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General Programming
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Subject
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.
Octal base
Repetition algorithm
Iteration
false condition
2. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer
loop
Output
associative
assignment
3. Statistics: square root of variance
I
Iteration
standard deviation
Iteration
4. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.
quotient
mean
array
oop
5. The grammatical rules of the language.
x
array
Syntax
loop
6. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
DIV
logic
median
Coding
7. Type of control structure: LOOP
Constants
Iteration
dual
MOD
8. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
II
dividend
parameter
Control unit
9. ____________ / divisor = quotient
false condition
dividend
interpreted
median
10. Using only the two binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent information in a computer.
equal (=)
Binary scheme mean
concatenation
subroutine
11. The place where the instructions and data are stored.
tracepoint
compiled
Replacement
Memory unit
12. In a loop while construct the loop will be terminated upon the introduction of a ____________ ____________
compiled
parameter
false condition
variance
13. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________
logic
dynamic allocation
nested
oop
14. Type of control structure: CASE
associative
Selection
Integer
counter
15. 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
dividend
Control unit
label
interpreted
16. A variable which will keep track of the number of occurrences of a certain transaction
Input
dividend
counter
Octal base
17. base value of a binary number system?
2
Selection algorithm
compiled
DIV
18. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
median
Integer
Coding
applications
19. Type of control structure: IF-THEN-ELSE
selection
dynamic allocation
breakpoint
variance
20. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________
constraints
interpreted
breakpoint
Selection algorithm
21. Statistical average
Validation
pointer
mean
program composition
22. One of a number of alternative actions is selected and executed.
Logic
quotient
Integer
Selection algorithm
23. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.
I
concatenation
dual
applications
24. A ____________ procedure is one in which a statement or set of statements are embedded within other statements
Files
nested
Iteration
Real Constants
25. The remainder in a division.
Memory unit
MOD
divisor
Replacement
26. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
applications
Assigment statement
Files
parameter
27. A fixed position within source code: _________
MOD
DIV
mean
label
28. ____________ 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).
variance
Coding
II
recursion
29. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving
Iteration
equal (=)
linear
Identifiers
30. dividend / _____________ = quotient
syntax
divisor
Selection algorithm
Algorithms
31. 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.
interpreted
tracepoint
syntax
applications
32. Part of the program that may be repeated
assignment
Selection algorithm
loop
Octal base
33. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.
dynamic allocation
Integer
Coding
x
34. Quantities whose values do not change during program execution.
Assigment statement
Boolean
Constants
Selection
35. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
parameter
Identifiers
slack
I
36. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
transitive
Iteration
2
quotient
37. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.
standard deviation
Operating system
String Constants
array
38. In Linear Programming a _________ is a means for simplifying the solution
VAR
dual
selection
MOD
39. The number of times a number goes into a divisor.
subscript
DIV
Output
I
40. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.
Two complements
Selection
recursion
slack
41. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
Assigment statement
Reserved words
dual
constraints
42. In Linear Programming ____________ variables are used to convert inequalities to equalities
Identifiers
slack
transitive
Boolean
43. Outout and Input are _____
Files
Algorithms
median
Selection
44. In algebraic expression the name of the storage location in which the result would be saved is expressed as ____________ .
Iteration
VAR
Iteration
x
45. Type ____ Error: False Positive
Boolean
logic
DIV
I
46. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?
concatenation
control structures
commutative
Constants
47. A formula developed to solve a problem
assignment
program composition
Identifiers
algorithm
48. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.
slack
II
2
subroutine
49. A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.
Boolean
Two complements
Memory unit
Binary scheme mean
50. A programming paradigm that uses data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions - to design applications and computer programs.
Files
Syntax
Iteration
oop