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General Programming

Subject : 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. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






2. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






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






6. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






8. The remainder in a division.






9. Type of control structure: CASE






10. for an "if" statement some languages require and "____________ _______" to close the selection group






11. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






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






14. ____________ property: says that if a = b and b = c then a = c.






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






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






17. Type _____ Error: False Negative






18. 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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The address of a memory location






27. Outout and Input are _____






28. :=? 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.






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






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






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






32. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






34. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






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






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






38. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






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






42. Statistical middle






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






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






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






47. Statistical average






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






49. A fixed position within source code: _________






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