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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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1. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .






2. Statistics: square root of variance






3. Outout and Input are _____






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






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






6. base value of a binary number system?






7. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






9. Integer division is denoted by _____






10. 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.






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






12. Type of control structure: CASE






13. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






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






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






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






19. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






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






23. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






31. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result






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






33. Statistical middle






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






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






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






37. The remainder in a division.






38. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






40. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






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. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.






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






45. The address of a memory location






46. 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.






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






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






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






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