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Pascal Programming

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






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






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






4. <> is the symbol for ___ equal to






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






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






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






8. Where the statements for the module are coded.






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






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






11. Breaking things into modules.






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






13. They can both receive and return values.






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Parameters act like _____ variables within a module






27. The two types of parameters are: ______ and Actual.






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Boolean expressions can be simple or _______






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Modulars are ________ from one another






39. Local variables have _______ kind of scope






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. True and False are the two _____ constants






50. 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.