Programming review – Flashcards

______ are easy to locate and correct because the compiler or interpreter you use highlights every error.

If you use an otherwise correct word that doesn't make sense in the current context, then you have a _____

_____ is a named memory location whose values can vary.

Before a programmer plans the _____ of a program, he or she must understand the problem

After a programmer plans the logic of a program, the next step is ______ the problem.

Typically a programmer develops a program's logic, writes the code, and compiles the program, receiving a list of______

The process of finding and correcting programs errors is called _____.

In a flowchart, a _______ represents processing

The ____ is used to represent output in a flowchart.

The ______ is the standard terminal symbol for a flowchart.

The repetition of series of steps is called a ________.

An __________ is a repeating flow of logic with no end.

You represent a decision in a flowchart by drawing a decision symbol, which is shaped like a ________.

A _______ tells the user what to enter.

An _____ is a software package that provides an editor,a compiler, And other programming tools

A _______ is a location on your computer screen where you type text entries to communicate with the computers operating system.

A _____ allows users to interact with a program in a graphical environment

When you write a program, you work with data in what three forms

A specific numeric value is often called a _______.

Fractional numeric value that contains a decimal point are known as ______.

In most programming languages, before you use any variable, you must include a _______ for it.

The process of naming programs variables and assigning a type of the is called ________.

A variables Unknown value is commonly called _________.

Declaring a starting value for a variable is known as ______ the variable.

The assignment operation is the ___ sign.

A _________ is similar to a variable, except it can be assigned a value only once.

The _______ dictate the order in which operations in the same statement are carried out.

Programmers say that variables and constants declared within a module are ______ only within that module

_______ and constants are known to the entire program.

As a programs become larger and more complicated, the need for good planning and design _____.

Programmer refer to programs that contain meaningful names as ______

A ______ is not used for input or output, but instead is just a working variable that you use during a programs execution.

In a ________ structure, you perform an action or task, and then you perform the next action in order.

The pseudo code is an example of what : get firstNum get secondNum add firstNum and secondNum Print

If-else examples can also be called dual-alternative because the contain the action taken when the tested condition is true and the action taken when it is false.

The pseudo code is an example of what: get Num while Num is positive add to sum get Num

You may hear programmers refer to looping as ____.

The action/actions that occur within a loop are known as a_____.

The pseudo code is an example of what: If condition A is true then do step E else do step B do step C do step D endif

Placing a structure within another structure is called a _______.

The maximum number of entry points that any programming structure can have is ____.

A structured program includes only combinations of the basic structure. What are they?

A loop must return a _______ at some later point in a structure.

The _____ loop is a variation of a whole loop.

The > sign means _____.

Usually, sting variables are not considered to be equal unless they are _______.

An _____ decision is in which two conditions must be true for an action to take place.

A series of nested if statements are also called a ________.

Most languages allow you to use a variation of the decision structure called the _______ when you must nest a series of decisions about a single variable.

Most programming languages allow you to ask two or more questions in a single comparison by using an __________ that joins decisions in a single statement.

For maximum efficiency, a good rule of thumb in an AND decision is to first ask the question That is more likely to be ____

When creating a truth table, you must determine how many possible ________.

The conditional AND operators in Java is ____.

In a truth table, the expression true AND true is _____.

________ are diagrams used in Mathematics and logic to help describe the truth of an entire expression beaded in the truth of its parts.

An _____ decision Is a decision in which at least one of two conditions must be true for an action to take place.

In a truth table, the expression false OR false is ________.

For maximum efficiency, a good rule of thumb in an OR decision is to ask the question that is more likely to be ________.

Java uses the || symbol as the logical ____________.

You use the logical ____ operator to reverse the meaning of the Boolean value.

You can perform a _________ by making comparisons using either the lowest or highest value in the ranges of values.

When you combine AND and OR operators , the ____ operators take precedence, meaning their Boolean values are evaluated first.

You can use ______ for clarity and to override the default order of operations

The first step in a while loop is typically is to _________________ the loop control variable.

Once the logic enters the body of a structured loop, the entire loop must execute.

The last step in a while loop usually to _______ the loop control variable.

A ___________ executes a predetermined number of times.

Many _____________ values are altered by incrementing, or adding to them.

A ___________ is any numeric variable values you use to count the number of times an event has occurred.

A loop within another in known as a __________ loop.

When one loop appears inside another, the loop that contains the other loop is called the ___________.

usually, when you create nested loops, each loop has it own _________________.

