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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. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






2. Statistics: square root of variance






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






4. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






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






8. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






9. 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.






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






11. :=? 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.






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






13. Outout and Input are _____






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






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






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






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






18. base value of a binary number system?






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






20. Integer division is denoted by _____






21. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements






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






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






24. ____________ / divisor = quotient






25. A reserved word for variable.






26. A formula developed to solve a problem






27. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






28. The remainder in a division.






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






30. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result






31. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






34. A fixed position within source code: _________






35. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities






36. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






37. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






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






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






42. Statistical middle






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






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






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






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






47. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






50. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)