Question 1

In a flowchart,an ____ is most often represented by a three-sided box that is connected to the step it references by a dashed line.

Accepted Answer

A)   abstraction symbol
B)   annotation symbol
C)   abbreviation symbol
D)   enumeration symbolE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Match each term with a statement below.

-Named memory locations whose contents can vary or differ over time

Accepted Answer

A)  Reliability
B)  Declaration
C)  Echoing input
D)  String variable
E)  IdentifierF) PromptG) VariablesH) Data dictionaryI) Numeric variableJ) Type-safetyK) A) and G)
L) A) and B)

Question 3

Most modern programming languages require that program statements be placed in specific columns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

A variable's unknown value is commonly called ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   initial
B)   default
C)   random
D)   garbageE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 5

____ is the process of paying attention to important properties while ignoring nonessential details.

Accepted Answer

A)   Abstraction
B)   Modularization
C)   Abbreviation
D)   DecompositionE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 6

What does a data item's data type describe?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

The process of naming program variables and assigning a type to them is called ____ variables.

Accepted Answer

A)   initializing
B)   declaring
C)   identifying
D)   proclaimingE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

List three design features that you can use while creating programs to make them easier to write and maintain.

Accepted Answer

Students should list three of the follow...

Question 9

Programmers generally write programs as one long series of steps.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Match each term with a statement below.

-The feature of programs that assures you a module has been tested and proven to function correctly

Accepted Answer

A)  Reliability
B)  Declaration
C)  Echoing input
D)  String variable
E)  IdentifierF) PromptG) VariablesH) Data dictionaryI) Numeric variableJ) Type-safetyK) B) and C)
L) B) and I)

Question 11

When the variable starts with a lowercase letter and any subsequent word begins with an uppercase letter,this is called ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   Hungarian notation
B)   Pascal casing
C)   camel casing
D)   Turing notationE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Programmers refer to programs that contain meaningful names as ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   undocumented
B)   procedurally documented
C)   formally documented
D)   self-documentingE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 13

All programming languages support four broad data types.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The process of breaking down a large program into modules is called ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   decomposing
B)   modularization
C)   fragmentation
D)   cachingE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 15

A(n) ____ is similar to a variable,except it can be assigned a value only once.

Accepted Answer

A)   unnamed constant
B)   literal
C)   named constant
D)   constantE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 16

Match each term with a statement below.

-A statement that provides a data type and an identifier for a variable

Accepted Answer

A)  Reliability
B)  Declaration
C)  Echoing input
D)  String variable
E)  IdentifierF) PromptG) VariablesH) Data dictionaryI) Numeric variableJ) Type-safetyK) H) and I)
L) B) and I)

Question 17

Match each term with a statement below.

-The feature of programming languages that prevents assigning values of an incorrect data type

Accepted Answer

A)  Reliability
B)  Declaration
C)  Echoing input
D)  String variable
E)  IdentifierF) PromptG) VariablesH) Data dictionaryI) Numeric variableJ) Type-safetyK) A) and E)
L) E) and H)

Question 18

Because one memory location can be used repeatedly with different values,you can write program instructions once and then use them for thousands of separate calculations

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Programmers say the statements that are contained in a module have been ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   embedded
B)   decomposed
C)   encapsulated
D)   modularizedE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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