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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program






2. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






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






5. ____________ / divisor = quotient






6. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






7. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






8. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






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






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






13. Integer division is denoted by _____






14. Statistics: square root of variance






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






26. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






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






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






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






33. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






41. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






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






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






46. A fixed position within source code: _________






47. A formula developed to solve a problem






48. Statistical average






49. Part of the program that may be repeated






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