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| Develop programs to aid in the programming and operation of computers. |
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| Devlop programs to solve problems using the computer. |
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| Scientific appplication programmers |
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| Usually directly concerned with the problems they are working to solve. |
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| Business applications programmers |
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| Write programs related to the overall business of their company. |
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| was developed to intially allow an easy transition from punched card equipment to computer use. |
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| is the basic unit of data organization in RPG. |
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| is a series of records containing the same type of information. |
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| is a portion of a record containing a single unit of information. |
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| provides a description of a seperate part of the program being written. |
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| name assigned to the file if you don't assign it a name. |
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| must be the first specification in an RPG program. |
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| File description specifications |
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| must be prepared for each file used by a program. |
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| describes the records and fields read by a program. |
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| Calculation specifications |
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| are used to describe any operation not automatically performed by the RPG fixed logic cycle. |
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| are used to describe the output records and fields generated by the program. |
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| is a switch that can be turned on or off to provide information about the result of an instruction performed in by the program. |
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| getting the program to do something |
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| Special purpose indicators |
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| have a predefined meaning to RPG and must be used exactly as defined by RPG. |
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| General purpose indicators |
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| are used for any function for which there is not special purpose indicator. |
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| is a critical, frequently overlooked part of the program development process. |
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| code written by a programmer. |
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| is a program that translates the source programs into machine language. |
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| are serious violations of the rules of RPG and make it impossible for the compiler to generate an object program. |
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| may be an error but an unusual coding condition detected by compiler. |
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| must be carefully prepared to test every part of a program. |
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| is the detection, location, and correction of all program errors. |
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| is the process of recording all the facts concerning a program. |
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| It is a continous loop containing twelve steps. |
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| What is the purpose of Form Type entry? |
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| provides a unique identifier for each of the different RPG specifications types. |
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| Why is problem analysis the crucial first step in program development? |
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| Because you have to know the needs of your program before you start programming. |
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| Why is problem analysis the crucial first step in program development? |
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| Because you have to know the needs of your program before you start programming. |
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| What is the purpose of the Printer Spacing Chart? |
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| It is a guide to the coding of RPG output specifications and shows the location and format of the output fields. |
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| List five types of information that may be found on a printer spacing chart |
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| Location & Format of the output fields, any punctuation to be used in numeric data, field names to be used with the program, and the spacing to be used between lines of the report |
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| What is the purpose of the proportional record layout form? |
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| Guide to coding the file description specifications for the input data file and coding the input specifications. |
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| What three questions should a programmer ask when reviewing the output of a program test? |
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Was any output generated that should not have been?
Was any predicted output not generated?
Was all generated output correct? |
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| What are the two types of program documentation? |
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Internal-generally consists of brief explainations of individual parts of the code to answer questions that a programmer might have about a specific line or group of line code.
External- normally contains data record layouts, printer spacing charts, a program narrative describing the routines and programming techniques used in the program. |
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