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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






3. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






13. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






14. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array






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






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






17. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






20. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






22. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






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






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






27. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






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






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






32. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






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






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






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






37. The remainder in a division.






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






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






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






41. Type of control structure: CASE






42. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






44. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






46. ____________ / divisor = quotient






47. Type ____ Error: False Positive






48. The grammatical rules of the language.






49. 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.






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