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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements






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






3. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Type of control structure: CASE






13. 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.






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






15. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






17. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






19. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






21. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






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






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






26. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






28. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






30. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






32. Outout and Input are _____






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. A fixed position within source code: _________






41. The remainder in a division.






42. ____________ / divisor = quotient






43. Statistical average






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






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






46. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






47. :=? 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.






48. The address of a memory location






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






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