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General Programming
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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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1. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
applications
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Coding
Control unit
2. The remainder in a division.
MOD
program composition
String Constants
Algorithms
3. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
Real Constants
II
File
variance
4. A programming paradigm that uses data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions - to design applications and computer programs.
oop
subscript
breakpoint
semantics
5. The information that is produced to solve the problem.
assignment
dynamic allocation
Output
subscript
6. Zero sum game theory problems can be solved by means of ____________ programming
parameter
Real Constants
linear
false condition
7. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself
recursion
Selection algorithm
Operating system
dual
8. _________ error: The program performs a task but it is not the task that was desired
program composition
Logic
Input
Coding
9. dividend / _____________ = quotient
Constants
Iteration
divisor
File
10. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements
Output
nested
end if
algorithm
11. Type of control structure: LOOP
compiled
equal (=)
Iteration
Real Constants
12. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
DIV
Memory unit
algorithm
selection
13. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
interpreted
applications
standard deviation
Control unit
14. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction
counter
label
linear
commutative
15. 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.
Operating system
MOD
constraints
dynamic allocation
16. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.
Validation
Time to failure
Identifiers
DIV
17. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
Iteration
compiled
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Reserved words
18. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
Output
Real numbers
variance
Validation
19. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________
concatenation
constraints
Validation
Algorithms
20. Quantities whose values do not change during program execution.
Constants
Replacement
String Constants
loop
21. ____________ / divisor = quotient
linear
slack
dividend
variance
22. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array
Input
Real numbers
subscript
Real Constants
23. The address of a memory location
Operating system
nested
false condition
pointer
24. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
syntax
breakpoint
Syntax
Reserved words
25. A formula developed to solve a problem
Iteration
algorithm
false condition
breakpoint
26. The information that is given and which items are important in solving the problem.
VAR
Input
logic
tracepoint
27. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.
equal (=)
end if
Input
Algorithms
28. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
end if
transitive
recursion
Iteration
29. ____________ property: you can change the order of the numbers involved without changing the result
compiled
VAR
associative
commutative
30. Integer division is denoted by _____
Boolean
Input
slack
DIV
31. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
logic
control structures
Files
label
32. ____________ 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).
compiled
Operating system
variance
dynamic allocation
33. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.
2
Two complements
transitive
Constants
34. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.
DIV
dividend
parameter
Binary scheme mean
35. Statistical average
File
mean
subroutine
dividend
36. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________
DIV
divisor
dynamic allocation
median
37. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
associative
Iteration
2
program composition
38. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
Real numbers
interpreted
DIV
Files
39. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)
Octal base
Two complements
II
parameter
40. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
syntax
Iteration
end if
compiled
41. Type _____ Error: False Negative
nested
DIV
end if
II
42. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities
Real numbers
semantics
ReadLn
slack
43. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
median
breakpoint
Memory unit
equal (=)
44. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
Assigment statement
assignment
Iteration
File
45. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.
Time to failure
concatenation
oop
linear
46. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.
Coding
concatenation
logic
linear
47. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.
syntax
2
Logic
Time to failure
48. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
File
slack
Iteration
49. Type of control structure: CASE
Selection
Input
I
tracepoint
50. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?
ReadLn
subscript
Iteration
control structures