Principle of Computing

A variable's data type describes all of the following EXCEPT

• how the variable is stored in memory

• the scope of the variable

• what values the variable can hold

• what operations can be performed with the variable

what does a declaration provide for a variable

• a name

• a data type

• both

• none

modularization

• eliminate abstraction

• facilitates reusability

• increases the need for syntax

• reduces overhead

the value 3 is a

• numeric variable

• string variable

• string constant

• numeric constant

the value stored in an uninitialized variable is

• null

• garbage

• compost

• its identifier

which module in a typical program will execute the most times?

• the housekeeping module

• it is different in every program

• the end-of-job module

• the detail loop

what are nonexecuting statements that programmers place within code to explain program statements in English

• trivia

• user documentation

• pseudocode

• comments

the more that a module's statements contribute to the same job, the greater the _____ of the module

• modularity

• structure

• functional cohesion

• size

which of the following is NOT a term used as a synonym for module?

• procedure

• object

• subroutine

• method

the assignment operator

• is a binary operator

• has left-to-right associativity

• is most often represented by a colon

• two of the above