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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. for an "if" statement some languages require and "____________ _______" to close the selection group






2. ____________ 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).






3. Type ____ Error: False Positive






4. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






6. Type _____ Error: False Negative






7. Statistical average






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






9. A formula developed to solve a problem






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






11. Type of control structure: CASE






12. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






15. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer






16. 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.






17. Outout and Input are _____






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






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






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






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






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






23. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






26. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






30. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






33. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






35. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






37. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






38. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






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






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






43. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






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






47. The address of a memory location






48. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






50. 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.