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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.






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






3. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






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






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






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






8. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






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






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






12. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






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






16. Outout and Input are _____






17. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






19. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






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






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






24. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






25. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






40. A reserved word for variable.






41. Statistics: square root of variance






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






43. :=? 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.






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






45. Type of control structure: CASE






46. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






47. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






50. Type _____ Error: False Negative