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






2. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






5. dividend / _____________ = quotient






6. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






8. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






10. The grammatical rules of the language.






11. Part of the program that may be repeated






12. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






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






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






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






17. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






20. Statistical middle






21. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






23. :=? 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.






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






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






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






27. ____________ 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).






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






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






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






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






38. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






41. 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.






42. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






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






46. The address of a memory location






47. Outout and Input are _____






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






49. A formula developed to solve a problem






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