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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. ____________ 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).






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






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






4. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






5. Outout and Input are _____






6. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






10. Integer division is denoted by _____






11. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






22. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






24. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.






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






33. The grammatical rules of the language.






34. Statistical average






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






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






37. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






38. :=? 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.






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






40. Statistical middle






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






42. The remainder in a division.






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






44. Type _____ Error: False Negative






45. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)