A mistake programmers often make with loops is that they include statements inside the loop that belong __________the loop.

A mistake programmers often make with loops is that they neglect to ________ the loop control variable prior to entering the loop body.

A _________ is correct only when the correct operands and operator are used.

Programmers use the term ________ to describe programs that are well designed and easy to understand and maintain.

You usually use the ___________ for definite loops.

The________________ provides three actions in one compact statement.

The amount by which a for loop control variable changes is often called a _________________.

In a ________ loop, the loop body might never execute because the question controlling the loop might be false the first time it is asked.

In a ____________ loop , the loop body executes at least one time because the loop control variable is not tested until after one iteration.

Loops are frequently used to ___________ data ; that is to make sure it is meaningful and useful.

The for loop is particularly useful when ______________.

______________ hold values that do not during program's execution.

Besides making your code easier to modify, using a named constant makes the code easier to _________________.

One advantage to using a named constant is that the statement becomes _____________.

If you declare a ____________ variable, you can set its value to be true or false.

Variables and constants are ____________ within, or local to, only the method in which they are declared.

When a data item is known to all of a program's module it is known as a ____________________.

A calling method sends an _________ to a called method.

A ____________ accepts the values of an argument passed to it as its parameter.

A methods name and parameter list constitute the method's __________.

You can think or the _________________ in a method declaration as a funnel into the method.

A variable usually is passed into a method by _____________.

Each time a method executes , any parameter variables listed in the method header are ______________.

The variables in method declaration the accepts the values from the actual parameters are ______________.

A method can return nothing, in which case the method is a _________ method.

When multiple parameters appear in a method header, they constitute a ______________.

When you ______________ a method, you write multiple methods with a shared name but different parameter lists.

Using ___________ means that the interface with the method is the only part of a method with which the method's client interacts.

Every time you call a method, the address to which the program should return at the completion of the method is stored in a memory location called the ____________.

__________________ is a style of programming that focuses on an application's data and the method you need to manipulate the data.

Object Oriented Programmers sometimes say an object is one instantiation of a _____________.

Objects both in the real world and in object- orientated programming contains ___________ and methods.

______ are the characteristics the define an object as part of a class.

When you think in an object-oriented manner, every __________ is a member of a class.

The concept of a class is useful because of its ______________.

Object attributes are often called _______ to help distinguish them from other variables you might use.

The data components of a class that belongs to every instantiated object are the class's ____________.

A ________ is a program or class that instantiated objects of another prewritten class.

The term ________ is applied to situations in which you define multiple methods with a single name

A _____________ is a set f program statement that tell you the characteristics of the class' objects and the methods that can be used by its objects.

The term _______________ implies that the type's data can be accessed only through methods.

An __________ is a programmer-defined type, such as a class.

In older object-oriented programming languages, simple numbers and characters are said to be ___________________.

A _____________________ consists of a rectangle divided into three sections.

The purpose of ________________ is to set the values of data fields within a class.

Methods that set values are called __________ methods.

The purpose of a _______ is to return a value to the world outside the class.

A work method is also know as a _______________.

An ________________ is the adjective defining the type of access (public or private)that outside classes will have to the attributes or methods.

In a class method, the _______ reference can be used only with identifiers that are field names.

_____________ methods are those for which no object needs to exist.

___________ methods are methods that exist to be used with an object created from a class.

In most programming languages, you use the word static when you want to declare a ____________.

If a constructor requires arguments, it is a ___________ constructor.

A method's name and a list of arguments types together are its signature.

The most common way to declare a destructor explicitly is to use an identifier that consists of a __________ followed by the class name.

When you purchase or download a _________ for an object-oriented programming language, it comes packages with many pre-defined , built in classes.

From the _____ when businesses began to use computers to help them perform many jobs, through the _____, almost all interactive dialogue between people and computers took place at the command prompt.

The _________________ is the location on your computer screen at which you type entries to communicate with the computer's operating system.

The ____________ software allows you to use a mouse of other pointing device to select pictures, or icons, on the screen.

Performing an operation on an icon causes an __________.

Within an ________________, a component from which an event is generated is the source of the event.

In object-oriented languages, the procedural modules that depend on user-initiated events are often called________.

______ components are excellent examples of the best principles of object-oriented programming; they represent objects with attributes and methods that operate like black boxes.

A _________ is one of the tiny dots of light that from a grid on your screen.

When you use a menu bar, it is at the top of the screen in most GUI programs, and the first menu item is almost always _________.

GI programmers sometimes refer to screen space as real estate.