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Pascal Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Loops that never end because the stopping/exit condition is never met.






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.






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.






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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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.






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






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






16. The three categories for a program structure are: ____ - Branching/Selection - Looping/Iteration






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






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).






19. Break system into manageable units or modules.






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.






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






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.






23. Boolean expressions can be simple or _______






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The creation (write) of the code.






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






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.






33. Breaking things into modules.






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






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






36. Where the statements for the module are coded.






37. They can both receive and return values.






38. Parameters act like _____ variables within a module






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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. Used to trace the execution of an algorithm.






46. Modulars are ________ from one another






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






48. Modules are defined in the ______ part of a program - under the constant.






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






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.