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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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: LOOP






2. Type ____ Error: False Positive






3. A formula developed to solve a problem






4. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






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






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






9. Integer division is denoted by _____






10. dividend / _____________ = quotient






11. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.






12. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






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






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






16. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






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






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






30. The remainder in a division.






31. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






34. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






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






39. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.






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






41. 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






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






43. Type of control structure: CASE






44. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






47. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






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