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






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






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






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






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






7. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






9. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






11. 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






12. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






13. A reserved word for variable.






14. Type _____ Error: False Negative






15. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






16. Integer division is denoted by _____






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






18. Type of control structure: LOOP






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






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






22. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






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






26. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






39. ____________ / divisor = quotient






40. base value of a binary number system?






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






42. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






45. :=? is an ________. Here the varaible to be assigned a value must appear on the left of the assignment operator and a legal expression must appear on the right side.






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






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






48. A formula developed to solve a problem






49. ____________ property: you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer






50. dividend / _____________ = quotient