FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

WHAT IS PROGRAMMING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mr. Silverman and his class cannot use the computer lab at the moment. He hands the students the print-out of the programming code from their current projects and then has them work through their code with a pencil. What task are the students performing?
A
Desk checking
B
Real-time testing
C
Syntax checking
D
Error testing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Code tracing is a method in which the programmer uses paper and pencil to hand trace the execution of a program or code segment in order to track the variable values as they change during execution and to determine the output of the code.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition: Debugging is the process of detecting and removing of existing and potential errors (also called as ‘bugs’) in a software code that can cause it to behave unexpectedly or crash. To prevent incorrect operation of a software or system, debugging is used to find and resolve bugs or defects.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sequence is the default control structure; instructions are executed one after another.

Detailed explanation-4: -1. Integer Data Type. An integer type variable can store zero, positive, and negative values without any decimal. In C language, the integer data type is represented by the ‘int’ keyword, and it can be both signed or unsigned.

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