Application Programmer Review Test.

Application Programmer Review Test. 1. Process Block Part of a flowchart that tells the program what action to take. Use rectangles to capture process steps like basic tasks or actions in your process 2. Decision Block The diamond-shaped block used for YES/NO questions. These blocks have two outputs: 1 (for yes) and 2 (for no). 3. Stored Data block This is a general data storage object used in the process flow as opposed to data which could be also stored on a hard drive, magnetic tape, memory card, of any other storage device. 4. data block (i/o) The Data object, often referred to as the I/O Shape shows the Inputs to and Outputs from a process. This takes the shape of a parallelogram. 5. Flowchart Termi- nal/Terminator The terminator shows where your process begins or ends. You can use words like 'Start', 'Begin', 'End' inside the terminator shape to make things more obvious. 6. Flowchart Docu- ment Document object is a rectangle with a wave-like base. This shape is used to represent a Document or Report in a process flow. 7. Direct Data Direct Data object in a process flow represents information stored which can be accessed directly. This object represents a computer's hard drive. Usually cylinder or cone shaped laying on its side. 8. internal storage This is a shape which is commonly found in programming flowcharts to illustrate the information stored in memory, as opposed to on a file. This shape is often referred to as the magnetic core memory of early computers; or the random access memory (RAM) as we call it today. 9. sequential access A method of data access used by tape drives, whereby data is written or read sequentially from the beginning to the end of the tape or until the desired data is found. This object takes the shape of a reel of tape. It represents information stored in a sequence, such as data on a magnetic tape. 10. Manual Input This object is represented by rectangle with the top sloping up from left to right. The Manual Input object signifies an action where the user is prompted for information that must be manually input into a system. 11. Subroutine A subordinate routine; specifically, a sequence of computer instructions for per- forming a specified task that can be used repeatedly. The same object is also called a Predefined Process. This means the flowchart for the predefined process has to be already drawn, and you should reference the flowchart for more information. 12. sequence pro- gramming 13. One of the three basic logic structures in computer programming. The other two logic structures are selection and loop. In a sequence structure, an action, or event, leads to the next ordered action in a predetermined order. The sequence can contain any number of actions, but no actions can be skipped in the sequence. Selection Pro- gramming 14. Loop (program- ming) In a selection structure, a question is asked, and depending