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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






14. :=? 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.






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






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






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






18. A fixed position within source code: _________






19. Outout and Input are _____






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






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






22. base value of a binary number system?






23. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






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






26. Statistics: square root of variance






27. The remainder in a division.






28. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






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






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






33. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






36. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






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






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






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






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






42. The grammatical rules of the language.






43. The place where the instructions and data are stored.






44. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.






45. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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. Type _____ Error: False Negative






48. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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