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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The remainder in a division.






2. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






3. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






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






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






8. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






19. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.






20. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






22. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.






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






24. Statistics: square root of variance






25. 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






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






27. Integer division is denoted by _____






28. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






30. Outout and Input are _____






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






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






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






34. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






35. The information that is produced to solve the problem.






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






37. A reserved word for variable.






38. ____________ 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).






39. dividend / _____________ = quotient






40. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






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






43. 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.






44. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






46. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






47. The address of a memory location






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






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






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