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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.






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






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






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






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






7. Outout and Input are _____






8. The remainder in a division.






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






10. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






13. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






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






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






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






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






19. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






22. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






24. Statistical average






25. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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






28. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






31. ____________ 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).






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






33. 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.






34. The address of a memory location






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






36. Type ____ Error: False Positive






37. :=? 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.






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






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






40. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






42. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






44. dividend / divisor = _______________






45. A fixed position within source code: _________






46. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






47. Statistical middle






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






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






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