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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).






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






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






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






5. In Linear Programming a _________ is a means for simplifying the solution






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






7. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






8. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






11. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






13. Statistical average






14. ____________ / divisor = quotient






15. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .






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






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






18. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.






19. Type of control structure: CASE






20. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






22. Statistical middle






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






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






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






26. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






28. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.






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






30. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






32. The place where the instructions and data are stored.






33. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






34. A fixed position within source code: _________






35. A programming paradigm that uses data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions - to design applications and computer programs.






36. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






38. A reserved word for variable.






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






40. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






42. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






44. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






45. The remainder in a division.






46. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement






47. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.






48. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.






49. Outout and Input are _____






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