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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 _____ Error: False Negative






2. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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






5. Outout and Input are _____






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






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. Statistical average






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






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






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






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






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






14. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






15. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






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






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






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






21. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.






22. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






23. Statistics: square root of variance






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






25. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer






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






27. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.






28. ____________ 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).






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






30. Integer division is denoted by _____






31. 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.






32. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






33. dividend / divisor = _______________






34. Type of control structure: LOOP






35. 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






36. dividend / _____________ = quotient






37. A formula developed to solve a problem






38. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






39. The remainder in a division.






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






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






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






43. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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