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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






4. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






6. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






7. Type ____ Error: False Positive






8. The address of a memory location






9. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






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






13. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






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






17. The remainder in a division.






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






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






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






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






31. dividend / _____________ = quotient






32. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






33. Integer division is denoted by _____






34. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






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






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






38. Statistical middle






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






40. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






43. A fixed position within source code: _________






44. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






47. ____________ / divisor = quotient






48. dividend / divisor = _______________






49. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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