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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Statistics: square root of variance






2. Statistical average






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






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






5. Part of the program that may be repeated






6. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






7. Type _____ Error: False Negative






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






9. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






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






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






12. A formula developed to solve a problem






13. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






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






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






17. :=? 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.






18. Type of control structure: LOOP






19. Type of control structure: CASE






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






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






22. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






24. dividend / _____________ = quotient






25. 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.






26. ____________ 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).






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






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






29. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






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






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






33. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






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






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






38. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






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






40. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






43. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)






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






45. A fixed position within source code: _________






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






47. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






49. Statistical middle






50. Integer division is denoted by _____