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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






2. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






3. ____________ 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).






4. Statistical average






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






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






7. Outout and Input are _____






8. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






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






11. The grammatical rules of the language.






12. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






14. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






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






18. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.






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






20. 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.






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






22. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






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






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






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






28. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






30. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






32. 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






33. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






35. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






39. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






40. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






42. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






43. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






44. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






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






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






49. Type of control structure: LOOP






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