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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






6. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






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






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






10. A reserved word for variable.






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






12. Type of control structure: CASE






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






18. The remainder in a division.






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






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






21. :=? 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.






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






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






24. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






26. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






29. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






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






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






33. base value of a binary number system?






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






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






36. ____________ / divisor = quotient






37. A formula developed to solve a problem






38. Integer division is denoted by _____






39. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






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






41. Outout and Input are _____






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






43. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






46. The grammatical rules of the language.






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






48. 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.






49. Type of control structure: LOOP






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