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General Programming

Subject : 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. Statistical average






2. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.






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






4. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






5. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






7. The grammatical rules of the language.






8. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






10. Type _____ Error: False Negative






11. base value of a binary number system?






12. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






14. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array






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






16. 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.






17. Outout and Input are _____






18. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






20. A reserved word for variable.






21. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.






22. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






24. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used






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






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






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






28. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






30. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






32. A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.






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






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






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






36. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






38. The address of a memory location






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






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






41. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






43. Type ____ Error: False Positive






44. Statistics: square root of variance






45. :=? 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.






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






47. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






50. A fixed position within source code: _________