Principles of Programming and Problem Solving

3. Principles of Programming and

Problem Solving -
Important Questions and answers

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List down Phases in programming ?
1) Problem identification
(2) Preparing Algorithms and Flowcharts
(3) Coding the program
(4) Translation
(5) Debugging
(6) Execution and testing
(7) Documentation
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What is an algorithm ?

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algorithm is a step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.

Write is a flow chat ?

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The pictorial representation of an algorithm is known as
flowchart.

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What are the flowcharting symbols used ?

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Algorithm and flowchart to find sum and average 3
numbers ?

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Algorithm and flowchart to find largest among two
numbers

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What is debugging ?
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Programming errors are known as 'bugs'.
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The process of finding and correcting errors is
called debugging.

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What are the three errors in a program ?
1. Syntax errors:
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Errors in the syntax of the program is called syntax error.
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grammar of rule of programming language is called syntax
2. Logical errors:
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These are logical mistakes in a program.
3. Run-time errors:
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Errors during program execution is called run time error.
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Eg:- division by zero
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