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General Programming
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Subject
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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. Integer division is denoted by _____
II
breakpoint
DIV
recursion
2. A fixed position within source code: _________
logic
label
VAR
equal (=)
3. A string _________ is the operation of joining two character strings end to end.
concatenation
ReadLn
dividend
transitive
4. Numbers that contain decimal points - can be any number including decimal numbers. Can be expressed as a scientific notation.
Real numbers
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Assigment statement
median
5. Type ____ Error: False Positive
quotient
I
median
oop
6. base value of a binary number system?
DIV
dividend
2
standard deviation
7. Outout and Input are _____
parameter
Files
Real numbers
II
8. 8 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7)
Octal base
2
quotient
Logic
9. Item of information necessary for a program or subprogram to perform its task.
parameter
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
divisor
slack
10. VAR and BEGIN and END are examples of _____ .
end if
dividend
Iteration
Reserved words
11. _________ is when a procedure or function calls itself
Real Constants
Hexadecimal base
constraints
recursion
12. The steps are performed in a strictly sequential manner - each step being executed exactly once.
slack
Validation
linear
Sequential algorithm
13. Fixed number of similar data elements - each element can be retrieved through an index.
array
syntax
DIV
Syntax
14. Helpful debugging aids for _________ errors: control totals or control breaks or trace routines
logic
end if
Binary scheme mean
equal (=)
15. ______ must be enclosed within single quotes.
String Constants
counter
transitive
Memory unit
16. Program Heading - Declaration Part (Label section - constant section - type section - variable section - subprogram section).
program composition
selection
File
ReadLn
17. In a _________ language the entire program is converted to binary prior to the execution of the program
algorithm
selection
I
compiled
18. A formula developed to solve a problem
subscript
algorithm
String Constants
dividend
19. What are Sequence and Selection/Decision and Iteration/Repetition?
Binary scheme mean
Iteration
control structures
Input
20. Information is placed into a storage location by means of an ____________ statement
slack
I
Logic
assignment
21. It fetches the instructions from the memory and decodes them and and directs the system to execute the operations indicated by the instructions.
associative
MOD
Constants
Control unit
22. Type of control structure: LOOP
Files
subscript
Iteration
Logic
23. Type of control structure: CASE
DIV
Output
Selection
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
24. A reserved word for variable.
Hexadecimal base
constraints
tracepoint
VAR
25. 16 (0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A(10) - B(11) - C(12) - D(13) - E(14) - F(15)
oop
Hexadecimal base
program composition
breakpoint
26. The information that is produced to solve the problem.
selection
Assigment statement
subscript
Output
27. A _________ is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program - put in place for debugging purposes.
ReadLn
breakpoint
slack
compiled
28. Statistical middle
median
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Validation
2
29. Any collection of data to be input to a program or output from a program.
File
x
divisor
Sequential algorithm
30. The person responsible for programming applications such as payroll or inventory or accounts receivable etc is the _________ programmer
Reserved words
variance
applications
mean
31. ____________ 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).
linear
dynamic allocation
Algorithms
variance
32. ____________ / divisor = quotient
ReadLn
dividend
Validation
divisor
33. :=? 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.
subscript
Memory unit
Assigment statement
mean
34. One or more steps are performed repeatedly.
II
loop
Validation
Repetition algorithm
35. 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.
dual
breakpoint
Boolean
Operating system
36. Type _____ Error: False Negative
Output
linear
x
II
37. Examples of _____ are: integer and real and true and false and read and readln and write and writeln.
false condition
Boolean
Identifiers
Integer
38. A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.
Input
loop
Boolean
semantics
39. Part of the program that may be repeated
loop
Boolean
VAR
Hexadecimal base
40. Type of error: A violation of rules made by the programmer
syntax
Validation
VAR
dividend
41. Any number that does not have a decimal in it.
Integer
II
divisor
Algorithms
42. Type of control structure: WHILE-DO
false condition
Iteration
Memory unit
Hexadecimal base
43. The assignment statement is also a ____ statement?
linear
Replacement
assignment
Binary scheme mean
44. ______ causes an advance to a new input line from which subsequent values will be read
ReadLn
associative
loop
program composition
45. The interpretation or meaning of an item.
Coding
oop
semantics
Sequential algorithm
46. It is used to predicts the circuit's lifetime.
Time to failure
Reserved words
label
parameter
47. Allocate memory when needed and return memory when done: _________ _________
Control unit
Time to failure
Operating system
dynamic allocation
48. In constant declarations to associate an identifier with a constant an sign is used
control structures
equal (=)
concatenation
II
49. The address of a memory location
associative
counter
tracepoint
pointer
50. Type of control structure: REPEAT-UNTIL
Sequential algorithm
Control unit
Iteration
x