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General Programming
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Study First
Subject
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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. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
DIV
linear
Real numbers
II
2. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
divisor
Identifiers
dual
File
3. The address of a memory location
divisor
associative
end if
pointer
4. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.
DIV
String Constants
program composition
median
5. Quantities whose values do not change during program execution.
interpreted
Constants
Real Constants
DIV
6. Integer division is denoted by _____
Identifiers
DIV
Constants
pointer
7. 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.
MOD
tracepoint
recursion
I
8. A fixed position within source code: _________
Iteration
label
pointer
File
9. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
Logic
selection
VAR
Repetition algorithm
10. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
ReadLn
Replacement
variance
equal (=)
11. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements
Operating system
equal (=)
nested
compiled
12. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.
compiled
Real Constants
nested
Repetition algorithm
13. ____________ / divisor = quotient
standard deviation
dividend
Iteration
pointer
14. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
subroutine
linear
Octal base
semantics
15. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
DIV
x
Sequential algorithm
Coding
16. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
Two complements
Selection algorithm
equal (=)
compiled
17. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .
x
label
program composition
ReadLn
18. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
Binary scheme mean
mean
Control unit
selection
19. dividend / _____________ = quotient
divisor
Output
Two complements
standard deviation
20. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
ReadLn
algorithm
Sequential algorithm
Real numbers
21. The information that is produced to solve the problem.
Identifiers
Reserved words
Output
standard deviation
22. Outout and Input are _____
Identifiers
nested
Files
Replacement
23. A formula developed to solve a problem
MOD
associative
algorithm
control structures
24. 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
algorithm
Real Constants
interpreted
Output
25. One of a number of alternative actions is selected and executed.
divisor
Time to failure
Selection algorithm
File
26. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
logic
Real numbers
dynamic allocation
String Constants
27. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?
II
selection
associative
control structures
28. The grammatical rules of the language.
associative
Real Constants
applications
Syntax
29. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)
Repetition algorithm
Hexadecimal base
Files
Control unit
30. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
File
oop
Iteration
algorithm
31. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
subroutine
Control unit
Input
subscript
32. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
program composition
MOD
Selection algorithm
Logic
33. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired
Logic
Hexadecimal base
Memory unit
pointer
34. base value of a binary number system?
linear
2
dynamic allocation
Validation
35. Statistics: square root of variance
Files
standard deviation
equal (=)
Reserved words
36. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
interpreted
linear
program composition
applications
37. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.
VAR
mean
associative
breakpoint
38. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.
recursion
Binary scheme mean
File
II
39. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
Real numbers
Logic
DIV
x
40. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________
constraints
Constants
dynamic allocation
program composition
41. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
DIV
Iteration
equal (=)
transitive
42. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result
subscript
File
Validation
commutative
43. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.
Two complements
Operating system
linear
Hexadecimal base
44. dividend / divisor = _______________
x
Octal base
quotient
Logic
45. Type of control structure: LOOP
linear
Iteration
semantics
VAR
46. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
selection
Validation
Algorithms
Identifiers
47. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
I
Integer
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
tracepoint
48. Type of control structure: CASE
Selection
Replacement
array
tracepoint
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.
Operating system
Syntax
label
Octal base
50. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
divisor
String Constants
end if
associative