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General Programming
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Study First
Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
Output
oop
semantics
Two complements
2. Type of control structure: LOOP
Iteration
parameter
linear
interpreted
3. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.
false condition
File
control structures
array
4. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________
dynamic allocation
breakpoint
Selection
nested
5. Quantities whose values do not change during program execution.
oop
constraints
Repetition algorithm
Constants
6. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
Constants
linear
String Constants
II
7. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired
DIV
Logic
interpreted
I
8. The remainder in a division.
MOD
Hexadecimal base
Selection
selection
9. Type of control structure: CASE
x
Selection
logic
Logic
10. for an "if" statement some languages require and "____________ _______" to close the selection group
end if
standard deviation
program composition
x
11. The grammatical rules of the language.
I
Syntax
median
Octal base
12. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
counter
2
Selection
logic
13. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
Hexadecimal base
II
Sequential algorithm
selection
14. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
transitive
VAR
concatenation
assignment
15. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
Real numbers
recursion
Control unit
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
16. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities
slack
File
Syntax
Memory unit
17. Type _____ Error: False Negative
commutative
II
nested
linear
18. 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
interpreted
Iteration
Sequential algorithm
Syntax
19. 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.
Logic
Operating system
Memory unit
Algorithms
20. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction
standard deviation
counter
mean
end if
21. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.
Iteration
Replacement
Coding
Octal base
22. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
subscript
logic
Output
Validation
23. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.
dynamic allocation
Real Constants
transitive
concatenation
24. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.
Time to failure
Replacement
label
Identifiers
25. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.
transitive
Control unit
File
Binary scheme mean
26. The address of a memory location
selection
Operating system
array
pointer
27. Outout and Input are _____
II
assignment
standard deviation
Files
28. :=? 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.
quotient
mean
Assigment statement
equal (=)
29. The steps are performed in a strictly sequential manner - each step being executed exactly once.
File
Sequential algorithm
Boolean
Coding
30. In Linear Programming a _________ is a means for simplifying the solution
Logic
variance
associative
dual
31. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
DIV
variance
Iteration
assignment
32. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
oop
Replacement
ReadLn
Iteration
33. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .
x
Files
mean
median
34. A formula developed to solve a problem
Octal base
algorithm
Repetition algorithm
program composition
35. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
Two complements
median
DIV
Syntax
36. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.
concatenation
Two complements
counter
breakpoint
37. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`
Reserved words
Real Constants
Operating system
transitive
38. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself
recursion
Replacement
selection
assignment
39. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
dynamic allocation
mean
Two complements
equal (=)
40. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
divisor
program composition
label
associative
41. A programming paradigm that uses data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions - to design applications and computer programs.
dividend
oop
counter
Repetition algorithm
42. Statistical middle
x
median
VAR
String Constants
43. 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.
tracepoint
Identifiers
recursion
Iteration
44. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
Iteration
Real numbers
Coding
concatenation
45. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result
quotient
commutative
compiled
2
46. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
label
program composition
tracepoint
dividend
47. Statistical average
Coding
mean
Octal base
selection
48. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
breakpoint
Files
compiled
Memory unit
49. A fixed position within source code: _________
Operating system
end if
Two complements
label
50. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
Reserved words
median
String Constants
program composition