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 2 will cover material from Chapter 4: DOWHILE Counter-Controlled and Header Record loops.
Exam 2 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 Chapter 4. The remaining points will be earned by solving a problem using the control structures from Chapter4. On this test, you will be required to design problems using the control structures from Chapters 2, 3, and 4.
STUDY QUESTIONS:
- What is the function of the preparation symbol?
- What is the function of an accumulator?
- What is the function of a counter?
- What is the function of a DOWHILE loop?
- What is the difference between a leading-decision and a trailing-decision loop?
- What is the function of a counter-controlled loop?
- What is the purpose of a modularization?
- What is the difference between a called-module and a calling module?
- What is the function of a structure chart?
- What is a header record?
- What is the function of a header record loop?
- Solve problems using a header record loop.
- Solve problems using a counter controlled loop.