NOCTI Computer Programming

A typical non-fuctional user requirement is/are

C. The resources needed to maintain the system

The following programming flowchart symbol is a/an _____ symbol

C. Decision

One of the main goals in analyzing user requirements is to

D. Elicit requirements from a user's point of view

Which of the following flowchart symbols indicates a question or branch in the process flow

B. Decision

If a record has the following field lengths. what is the record length: Name = 35, Zip Code=5, and District=7

B. 47

In programming interface data files, if the length of the fields is not known, a common format for the data is

A. Delimited

The source document and ________ should follow the same order

A. Input screen design

The implementation phase consist of coding, testing , and

D. Integration

Reviewing specifications is the ________ step in writing a computer program.

A. First

Coding is the ______ step in a writing a computer program .

C. Third

One example of scripting (text processing) language is

Perl

Which of the following enables the use of "plain English" queries?

C. SQL

Which of the following is a correct name for a variable?

A. State_Zipcode

A type of variable that contains text, such as names or titles, is called

A. String

An example of loop structure is

A. DO UNTIL

Why is the following expression invalid ? A=10 + "New Data"

B. Data types are mixed

An example of an integer variable is

C. 37

When TEXT1.VALUE= "March 7", TEXT1_LEN=

Sub Form_Click()

IN = TEXT1.VALUE

TEXT1_len = LEN$(IN)

For I = TEXT_len to 1 step -1

TEMP = TEMP & mid (in,I,1)

NEXT

OUT =TEMP & right (in, text_len -n)

A. 7

The following BASIC control statement FOR X=25 TO 35 will cause the

B. following statement to be executed 11 times

A data element is intended to contain a range from 15 to 30 and after testing it contains 32. What kind of error is this?

D. Boundary

An output field has "Los Angeles moved to hit and when examined contains "Los Angel". This indicates a/an ____ error.

C. Truncation

Which of the following errors is caused by a calculation error?

B. Arithmetic

Which of the following consist of a sequence of events to follow so they can be repeated?

D. Script

Compile errors can be caused by which of the following?

A. Bad Syntax

Maintenance refers to changes to a system in operating arising from error corrections, performance improvements, changes in the business environment

A.Enhancements in functions

The___ document lays out the general requirements that when changed, motivate the existence and purpose of a given code set

B. Design

The Following programming flowchart symbol is a/an

Input/Output

When writing program user documentation,

D. use language that is clear and at the level of the end user

One method of ensuring that updates to documentation are efficiently distributed is to

make changes in an online help system rather than printed sources

All computer instructions are based on four logic patterns. These patterns are simple sequence, selection, loop, and

D. Branch

Which of the following uses three basic control structures to form highly structured units of code?

A. Structured programing

If the memory speed of the bus is 750Mhz, and the CPU is operating at twice the speed of the bus, what is the processor speed?

C.375 Mhz

Two types of programs that create machine codes are the interpreter and the

C. Compiler

In the order of calculations in a program

B. parentheses precede exponentiation

When the code below is executed, strAdd will be equal to

strFirst= "123"

strSecond="456"

strAdd = strFirst + strSecond

C. 123456