W5

Week 5 –EXAM 1
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Study Questions

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3

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EXAM PROCEDURES:

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WHAT TO EXPECT:

Exam 1 will cover material from the following:

Chapter 1: Introduction to Structured Design
Chapter 2: Simple Sequence Control Structure
Chapter 3: IF-THEN-ELSE Control Structure

Exam 1 is worth 100 points. YOU CANNOT USE YOUR TEXT, COURSE GUIDE OR NOTES TO HELP YOU WITH THIS EXAM. Allow 2 hours to complete the exam. Twenty-five percent of the exam will cover the concepts from Chapters 1, 2 and 3. The remaining points will be earned by solving a problem using the control structures from Chapters 1, 2 and 3.

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STUDY QUESTIONS:

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURED DESIGN

Describe the steps of the Program Development Cycle.

What is a program flowchart?

What is pseudocode?

What is a procedure-oriented language?

What is a fourth-generation language?

What is a nonprocedural language?

What is unit testing?

What is system testing?

What is a structured program?

What is a syntax error?

What is a logic error?

What is the purpose of a Simple Sequence control structure?

What is the purpose of an IFTHENELSE control structure?

What is the purpose of a DOWHILE control structure?

What is a loop?

What is an infinite loop?

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STUDY QUESTIONS:

CHAPTER 2 - SIMPLE SEQUENCE CONTROL STRUCTURE

What is an algorithm?

What is the function of the process symbol?

What is the function of the terminal interrupt symbol?

What is a Simple Sequence Control Structure?

What is a file?

What is a record?

What is a field?

What is a character?

What is the function of the general input/output symbol?

What is a variable?

What is an assignment statement?

What is the function of the assignment symbol?

What is a constant?

Solve problems using a simple sequence control structure.

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STUDY QUESTIONS:

CHAPTER 3 - IFTHENELSE CONTROL STRUCTURE

What is the function of the decision symbol?

What is a conditional branch?

What is the function of the IFTHENELSE control structure?

What is the function of the connector symbol?

What is the function of the null ELSE control structure?

What is the function of the sequential IFTHENELSE control structure?

What is the function of the nested IFTHENELSE pattern?

Solve problems using the basic IFTHENELSE control structure.

Solve problems using the null ELSE control structure.

Solve problems using the sequential IFTHENELSE control structure.

Solve problems using the nested IFTHENELSE control structure.

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