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General Programming
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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. The grammatical rules of the language.
Syntax
end if
associative
Reserved words
2. A fixed position within source code: _________
counter
label
control structures
DIV
3. Quantities whose values do not change during program execution.
Constants
Two complements
dynamic allocation
algorithm
4. :=? 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.
String Constants
Assigment statement
Real numbers
dual
5. Outout and Input are _____
Files
syntax
linear
program composition
6. Integer division is denoted by _____
DIV
syntax
Assigment statement
I
7. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.
Algorithms
Selection
Files
Validation
8. Statistical average
Repetition algorithm
program composition
subscript
mean
9. The remainder in a division.
MOD
Identifiers
end if
linear
10. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.
String Constants
Hexadecimal base
oop
syntax
11. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .
median
Validation
x
selection
12. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
linear
compiled
DIV
Input
13. Type of control structure: CASE
recursion
Selection
breakpoint
oop
14. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
Reserved words
Replacement
transitive
Sequential algorithm
15. dividend / _____________ = quotient
slack
divisor
array
Iteration
16. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
counter
standard deviation
equal (=)
median
17. In Linear Programming a _________ is a means for simplifying the solution
dual
transitive
associative
parameter
18. 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.
2
breakpoint
Operating system
dividend
19. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.
pointer
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Selection algorithm
Real numbers
20. Part of the program that may be repeated
loop
divisor
counter
Selection algorithm
21. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
Iteration
Replacement
dividend
algorithm
22. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
concatenation
Logic
Syntax
associative
23. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
Constants
end if
applications
Iteration
24. A formula developed to solve a problem
Boolean
algorithm
Binary scheme mean
subroutine
25. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.
standard deviation
divisor
parameter
false condition
26. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.
Time to failure
parameter
syntax
linear
27. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
2
subroutine
Selection algorithm
Coding
28. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired
interpreted
Logic
oop
Control unit
29. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
program composition
linear
dual
Constants
30. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO
Hexadecimal base
loop
Iteration
DIV
31. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
quotient
ReadLn
DIV
breakpoint
32. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)
applications
Octal base
Identifiers
Binary scheme mean
33. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array
Iteration
recursion
Syntax
subscript
34. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
selection
algorithm
Input
nested
35. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself
recursion
Iteration
constraints
linear
36. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
median
applications
Constants
linear
37. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
Selection algorithm
quotient
syntax
Output
38. Type ____ Error: False Positive
Selection
Logic
II
I
39. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements
semantics
nested
tracepoint
constraints
40. Statistical middle
DIV
Syntax
median
breakpoint
41. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
Memory unit
associative
tracepoint
subroutine
42. 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
interpreted
standard deviation
Two complements
constraints
43. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
control structures
semantics
Binary scheme mean
Real numbers
44. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.
Input
Selection algorithm
logic
mean
45. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.
logic
breakpoint
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
compiled
46. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities
nested
standard deviation
DIV
slack
47. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
Validation
Input
recursion
breakpoint
48. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
DIV
Sequential algorithm
linear
2
49. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`
associative
Selection
Real Constants
transitive
50. A reserved word for variable.
Repetition algorithm
VAR
Assigment statement
Identifiers