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Pascal Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A parameter that is specified as part of a function definition.






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






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






4. Breaking things into modules.






5. They can both receive and return values.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Boolean expressions can be simple or _______






13. Break system into manageable units or modules.






14. <> is the symbol for ___ equal to






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






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






17. This is where the module is invoked or called.






18. 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.






19. Deploy the software and fix bugs and modify to satisfy changing requirements.






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






21. All modules must be _____ and they can call other modules.






22. Where the statements for the module are coded.






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






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






25. 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.






26. Refers to the execution of a sequence of statements in the order in which they appear so that each statement is executed exactly once.






27. A parameter value that is used in a function call or in a message sent to an object.






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






34. ______ design starts by identifying tasks at the bottom level and then combine them to solve the main problem.






35. Used to trace the execution of an algorithm.






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






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






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






39. ________ design is the key to the ability to create large systems.






40. 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.






41. 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).






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






45. Loops that never end because the stopping/exit condition is never met.






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






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






48. Modulars are ________ from one another






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






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