. The grammatical rules of the language.
File
Iteration
Syntax
dynamic allocation
47. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`
Algorithms
Real Constants
Operating system
II
48. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.
subroutine
semantics
Replacement
breakpoint
49. Integer division is denoted by _____
Iteration
dividend
DIV
selection
50. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
oop
program composition
Sequential algorithm
File