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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.






2. The remainder in a division.






3. base value of a binary number system?






4. 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.






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






6. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






8. ____________ / divisor = quotient






9. A system in which negative numbers are represented by the two's complement of the absolute value.






10. A _________ is a group of instructions within a computer program that performs a specific function.






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






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






13. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






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






16. dividend / divisor = _______________






17. Part of the program that may be repeated






18. The grammatical rules of the language.






19. The address of a memory location






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






21. Each element in an array is identified by a number called a ____________ which designates position in the array






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






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






24. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






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






28. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






31. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






42. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






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






46. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






47. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






49. A formula developed to solve a problem






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