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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. A parameter value that is used in a function call or in a message sent to an object.
bottom up
Actual parameters
If
Formal parameters
2. Some logical operators in Pascal are: OR - AND - ___ - NOT - NAND - NOR
software design
XOR
top down
variable parameters
3. True and False are the two _____ constants
boolean
compound statement
local
procedural abstraction
4. ______ Decision Making checks if a particular condition is true.
call
If-Then
stack frame
compound
5. The three categories for a program structure are: ____ - Branching/Selection - Looping/Iteration
Sequence
compilation
compound statement
Scope Rule 3
6. Used to trace the execution of an algorithm.
deployment/maintenance
if-then-else
trace tables
candidate
7. Boolean expressions can be simple or _______
compound
simple
Scope Rule 1
relational operators
8. 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.
While-Do
Scope Rule 3
pass by reference
AND
9. For an ____ Boolean Expression to be true if any Boolean expression evaluates to true then the entire expression evaluates to true.
OR
Repeat-Until
procedural abstraction
candidate
10. Less than - equal to - not equal to etc. are examples of _________
relational operators
nested
declaration
Procedures
11. The five types of operands allowed in Pascal are: Integer - Real - Boolean - _____ - Constant
candidate
Character
pass by value
independent
12. The stucture of a procedure: Heading - ______ - Statement
numeric
integration testing
Declaration
boolean
13. 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.
Formal
pass by reference
if
AND
14. Test each module in isolation and test the modules all together and make sure every line of code is tested.
not
testing
stack frame
sequential structure
15. 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.
fundamental scope principle
local
if
infinite loops
16. All modules must be _____ and they can call other modules.
Called
integration testing
single
boolean
17. 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.
definition
parameters
software design
selection structure
18. A ________ statement is what follows the 'then' in an (if-then statement) and precedes the first semi-colon.
control
simple
deployment/maintenance
Modular
19. Modulars are ________ from one another
independent
simple
Requirements Gathering/Analysis
bottom up
20. When true the if executes the body which is a _________ statement.
fundamental scope principle
deployment/maintenance
single
simple
21. Where the statements for the module are coded.
Selection
Formal
system testing
definition
22. An ____ statement evaluates a Boolean expression. The code will only be executed when the expression evaluates to true.
if
binary half adder
bottom up
Procedures
23. The three statements in PASCAL that implement repetition structures:WHILE - FOR - ______.
procedural abstraction
deployment/maintenance
Called
Repeat-Until
24. A _________ statement is what follows the 'then' in an (if-then statement) and is enclosed within the begin-end pair.
call
Declaration
procedural abstraction
compound
25. An item declared within a procedure or function is not accessible outside that procedure or function.
OR
Scope Rule 1
Formal parameters
compound
26. _______ boolean expressions are formed by combining boolean expressions using the boolean operators (NOT - AND- OR).
Formal parameters
not
compound
AND
27. It encapsulates a sequence of statements as a single statement. Has a begin and end statement.
definition
compound statement
independent
pass by reference
28. The order of operations of the boolean operators from first to last is: NOT - AND - _____
pass by value
OR
sequential structure
Repeat-Until
29. Refers to the execution of a sequence of statements in the order in which they appear so that each statement is executed exactly once.
sequential structure
Called
limited
boolean
30. ________ design is the key to the ability to create large systems.
top down
if-then-else
compound statement
Modular
31. Deploy the software and fix bugs and modify to satisfy changing requirements.
Requirements Gathering/Analysis
statement
deployment/maintenance
call
32. 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.
Local
integration testing
compound
Repeat-Until
33. <> is the symbol for ___ equal to
compilation
not
infinite loops
compound
34. _______ design starts with high level idea of a solution and successively refine it. It favors hierarchial organization.
independent
declaration
NOT
top down
35. Breaking things into modules.
definition
definition
While-Do
procedural abstraction
36. The creation (write) of the code.
Local
If
implementation
Actual parameters
37. A nested decision making statement can also have a ____ in the inner statement.
pass by reference
bottom up
Else
Sequence
38. Modules can be called anywhere in the program - but must be done after their ______.
trace tables
definition
system testing
boolean
39. Break system into manageable units or modules.
not
software design
While-Do
deployment/maintenance
40. A parameter that is specified as part of a function definition.
Formal parameters
not
Requirements Gathering/Analysis
variable parameters
41. It makes possible the selection of one of a number of alternative actions - which is implemented by an IF statement.
numeric
procedural abstraction
Scope Rule 2
selection structure
42. They can both receive and return values.
Called
variable parameters
integration testing
Scope Rule 1
43. They can store values passed on to them but cannot return any values.
value parameters
fundamental scope principle
Scope Rule 1
bottom up
44. Parameters act like _____ variables within a module
call
Scope Rule 2
local
OR
45. 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.
Local
call
Formal parameters
Scope Rule 2
46. The five activities in the lifetime of a piece of software? are _______ - Design - Implementation (Coding) - Testing - Deployment/Maintenance.
Formal
binary half adder
OR
Requirements Gathering/Analysis
47. In a multiple ____ statement (Non-Exclusive Condition) any or all or none of the conditions may be true - they are independent.
NOT
candidate
Character
If
48. A body of ______ consists of multiple statements. The statements do have a semicolon - including the end (from the begin and end).
Scope Rule 3
If-Then
control
testing
49. The space on the task which holds the formal parameters local variables and the return value.
if
stack frame
Called
Selection
50. A logical circuit which is used to add two binary digits.
Actual parameters
binary half adder
procedural abstraction
compound