ProceduresIST 153 Course Guide
The procedure for ELI examinations are listed in the SYLLABUS mailed from ELI. The following is a summary:
Prepare for the exam
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Exam 1 will cover material from the following:
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.
STUDY QUESTIONS:
- 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?
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.
STUDY QUESTIONS:
- 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.