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