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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.






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






3. :=? 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.






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






5. Part of the program that may be repeated






6. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






8. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






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






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






13. ____________ is a measure of the amount of variation within the values of that variable taking account of all possible values and their probabilities or weightings (not just the extremes which give the range).






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






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






16. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result






17. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






18. A formula developed to solve a problem






19. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






21. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`






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






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






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






31. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.






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






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






34. 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






35. The address of a memory location






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






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






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






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






40. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






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






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






45. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






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






48. Statistical average






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






50. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?