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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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2. A reserved word for variable.






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






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






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






6. dividend / _____________ = quotient






7. 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.






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






9. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






10. Statistical average






11. base value of a binary number system?






12. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself






13. 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






14. The place where the instructions and data are stored.






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






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






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






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. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.






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






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






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






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






24. Outout and Input are _____






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






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






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






28. Integer division is denoted by _____






29. ____________ programming is a deterministic approach to problem solving






30. dividend / divisor = _______________






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






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






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






34. Type _____ Error: False Negative






35. A formula developed to solve a problem






36. Type of control structure: CASE






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






38. Part of the program that may be repeated






39. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






40. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






41. The address of a memory location






42. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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






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






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






47. :=? 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.






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






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






50. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL