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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






4. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






5. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






6. In a loop while construct the loop will be terminated upon the introduction of a ____________ ____________






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






8. Part of the program that may be repeated






9. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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.






17. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.






18. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






20. It controls the operation of the entire system and performs the arithmetic and logic operations and and stores and retrieves instructions and data.






21. Type _____ Error: False Negative






22. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.






23. 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.






24. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






26. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






28. An effective method for solving a problem using a finite sequence of instructions.






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






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






31. ____________ 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).






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






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






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






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






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






37. dividend / _____________ = quotient






38. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






39. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






41. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program






42. Statistical average






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






44. Zero sum game theory problems can be solved by means of ____________ programming






45. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






46. Statistics: square root of variance






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






48. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






49. Type of control structure: LOOP






50. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.