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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
Algorithms
program composition
Logic
Files
2. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction
Real Constants
counter
slack
standard deviation
3. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
dividend
syntax
divisor
linear
4. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
program composition
Integer
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
syntax
5. In Linear Programming a _________ is a means for simplifying the solution
subroutine
Output
dual
ReadLn
6. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________
II
Files
Selection algorithm
dynamic allocation
7. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
Octal base
Iteration
variance
linear
8. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
MOD
Iteration
logic
constraints
9. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
Validation
Integer
compiled
VAR
10. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
selection
control structures
Iteration
DIV
11. Type _____ Error: False Negative
transitive
II
Logic
associative
12. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.
parameter
label
VAR
selection
13. Statistical average
mean
algorithm
Operating system
Coding
14. ____________ / divisor = quotient
dual
dividend
Output
File
15. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .
x
Real numbers
program composition
Replacement
16. 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
equal (=)
Octal base
Real numbers
17. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
Octal base
compiled
assignment
linear
18. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.
semantics
subroutine
Algorithms
slack
19. Type of control structure: CASE
Selection
Input
VAR
Algorithms
20. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
commutative
Replacement
standard deviation
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
21. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
median
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
String Constants
File
22. Statistical middle
ReadLn
variance
median
Selection algorithm
23. In a loop while construct the loop will be terminated upon the introduction of a ____________ ____________
Repetition algorithm
false condition
end if
label
24. The information that is produced to solve the problem.
Output
mean
Iteration
Control unit
25. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
Real numbers
transitive
oop
logic
26. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO
semantics
Output
Iteration
Algorithms
27. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
linear
Real Constants
associative
Selection
28. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
Reserved words
assignment
Control unit
logic
29. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities
Constants
slack
pointer
standard deviation
30. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
Iteration
Selection algorithm
semantics
Validation
31. for an "if" statement some languages require and "____________ _______" to close the selection group
File
MOD
end if
Iteration
32. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
concatenation
II
Memory unit
assignment
33. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)
Selection
Octal base
VAR
mean
34. A fixed position within source code: _________
label
pointer
control structures
interpreted
35. A programming paradigm that uses data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions - to design applications and computer programs.
compiled
dynamic allocation
standard deviation
oop
36. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________
Reserved words
constraints
MOD
Logic
37. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.
x
Integer
Time to failure
interpreted
38. A reserved word for variable.
associative
Time to failure
VAR
Replacement
39. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.
quotient
breakpoint
loop
Iteration
40. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.
Repetition algorithm
semantics
Coding
subroutine
41. One of a number of alternative actions is selected and executed.
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
ReadLn
Selection algorithm
array
42. Part of the program that may be repeated
breakpoint
Logic
oop
loop
43. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.
Sequential algorithm
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
standard deviation
dividend
44. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself
linear
Reserved words
ReadLn
recursion
45. The remainder in a division.
associative
MOD
pointer
concatenation
46. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
assignment
pointer
recursion
equal (=)
47. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.
Binary scheme mean
loop
breakpoint
oop
48. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
array
Iteration
syntax
Identifiers
49. Outout and Input are _____
x
Files
linear
Coding
50. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`
Memory unit
breakpoint
Real Constants
recursion