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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. base value of a binary number system?






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






3. Part of the program that may be repeated






4. 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






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






6. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






8. Statistical average






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






10. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






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






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






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






16. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






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






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






21. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






23. A fixed position within source code: _________






24. Type of control structure: CASE






25. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






27. The remainder in a division.






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






29. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






31. 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.






32. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. The address of a memory location






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






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






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






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






43. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






46. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






47. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






48. Outout and Input are _____






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






50. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL