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Pascal 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. Test each module in isolation and test the modules all together and make sure every line of code is tested.
NOT
binary half adder
not
testing
2. <> is the symbol for ___ equal to
Formal parameters
not
numeric
Modular
3. Local variables have _______ kind of scope
binary half adder
bottom up
Scope Rule 2
limited
4. An ____ statement evaluates a Boolean expression. The code will only be executed when the expression evaluates to true.
pass by value
NOT
if
declaration
5. The creation (write) of the code.
system testing
implementation
Modular
single
6. A method of passing a variable to a program by making a copy of the variable and giving it to the called program.
numeric
stack frame
statement
pass by value
7. The three statements in PASCAL that implement repetition structures:WHILE - FOR - ______.
compilation
top down
Repeat-Until
compound
8. The five activities in the lifetime of a piece of software? are _______ - Design - Implementation (Coding) - Testing - Deployment/Maintenance.
Requirements Gathering/Analysis
if
definition
Repeat-Until
9. All modules must be _____ and they can call other modules.
stack frame
control
local
Called
10. _______ boolean expressions are formed by combining boolean expressions using the boolean operators (NOT - AND- OR).
integration testing
compound
While-Do
limited
11. 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
pass by value
Called
statement
12. The two types of parameters that can be implemented with PASCAL are: _______ and Functions.
Procedures
definition
relational operators
If-Then
13. For an ____ Boolean Expression to be true if any Boolean expression evaluates to true then the entire expression evaluates to true.
trace tables
value parameters
Scope Rule 2
OR
14. Break system into manageable units or modules.
definition
software design
procedural abstraction
pass by reference
15. _____ error happens when the type and number of parameters does not match?
parameters
implementation
compilation
if-else
16. True and False are the two _____ constants
Scope Rule 2
if
boolean
local
17. _______ design starts with high level idea of a solution and successively refine it. It favors hierarchial organization.
if
top down
if
selection structure
18. This is where the module is invoked or called.
call
statement
not
Declaration
19. 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.
relational operators
If-Then
Scope Rule 2
pass by value
20. 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.
If
if
integration testing
AND
21. Parameters act like _____ variables within a module
Selection
if
AND
local
22. 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
system testing
nested
Called
Modular
23. Modulars are ________ from one another
pass by reference
Scope Rule 3
top down
independent
24. It encapsulates a sequence of statements as a single statement. Has a begin and end statement.
Formal
compound statement
Called
bottom up
25. In a multiple ____ statement (Non-Exclusive Condition) any or all or none of the conditions may be true - they are independent.
sequential structure
If
implementation
Scope Rule 3
26. Loops that never end because the stopping/exit condition is never met.
Declaration
infinite loops
NOT
OR
27. Refers to the execution of a sequence of statements in the order in which they appear so that each statement is executed exactly once.
boolean
XOR
OR
sequential structure
28. They can store values passed on to them but cannot return any values.
value parameters
variable parameters
definition
Formal
29. The order of operations from first to last are ___ - (* / DIV MOD AND) - (+ - OR) - (< > = <= >= <>)
Local
NOT
declaration
Procedures
30. ______ design starts by identifying tasks at the bottom level and then combine them to solve the main problem.
definition
XOR
bottom up
binary half adder
31. When true the if executes the body which is a _________ statement.
single
software design
simple
Formal parameters
32. The scope of an entity is the program or subprogram in which it is declared.
If-Then
if-else
Selection
fundamental scope principle
33. A _______ statement involves Decision making with two conditions (true or false). No semicolon after 'else.
if-then-else
independent
definition
If
34. A body of ______ consists of multiple statements. The statements do have a semicolon - including the end (from the begin and end).
not
bottom up
If-Then
stack frame
35. The five types of operands allowed in Pascal are: Integer - Real - Boolean - _____ - Constant
Character
nested
bottom up
compound
36. Variable When a variable is declared under a procedure it is a _____ variable?
Local
Formal
Sequence
sequential structure
37. ______ Decision Making checks if a particular condition is true.
Declaration
implementation
limited
If-Then
38. They can both receive and return values.
Selection
variable parameters
While-Do
binary half adder
39. A parameter that is specified as part of a function definition.
compound
pass by reference
if
Formal parameters
40. A method of passing a variable to a program by making a copy of the variable and giving it to the called program.
candidate
pass by reference
If-Then
compound statement
41. The three logical flows that govern a structured program are: Sequence - ______ - and Repetition.
Repeat-Until
Scope Rule 2
if-else
Selection
42. Some logical operators in Pascal are: OR - AND - ___ - NOT - NAND - NOR
Modular
local
XOR
fundamental scope principle
43. Modules are defined in the ______ part of a program - under the constant.
OR
declaration
Modular
Requirements Gathering/Analysis
44. Breaking things into modules.
Repeat-Until
Selection
procedural abstraction
OR
45. The order of operations of the boolean operators from first to last is: NOT - AND - _____
OR
While-Do
compound
local
46. A nested decision making statement can also have a ____ in the inner statement.
candidate
Else
Scope Rule 3
XOR
47. 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-else
compound
AND
statement
48. Used to trace the execution of an algorithm.
trace tables
implementation
AND
Formal parameters
49. ________ design is the key to the ability to create large systems.
compound
Repeat-Until
Modular
Actual parameters
50. The stucture of a procedure: Heading - ______ - Statement
sequential structure
bottom up
Declaration
Procedures