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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?






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






3. 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.






4. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






5. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






17. :=? 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.






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






19. The address of a memory location






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






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






22. A reserved word for variable.






23. Type of control structure: CASE






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






29. A fixed position within source code: _________






30. Outout and Input are _____






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






32. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






33. dividend / divisor = _______________






34. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






37. ____________ 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).






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






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






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






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






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






43. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






46. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






49. Integer division is denoted by _____






50. Type ____ Error: False Positive