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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used






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






3. base value of a binary number system?






4. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






5. Integer division is denoted by _____






6. Outout and Input are _____






7. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






8. A reserved word for variable.






9. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






11. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired






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






13. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






15. Type ____ Error: False Positive






16. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






18. The address of a memory location






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






20. dividend / divisor = _______________






21. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






32. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






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






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






37. Type _____ Error: False Negative






38. A fixed position within source code: _________






39. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






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






43. ____________ 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).






44. :=? 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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