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Pascal Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. The three statements in PASCAL that implement repetition structures:WHILE - FOR - ______.






3. A body of ______ consists of multiple statements. The statements do have a semicolon - including the end (from the begin and end).






4. Typically a variable that determines whether or not the loop executes or not.






5. Where the statements for the module are coded.






6. A nested decision making statement can also have a ____ in the inner statement.






7. 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).






8. It makes possible the selection of one of a number of alternative actions - which is implemented by an IF statement.






9. The five activities in the lifetime of a piece of software? are _______ - Design - Implementation (Coding) - Testing - Deployment/Maintenance.






10. Boolean expressions can be simple or _______






11. 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.






12. Modules can be called anywhere in the program - but must be done after their ______.






13. 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.






14. Variable When a variable is declared under a procedure it is a _____ variable?






15. <> is the symbol for ___ equal to






16. A ______ operand cannot be applied to an AND boolean operator






17. The stucture of a procedure: Heading - ______ - Statement






18. The testing of the complete program to determine the overall system functions.






19. An ____ statement evaluates a Boolean expression. The code will only be executed when the expression evaluates to true.






20. They can store values passed on to them but cannot return any values.






21. A _________ statement is what follows the 'then' in an (if-then statement) and is enclosed within the begin-end pair.






22. Modulars are ________ from one another






23. The five types of operands allowed in Pascal are: Integer - Real - Boolean - _____ - Constant






24. A ________ statement is what follows the 'then' in an (if-then statement) and precedes the first semi-colon.






25. It encapsulates a sequence of statements as a single statement. Has a begin and end statement.






26. The scope of an entity is the program or subprogram in which it is declared.






27. True and False are the two _____ constants






28. A _______ statement involves Decision making with two conditions (true or false). No semicolon after 'else.






29. An item declared within a procedure or function is not accessible outside that procedure or function.






30. Test each module in isolation and test the modules all together and make sure every line of code is tested.






31. _______ boolean expressions are formed by combining boolean expressions using the boolean operators (NOT - AND- OR).






32. In a multiple ____ statement (Non-Exclusive Condition) any or all or none of the conditions may be true - they are independent.






33. Used to trace the execution of an algorithm.






34. When true the if executes the body which is a _________ statement.






35. Some logical operators in Pascal are: OR - AND - ___ - NOT - NAND - NOR






36. ______ Decision Making checks if a particular condition is true.






37. The order of operations of the boolean operators from first to last is: NOT - AND - _____






38. For an ____ Boolean Expression to be true if any Boolean expression evaluates to true then the entire expression evaluates to true.






39. A parameter that is specified as part of a function definition.






40. The two types of parameters that can be implemented with PASCAL are: _______ and Functions.






41. A method of passing a variable to a program by making a copy of the variable and giving it to the called program.






42. A logical circuit which is used to add two binary digits.






43. 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.






44. Less than - equal to - not equal to etc. are examples of _________






45. _____ error happens when the type and number of parameters does not match?






46. Breaking things into modules.






47. The order of operations from first to last are ___ - (* / DIV MOD AND) - (+ - OR) - (< > = <= >= <>)






48. The space on the task which holds the formal parameters local variables and the return value.






49. 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






50. Local variables have _______ kind of scope