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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. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






3. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






4. base value of a binary number system?






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






6. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






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






9. dividend / divisor = _______________






10. 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.






11. The address of a memory location






12. ____________ 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).






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






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






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. Statistics: square root of variance






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






18. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






21. A reserved word for variable.






22. The grammatical rules of the language.






23. Statistical middle






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Statistical average






35. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






37. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






38. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






46. The remainder in a division.






47. Outout and Input are _____






48. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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