Test your basic knowledge |

General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.






2. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






5. 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






6. 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.






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






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






9. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






11. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






13. 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.






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






15. Statistical middle






16. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






18. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






20. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






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






25. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






27. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






30. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






33. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






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






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






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






38. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






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






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






43. The remainder in a division.






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






45. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






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






48. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






50. Statistical average