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General Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. ____________ / divisor = quotient






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






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






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






5. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL






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






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






8. Statistical middle






9. The interpretation or meaning of an item.






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






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






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






13. base value of a binary number system?






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






15. A reserved word for variable.






16. A fixed position within source code: _________






17. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)






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






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






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






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






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






23. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?






24. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.






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






26. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO






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






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






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






30. Part of the program that may be repeated






31. In a linear programming problem there are always ____________






32. Outout and Input are _____






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






34. :=? 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.






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






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






37. The address of a memory location






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






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






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






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






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






43. dividend / _____________ = quotient






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






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






46. 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.






47. The remainder in a division.






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






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






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