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General Programming
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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. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.
syntax
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
nested
linear
2. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .
2
x
compiled
counter
3. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________
linear
constraints
VAR
dynamic allocation
4. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result
dynamic allocation
Replacement
commutative
interpreted
5. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
Time to failure
Iteration
Logic
program composition
6. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
x
oop
Integer
Time to failure
7. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.
semantics
transitive
commutative
concatenation
8. A fixed position within source code: _________
II
slack
Control unit
label
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.
Selection algorithm
MOD
Coding
Selection
10. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
assignment
end if
counter
nested
11. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?
linear
control structures
Real Constants
assignment
12. The grammatical rules of the language.
Syntax
Selection
Real Constants
variance
13. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)
variance
Validation
subscript
Hexadecimal base
14. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
oop
Two complements
File
pointer
15. Zero sum game theory problems can be solved by means of ____________ programming
logic
linear
mean
commutative
16. Outout and Input are _____
Logic
Files
standard deviation
median
17. dividend / divisor = _______________
quotient
Validation
Identifiers
Iteration
18. for an "if" statement some languages require and "____________ _______" to close the selection group
label
end if
Reserved words
Iteration
19. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.
File
Boolean
Real numbers
String Constants
20. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
Identifiers
slack
algorithm
Iteration
21. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array
false condition
concatenation
subscript
counter
22. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
Coding
Integer
associative
semantics
23. One of a number of alternative actions is selected and executed.
median
logic
Selection algorithm
parameter
24. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself
Input
recursion
assignment
Integer
25. Type of control structure: LOOP
syntax
dynamic allocation
recursion
Iteration
26. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
Assigment statement
transitive
VAR
DIV
27. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
Replacement
syntax
Reserved words
Output
28. A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.
program composition
mean
Boolean
Real numbers
29. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
commutative
compiled
oop
applications
30. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
String Constants
Operating system
ReadLn
selection
31. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
Iteration
equal (=)
II
DIV
32. In a loop while construct the loop will be terminated upon the introduction of a ____________ ____________
transitive
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
false condition
end if
33. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
Reserved words
mean
semantics
breakpoint
34. 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.
Operating system
selection
I
Constants
35. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.
pointer
Binary scheme mean
slack
Selection algorithm
36. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
program composition
Control unit
String Constants
Coding
37. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
subroutine
Selection
program composition
divisor
38. ____________ / divisor = quotient
dividend
compiled
median
MOD
39. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
applications
Iteration
Sequential algorithm
commutative
40. A reserved word for variable.
2
VAR
compiled
Real numbers
41. Statistics: square root of variance
syntax
Algorithms
standard deviation
breakpoint
42. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.
File
Input
Real Constants
parameter
43. :=? 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.
Assigment statement
equal (=)
logic
DIV
44. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.
parameter
semantics
ReadLn
Selection algorithm
45. Type of control structure: CASE
Operating system
Selection
DIV
Iteration
46. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
interpreted
Replacement
mean
MOD
47. dividend / _____________ = quotient
Boolean
2
Time to failure
divisor
48. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
Hexadecimal base
transitive
Time to failure
commutative
49. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.
Iteration
variance
Algorithms
constraints
50. Type _____ Error: False Negative
control structures
DIV
dynamic allocation
II