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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. Type of control structure: LOOP






2. The remainder in a division.






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






4. The address of a memory location






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






6. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






15. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






16. Integer division is denoted by _____






17. Statistical middle






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






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






20. Statistics: square root of variance






21. Type of control structure: CASE






22. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






23. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






25. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






27. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






29. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






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






33. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines






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






35. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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






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






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






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






41. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






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






44. dividend / _____________ = quotient






45. 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






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






47. ____________ 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).






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






49. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.






50. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?