NOCTI COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS UPDATED 2025–2026
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define the problem
1. One of the main goals in analyzing functional require-
from the user's
ments is to
point of view
delimited (if you
2. In programming interface data files, if the length of the
have a "name"
fields is not known, a common format for the data is:
, an "address", a
"SSN", , "tele-
phone"
3. When analyzing user requirements it is important to think in terms of
the user's needs
4. If a user states that he/she needs to distribute a report to The management of
many people, changed to doc-
uments programs
and other info
stored as version
control.
5. The particular method of data storage should be the one best meets the
that program require-
ments and cost re-
straint.
6. Good programming technique incorporated which of the Adequate and
following principles? concise com-
ments
7. A structured code walkthrough ensues the code
follows in house
rules
8. Depending on the size of the organization systems employed to be a
analysts are liaison be-
tween non techni-
cal users and IT
professionals
,2|Page
9. When conducting a design review, allow the programming
team to define the
most impor- tant
parts of their code
themselves
10. The source document and the input screen design follow the same
should order
11. After programmers develop a solution algorithm us- ing a VALIDATE the
flowchart or pseudocode, program design
for accuracy.
12. The implementation phase constructs or builds a new or modified
system and then
delivers it to the
customer
13. The analysis phase of the systems development life cycle This can also
(SDLC) includes an investigation to determine a definitive be called feasibili-
problem or improvement of a system and decide whether ty study.
it is worth pursuing.
14. A programmer has written a program that would au- dit Store the informa-
all record changes in a relational database. What would tion inside an SQL
be an appropriate way for enabling a user to search for database as a re-
this information and manage it using a system logging lated record.
tool?
15. The concatenation function allows a programmer to build a string by
combining strings
together.
16. The correct time to plan data storage is during the implementation
phase
17. A machine language program is executable with-
out alteration
,3|Page
18.
, 4|Page
Program documentation provides a means for pro- to follow the logic
grammers of the program
19. One example of a text processing (scripting) lan- Perl
guage is
20. In a structured program environment, a control struc- ture is a series of
instructions that
control the logical
order in which pro-
gram instructions
are executed.
21. The following BASIC control statement FOR X=15 to 35
will cause: (inclusive) 'NEXT
X' statement to be
executed 21 times
22. Best practices for comments suggest that program- mer
includes the programmer's initials, descriptions of the
modification, and
date
23. Each module in top -down programming should: represent a pro-
gram function
24. When performing maintenance on source code its leave the old com-
important to ments in place and
add new com-
ments
25. Compile error can be caused by bad syntax, typ-
ing data or: illegal
function call
26. If an object can act differently under different parts of the polymorphic
program
27. Which of the following is an example of unit testing errors are detect-
ed early which re-
sults in cost reduc-
WITH ALL NEW QUESTIONS AND EXACTLY RIGHT ANSWERS | A+ QUALITY
GUARANTEE
define the problem
1. One of the main goals in analyzing functional require-
from the user's
ments is to
point of view
delimited (if you
2. In programming interface data files, if the length of the
have a "name"
fields is not known, a common format for the data is:
, an "address", a
"SSN", , "tele-
phone"
3. When analyzing user requirements it is important to think in terms of
the user's needs
4. If a user states that he/she needs to distribute a report to The management of
many people, changed to doc-
uments programs
and other info
stored as version
control.
5. The particular method of data storage should be the one best meets the
that program require-
ments and cost re-
straint.
6. Good programming technique incorporated which of the Adequate and
following principles? concise com-
ments
7. A structured code walkthrough ensues the code
follows in house
rules
8. Depending on the size of the organization systems employed to be a
analysts are liaison be-
tween non techni-
cal users and IT
professionals
,2|Page
9. When conducting a design review, allow the programming
team to define the
most impor- tant
parts of their code
themselves
10. The source document and the input screen design follow the same
should order
11. After programmers develop a solution algorithm us- ing a VALIDATE the
flowchart or pseudocode, program design
for accuracy.
12. The implementation phase constructs or builds a new or modified
system and then
delivers it to the
customer
13. The analysis phase of the systems development life cycle This can also
(SDLC) includes an investigation to determine a definitive be called feasibili-
problem or improvement of a system and decide whether ty study.
it is worth pursuing.
14. A programmer has written a program that would au- dit Store the informa-
all record changes in a relational database. What would tion inside an SQL
be an appropriate way for enabling a user to search for database as a re-
this information and manage it using a system logging lated record.
tool?
15. The concatenation function allows a programmer to build a string by
combining strings
together.
16. The correct time to plan data storage is during the implementation
phase
17. A machine language program is executable with-
out alteration
,3|Page
18.
, 4|Page
Program documentation provides a means for pro- to follow the logic
grammers of the program
19. One example of a text processing (scripting) lan- Perl
guage is
20. In a structured program environment, a control struc- ture is a series of
instructions that
control the logical
order in which pro-
gram instructions
are executed.
21. The following BASIC control statement FOR X=15 to 35
will cause: (inclusive) 'NEXT
X' statement to be
executed 21 times
22. Best practices for comments suggest that program- mer
includes the programmer's initials, descriptions of the
modification, and
date
23. Each module in top -down programming should: represent a pro-
gram function
24. When performing maintenance on source code its leave the old com-
important to ments in place and
add new com-
ments
25. Compile error can be caused by bad syntax, typ-
ing data or: illegal
function call
26. If an object can act differently under different parts of the polymorphic
program
27. Which of the following is an example of unit testing errors are detect-
ed early which re-
sults in cost reduc-
