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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It is concern with checking that the algorithms and the program meet the problem's specification.






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






3. base value of a binary number system?






4. The remainder in a division.






5. Statistical middle






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






7. The process of implementing in some programming language the variables (and structures) used to store the data and the algorithms for solving a problem.






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






9. The grammatical rules of the language.






10. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






11. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






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






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






14. :=? 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.






15. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






16. A formula developed to solve a problem






17. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






19. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






22. Statistical average






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






24. dividend / _____________ = quotient






25. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






27. The address of a memory location






28. Type ____ Error: False Positive






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






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






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






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






33. Part of the program that may be repeated






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






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






36. ____________ 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).






37. Type of control structure: CASE






38. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






39. Type _____ Error: False Negative






40. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






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






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






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






45. Integer division is denoted by _____






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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






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