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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. Type of control structure: CASE






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






10. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






13. base value of a binary number system?






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






15. Statistical average






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






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






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






19. ____________ 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).






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






21. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






23. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Outout and Input are _____






32. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






34. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






35. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






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






38. A formula developed to solve a problem






39. Statistics: square root of variance






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






41. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






44. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






46. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






48. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






49. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`






50. The remainder in a division.