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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .






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






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






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






5. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






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






9. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






11. 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






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






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






14. ____________ / divisor = quotient






15. 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.






16. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






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






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






21. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






24. A reserved word for variable.






25. :=? 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.






26. ____________ 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).






27. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






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






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






33. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






36. Outout and Input are _____






37. Type of control structure: CASE






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






39. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






40. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






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






44. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






47. Type ____ Error: False Positive






48. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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