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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Integer division is denoted by _____






2. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






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






5. Type ____ Error: False Positive






6. base value of a binary number system?






7. Outout and Input are _____






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






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






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






11. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






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






15. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






18. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






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






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






22. Type of control structure: LOOP






23. Type of control structure: CASE






24. A reserved word for variable.






25. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






26. The information that is produced to solve the problem.






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






28. Statistical middle






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






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






31. ____________ 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).






32. ____________ / divisor = quotient






33. :=? 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.






34. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






35. 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.






36. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






39. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






42. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






43. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






45. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






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






49. The address of a memory location






50. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL