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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






4. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






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






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






10. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






11. Part of the program that may be repeated






12. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






15. Type of control structure: LOOP






16. Statistical average






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






25. Type of control structure: CASE






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






27. :=? 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.






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






29. A reserved word for variable.






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






32. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






46. ____________ 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).






47. ____________ / divisor = quotient






48. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






50. The interpretation or meaning of an item.