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General Programming
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Study First
Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
Iteration
variance
logic
equal (=)
2. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .
x
2
selection
Coding
3. A fixed position within source code: _________
Coding
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
logic
label
4. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities
slack
String Constants
transitive
oop
5. Type _____ Error: False Negative
end if
pointer
II
false condition
6. :=? 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.
slack
Files
Assigment statement
equal (=)
7. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
slack
subroutine
II
Octal base
8. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)
false condition
counter
Hexadecimal base
divisor
9. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO
applications
Iteration
Real Constants
equal (=)
10. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.
I
recursion
Algorithms
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
11. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
pointer
ReadLn
Iteration
syntax
12. In a loop while construct the loop will be terminated upon the introduction of a ____________ ____________
false condition
dividend
Selection algorithm
dynamic allocation
13. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
Assigment statement
Control unit
parameter
Constants
14. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)
selection
DIV
Octal base
applications
15. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.
array
Algorithms
Files
end if
16. The grammatical rules of the language.
Syntax
logic
concatenation
Binary scheme mean
17. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
linear
Files
Two complements
transitive
18. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
assignment
File
selection
divisor
19. dividend / _____________ = quotient
divisor
II
linear
syntax
20. base value of a binary number system?
assignment
loop
2
program composition
21. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
control structures
equal (=)
dynamic allocation
algorithm
22. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired
Operating system
Logic
syntax
control structures
23. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
selection
Iteration
dynamic allocation
end if
24. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
Octal base
compiled
algorithm
selection
25. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
linear
Two complements
quotient
DIV
26. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
array
Reserved words
Integer
Real Constants
27. 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.
control structures
median
dual
Operating system
28. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result
Time to failure
commutative
II
MOD
29. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
standard deviation
Replacement
commutative
Algorithms
30. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
Assigment statement
DIV
equal (=)
oop
31. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
applications
equal (=)
nested
semantics
32. ______ must have at least one digit before and at least one digit after the decimal`
Constants
slack
Real Constants
Assigment statement
33. 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
median
loop
end if
interpreted
34. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
Real numbers
ReadLn
breakpoint
applications
35. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
Real Constants
pointer
Reserved words
String Constants
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).
parameter
interpreted
variance
applications
37. The address of a memory location
quotient
pointer
DIV
Output
38. Type of control structure: LOOP
Input
I
Logic
Iteration
39. Quantities whose values do not change during program execution.
nested
Constants
VAR
x
40. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array
Selection
associative
subscript
Assigment statement
41. Type ____ Error: False Positive
I
semantics
divisor
Repetition algorithm
42. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
DIV
loop
applications
Hexadecimal base
43. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________
variance
linear
commutative
constraints
44. A reserved word for variable.
Real numbers
VAR
slack
array
45. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
Identifiers
semantics
label
Input
46. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.
oop
Octal base
Iteration
Repetition algorithm
47. dividend / divisor = _______________
x
DIV
subroutine
quotient
48. ____________ / divisor = quotient
equal (=)
dividend
Iteration
transitive
49. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself
median
control structures
recursion
DIV
50. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
syntax
I
Two complements
quotient