Ch.13: Pre-test

A program is a list of instructions for the computer to follow to process:

• data

• direct

• logic

• hardware

The major processing steps identified in a top-down program design are called:

• assembly

• instructions

• modules

• logic

The programming logic structure in which one program statement follows another.

• loop

• repetition

• selection

• sequential

One of the best ways to code effective programs is to use the three basic logic structures to create:

• code reviews

• modular languages

• pseudocode

• structured programs

Which step in the six-step programming procedure involves desk checking and searching for syntax and logic errors?

• program design

• program documentation

• program maintenance

• program test

Which step in the six-step programming procedure is the final step?

• program design

• program documentation

• program test

• program maintenance

Unlike traditional systems development, this software development approach focuses less on the procedures and more on defining the relationships between previously defined procedures.

• 2GL

• context-markup

• module

• object-oriented

Natural languages are considered to be a:

• high-level language

• low-level language

• midlevel language

• procedural language

A compiler converts the programmer’s procedural language program, called the source code, into a machine language code, called the:

• interpreter code

• object code

• structured code

• top-down code

The 4GL languages that enable nonprogrammers to use certain easily understood commands to search and generate reports from a database.

• query

• application generator

• C++

• COBOL