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Pascal Programming
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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. Loops that never end because the stopping/exit condition is never met.
compound
infinite loops
candidate
local
2. For an ____ Boolean Expression to be true the Boolean expressions must evaluate to true before the entire expression is true. If any expression is false then whole expression evaluates to false.
AND
control
if
if
3. A special kind of variable used in a subroutine to refer to one of the pieces of data provided as input to the subroutine. Values can be passed from outside the procedure.
selection structure
deployment/maintenance
simple
parameters
4. An _____ statement allows the programmer to specify the statement selected for execution when the expression is true. It also indicates an alternative statement when the expression is false.
if
If-Then
statement
OR
5. An item declared within a procedure or function is not accessible outside that procedure or function.
statement
infinite loops
Scope Rule 1
Character
6. The five activities in the lifetime of a piece of software? are _______ - Design - Implementation (Coding) - Testing - Deployment/Maintenance.
Called
Modular
top down
Requirements Gathering/Analysis
7. Test each module in isolation and test the modules all together and make sure every line of code is tested.
Procedures
testing
OR
AND
8. Typically a variable that determines whether or not the loop executes or not.
If
binary half adder
testing
control
9. A _______ statement involves Decision making with two conditions (true or false). No semicolon after 'else.
if-then-else
top down
trace tables
Formal parameters
10. The three statements in PASCAL that implement repetition structures:WHILE - FOR - ______.
Formal
compound
bottom up
Repeat-Until
11. A parameter that is specified as part of a function definition.
Scope Rule 3
Formal parameters
pass by reference
Requirements Gathering/Analysis
12. A parameter value that is used in a function call or in a message sent to an object.
binary half adder
trace tables
Actual parameters
Called
13. To test that the subprograms are integrated into the program correctly. That they interact with one another correctly - passing the required information to and from one another.
integration testing
system testing
Character
variable parameters
14. A method of passing a variable to a program by making a copy of the variable and giving it to the called program.
parameters
deployment/maintenance
AND
pass by value
15. ________ design is the key to the ability to create large systems.
Modular
value parameters
local
compound statement
16. The three categories for a program structure are: ____ - Branching/Selection - Looping/Iteration
Procedures
Sequence
NOT
OR
17. ______ design starts by identifying tasks at the bottom level and then combine them to solve the main problem.
selection structure
compound
bottom up
software design
18. An ______ statement evaluates a Boolean expression. A different code will be executed if the expression evaluates to true (the body of the if) than if the expression evaluates to false (the body of the else).
If-Then
if
if-else
Scope Rule 2
19. Break system into manageable units or modules.
If-Then
bottom up
software design
Actual parameters
20. Finding a ________ module is the process of going from a problem description to writing a program that fulfills those requirements. They cannot be summarized in just a series of steps that fit all scenarios.
if-then-else
candidate
compound
single
21. The scope of an entity is the program or subprogram in which it is declared.
compound
fundamental scope principle
AND
boolean
22. A global entity is accessible throughout the main program and in any subprogram in which no local entity has the same name as the global item.
system testing
procedural abstraction
Scope Rule 2
XOR
23. Boolean expressions can be simple or _______
control
software design
compound
Declaration
24. The two types of parameters that can be implemented with PASCAL are: _______ and Functions.
Else
compound
Procedures
statement
25. The stucture of a procedure: Heading - ______ - Statement
if-else
OR
Declaration
binary half adder
26. _______ boolean expressions are formed by combining boolean expressions using the boolean operators (NOT - AND- OR).
Local
compound
deployment/maintenance
top down
27. Deploy the software and fix bugs and modify to satisfy changing requirements.
statement
deployment/maintenance
independent
bottom up
28. A method of passing a variable to a program by making a copy of the variable and giving it to the called program.
deployment/maintenance
Sequence
pass by reference
if-then-else
29. Modules can be called anywhere in the program - but must be done after their ______.
definition
if-then-else
local
single
30. The creation (write) of the code.
definition
Declaration
implementation
declaration
31. It makes possible the selection of one of a number of alternative actions - which is implemented by an IF statement.
OR
selection structure
Formal
procedural abstraction
32. An entity declared in a subprogram can be accessed by any subprogram defined within it - provided that no entity with the same name is declared in the internal subprogram.
Scope Rule 3
Else
numeric
parameters
33. Breaking things into modules.
procedural abstraction
Scope Rule 3
implementation
fundamental scope principle
34. This is where the module is invoked or called.
software design
AND
local
call
35. A body of ______ consists of multiple statements. The statements do have a semicolon - including the end (from the begin and end).
testing
If-Then
compound
OR
36. Where the statements for the module are coded.
value parameters
definition
Sequence
independent
37. They can both receive and return values.
variable parameters
boolean
trace tables
procedural abstraction
38. Parameters act like _____ variables within a module
compilation
local
pass by value
If
39. Refers to the execution of a sequence of statements in the order in which they appear so that each statement is executed exactly once.
Scope Rule 1
variable parameters
independent
sequential structure
40. A ______ operand cannot be applied to an AND boolean operator
Scope Rule 3
OR
pass by reference
numeric
41. In ______ decision making when the first decision must evaluate to true before the successive (next) decisions are even considered for evaluation. One decision is made inside another. The outer decisions must evaluate to true before inner decisions a
compound
OR
not
nested
42. A _________ statement is what follows the 'then' in an (if-then statement) and is enclosed within the begin-end pair.
compound
OR
independent
infinite loops
43. A logical circuit which is used to add two binary digits.
OR
NOT
Declaration
binary half adder
44. A ________ statement is what follows the 'then' in an (if-then statement) and precedes the first semi-colon.
system testing
simple
nested
fundamental scope principle
45. Used to trace the execution of an algorithm.
XOR
call
If
trace tables
46. Modulars are ________ from one another
independent
control
Formal
If-Then
47. ______ Decision Making checks if a particular condition is true.
compound
not
pass by reference
If-Then
48. Modules are defined in the ______ part of a program - under the constant.
If
AND
top down
declaration
49. Less than - equal to - not equal to etc. are examples of _________
Actual parameters
candidate
simple
relational operators
50. A ______ statement is generally used when the number of times that the loop executes is not known in advance. The loop executes as long as the boolean expression is true.
While-Do
XOR
infinite loops
variable parameters