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General Programming

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






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






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






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






5. The address of a memory location






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






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






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






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






10. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






12. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






13. A formula developed to solve a problem






14. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






15. A reserved word for variable.






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






17. dividend / _____________ = quotient






18. A fixed position within source code: _________






19. 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.






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






21. Type of control structure: CASE






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






23. Part of the program that may be repeated






24. Statistical middle






25. base value of a binary number system?






26. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






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






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






31. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






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






35. The grammatical rules of the language.






36. ____________ 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).






37. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






39. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. A _________ is a new way to use breakpoints. It is a breakpoint with a custom action associated with it. When hit it causes the debugger to perform the specified action instead of (or in addition to) breaking program execution.






47. 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






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






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






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







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