Exam 11: Building Programs

Based on the description below, what kind of loop do you think should be used? Students' scores in a class are entered as percentages. The program is to display a letter grade when the percentage is input and display cumulative totals for the number of As, Bs, Cs, Ds, and Fs earned. The program should also check for invalid input.

The term ____ refers to the number of records processed in a given time period.

____ focus(es) more on the logic of a problem than on syntax rules.

As a beginning programmer, you should let other people run your program and challenge them to "break" it.

The ____ is the closing section of a data-processing program. It includes reporting results and totals.

-The accompanying diagram depicts a truth table.

Hierarchy charts used to give users choices of possible valid actions.

Data values created for the purpose of testing program logic are called ____.

____ are used when an action might need to be taken multiple times.

Besides testing a module's internal contents, thorough testing checks a module's interaction with other modules by trying all kinds of argument values when a module calls other modules.

____ are used to represent in graphical form the outcomes of combining logical conditions.

____ are the simplest control structure, used when statements are to be performed in order.

____ are used to make programs easier to manage and to provide reusable code.

____ are used when a choice must be made between two or more courses of action, based on evaluation of a condition.

Decision tables are used to show the names of modules and their relationships to each other.

A(n) ____ is typically a loop that processes each data record that's input by a user or contained in a data file.

Based on the description below, what structure do you think is needed for the input? The amount of rainfall for each day in April is to be entered and displayed along with each day's percentage of the month's total rainfall.

____ are used to list the inputs, processing steps, and outputs needed to solve a problem.

____ is often done with employees who will be using the program eventually.

Software testing involves testing every line of code and anticipating every conceivable user action.