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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.






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






3. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






5. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






6. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






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






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






11. base value of a binary number system?






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






13. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






15. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






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






23. Type of control structure: CASE






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






25. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.






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






27. ____________ / divisor = quotient






28. Statistics: square root of variance






29. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






30. 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






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






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






33. Statistical average






34. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






35. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






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






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






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






40. dividend / divisor = _______________






41. The address of a memory location






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Integer division is denoted by _____






49. Part of the program that may be repeated






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