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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.






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






3. Type _____ Error: False Negative






4. Statistics: square root of variance






5. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






6. 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






7. ____________ 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).






8. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






11. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.






12. 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.






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






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






15. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






17. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






19. dividend / _____________ = quotient






20. Type ____ Error: False Positive






21. The place where the instructions and data are stored.






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






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






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






25. Outout and Input are _____






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Statistical middle






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






35. Part of the program that may be repeated






36. The remainder in a division.






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






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






39. Type of control structure: LOOP






40. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






42. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






44. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






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






47. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






49. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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