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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






4. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?






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






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






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






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






9. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






11. ____________ / divisor = quotient






12. The grammatical rules of the language.






13. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






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






17. A reserved word for variable.






18. Statistical average






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






20. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. ____________ 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).






31. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






33. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






35. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






36. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






37. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






39. Outout and Input are _____






40. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






43. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






45. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






46. The steps are performed in a strictly sequential manner - each step being executed exactly once.






47. dividend / divisor = _______________






48. Part of the program that may be repeated






49. Statistical middle






50. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________