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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






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






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






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






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






14. Statistics: square root of variance






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






16. The remainder in a division.






17. 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.






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






19. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






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






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






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






25. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






26. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






28. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






29. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






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






32. Part of the program that may be repeated






33. Type of control structure: CASE






34. Statistical average






35. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






36. A reserved word for variable.






37. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






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






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






41. Type _____ Error: False Negative






42. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






43. :=? 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.






44. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________






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






46. dividend / _____________ = quotient






47. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






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






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