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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. A fixed position within source code: _________






2. Statistics: square root of variance






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






4. Statistical middle






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






6. A _________ is a new way to use breakpoints. It is a breakpoint with a custom action associated with it. When hit it causes the debugger to perform the specified action instead of (or in addition to) breaking program execution.






7. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer






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






9. ____________ 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).






10. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. :=? 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.






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






19. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






20. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






22. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






24. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






25. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






28. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. Type of control structure: CASE






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






36. Type ____ Error: False Positive






37. dividend / _____________ = quotient






38. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






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






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






42. The address of a memory location






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






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






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






46. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






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






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