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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. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






3. Type of control structure: LOOP






4. Type _____ Error: False Negative






5. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






7. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






9. 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.






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






11. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






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






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






15. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






18. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






20. Statistical average






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






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






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






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






25. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






27. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






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






30. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






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






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






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






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






36. ____________ 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).






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






38. 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






39. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






41. 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.






42. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.






43. Outout and Input are _____






44. ____________ / divisor = quotient






45. The address of a memory location






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






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






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






49. A formula developed to solve a problem






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