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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Integer division is denoted by _____






2. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






9. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






10. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






12. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






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






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






17. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






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






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






22. Type of control structure: CASE






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






24. 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






25. :=? 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.






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






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






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






29. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






31. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






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






35. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






38. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






40. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






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






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






45. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






46. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






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






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