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MIS 505 Programming-Final-Exam-Review PART 5

1. The sorting process is usually reserved for a relatively large number of data items.
A) True
B) False
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2. The most popular computer coding schemes include ASCII, Numeric, and EBCDIC.
A) True
B) False
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3. You can make additional improvements to a bubble sort to reduce unnecessary comparisons.
A) True
B) False
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4. An insertion sort is another name for a bubble sort.
A) True
B) False
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5. Two-dimensional arrays are never actually required in order to achieve a useful program.
A) True
B) False
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6. Some programming languages allow multidimensional arrays.
A) True
B) False
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7. It is relatively easy for people to keep track of arrays with more than three dimensions.
A) True
B) False
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8. You do not need to determine a record- exact physical address in order to use it.
A) True
B) False
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9. When a record is removed from an indexed file, it has to be physically removed.
A) True
B) False
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10. Every time you add a new record to a linked list, you search through the list for the correct logical location of the new record.
A) True
B) False
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11. When records are in ____ order, they are arranged one after another on the basis of the value in a particular field.
A) random
B) sequential
C) binary
D) incremental
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12. The ____ is often used as a statistic in many cases because it represents a more typical case.
A) mode
B) mean
C) average
D) median
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13. The ____ is skewed by a few very high or low values.
A) mode
B) median
C) mean
D) standard deviation
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14. When you store data records, they exist in ____.
A) some type of order
B) the reverse order from how they were entered
C) the same default ordering for all systems
D) ascending order
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15. When you create a ____ report, the records must have been sorted in order by a key field.
A) summary
B) control break
C) detail
D) totals
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16. When computers sort data, they always use ____ values when making comparisons between values.
A) numeric
B) alphanumeric
C) alphabetic
D) ascending
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17. Because “A” is always less than “B”, alphabetic sorts are ____ sorts.
A) descending
B) reversing
C) ascending
D) downward
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18. In a ____, items in a list are compared with each other in pairs.
A) quick sort
B) shell sort
C) bubble sort
D) matrix sort
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19. When you learn a method like sorting, programmers say you are learning a(n) ____.
A) matrix
B) addressed location
C) algorithm
D) linked list
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20. To correctly swap two values, you create a(n) ____ variable to hold one of the values.
A) per-swap
B) inversion
C) conversion
D) temporary
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