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Nocti Computer Programming Exam: Certification Year 2025 Entry, Exams of Computer Engineering and Programming

Northern Kentucky University (NKU)Computer Engineering and Programming

A series of multiple-choice questions covering fundamental concepts in computer programming, including flowcharts, data types, programming languages, and error handling. It provides correct answers to each question, making it a valuable resource for students preparing for a computer programming certification exam.

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Nocti Computer Programming Exam
Certification Year 2025 Entry,
1. Flowcharts: A slanted parallelogram indicates... - Correct Ans:
✅An Input or Output
2. Flowcharts: A rectangle indicates... - Correct Ans: ✅A
representation of a process
3. Flowcharts: A diamond indicates... - Correct Ans: ✅A Decision
4. In Programming interface data files, if the length of the fields is
not known, a common format for the data is... - Correct Ans:
✅Delimited
5. Delimited fields are separated by... - Correct Ans: ✅Commas
6. Fixed Length fields are separated by... - Correct Ans:
✅Positions of the data
7. The source document and _____ should follow the same order.
- Correct Ans: ✅Input screen design
8. The implementation phase consists of coding, testing, and... -
Correct Ans: ✅Integration
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Nocti Computer Programming Exam

Certification Year 2025 Entry,

  1. Flowcharts: A slanted parallelogram indicates... - Correct Ans: ✅An Input or Output
  2. Flowcharts: A rectangle indicates... - Correct Ans: ✅A representation of a process
  3. Flowcharts: A diamond indicates... - Correct Ans: ✅A Decision
  4. In Programming interface data files, if the length of the fields is not known, a common format for the data is... - Correct Ans: ✅Delimited
  5. Delimited fields are separated by... - Correct Ans: ✅Commas
  6. Fixed Length fields are separated by... - Correct Ans: ✅Positions of the data
  7. The source document and _____ should follow the same order.
    • Correct Ans: ✅Input screen design
  8. The implementation phase consists of coding, testing, and... - Correct Ans: ✅Integration
  1. The order of the SDLC is... - Correct Ans: ✅Design, Implementation, Testing, Evolution, Requirement Analysis
  2. Reviewing specifications is the ____ step in writing a

computer program. - Correct Ans: ✅First

  1. Coding is the _____ step in writing a compute rprogram -

Correct Ans: ✅Third

  1. One example of scripting (text processing) language is... -

Correct Ans: ✅Perl

  1. Which of the following enables the use of "plain English"

queries? - Correct Ans: ✅SQL

  1. What is a correct name for a variable? - Correct Ans:

✅State_Zipcode

  1. What is an incorrect name for a variable? - Correct Ans:

✅State+Zipcode

  1. What type of variable contains text? - Correct Ans:

✅String

  1. An example of an integer variable... - Correct Ans: ✅-
  2. The following BASIC control statement FOR X = 25 TO 35

will cause the... - Correct Ans: ✅Following statement to be executed 11 times

  1. A data element is intended to contain a range from 15 to 30 and after testing it contains 32. What kind of error is this? - Correct Ans: ✅Boundary
  2. An output field has "Los Angeles" moved to it and when examined contains "Los Angel", this indicates which error? - Correct Ans: ✅Truncation
  3. Which of the following errors is caused by a calculation

error? - Correct Ans: ✅Arithmetic

  1. Which of the following consists of a sequence of events to

follow so they can be repeated? - Correct Ans: ✅Script

  1. Compile errors can be caused by which of the following? -

Correct Ans: ✅Bad Syntax

  1. What does Maintenance refer to? - Correct Ans:

✅Changes to a system in operating arising from error

corrections, performance improvements, changes in the business environment and enhancements in functions.

  1. The ____ document lays out the general requirements that when changed, motivate the existence and purpose of a given code set. - Correct Ans: ✅Design
  2. When writing program user documentation... - Correct

Ans: ✅use language that is clear and at the level of the end user.

  1. One method of ensuring that updates to documentation

are efficiently distributed is to... - Correct Ans: ✅make changes in an online help system rather than printed sources

  1. All computer instructions are based on four basic logic

patterns. These are... - Correct Ans: ✅simple sequence, selection, loop, and branch

  1. Which of the following uses three basic control structures

to form highly structured units of code? - Correct Ans: ✅structured programming

  1. If the memory speed of the bus is 750MHz, and the CPU is operating at twice the speed of the bus, what is the processor speed? - Correct Ans: ✅1.5GHz
  1. Which of the following flowchart symbols indicates a

question or branch in the process flow... - Correct Ans: ✅Decision

  1. If a record has the following field lengths, what is the record length?
  2. Name = 35, Zip-code = 5, District = 7 - Correct Ans: ✅ 47
  3. Flowcharts: An elongated Oval indicates... - Correct Ans:

✅A start or end point

  1. Flowcharts: An arrow indicates... - Correct Ans: ✅A connector that shows relations between items