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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The steps are performed in a strictly sequential manner - each step being executed exactly once.






2. Statistical average






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






4. The remainder in a division.






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






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






7. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






8. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






10. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






11. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






13. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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






19. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






21. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






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






24. The address of a memory location






25. Type ____ Error: False Positive






26. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






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






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






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






32. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






33. Type _____ Error: False Negative






34. :=? 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.






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






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






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






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






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






40. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. base value of a binary number system?






50. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO