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Programming Languages
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets
EBDIC
declarative
IFPS
X
2. The oldest high-level language.
interpreter
X
operation code
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
3. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation
postfix
assembly
label
Lisp
4. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.
FILES
operation code
machine
Java
5. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding
source program
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
BASIC
operation code
6. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
name
object program
Job Control Language
scripting
7. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used
assembler
RPG
trace routine
compiler
8. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run
interpreter
LISP (LISt Processing)
assembly language
high level language
9. It is a high-level compiled language built upon ALGOL. It is best known for its emphasis on structured programming techniques and strong typing; because of this it was extremely popular as a teaching language in the 1980s and early 1990s though it wa
Pascal
2GL
1GL
imperative
10. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.
object program
scripting
RPG
assembler
11. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.
memory
interpreter
name
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
12. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.
4GL
assembly
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
BASIC
13. A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions- each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor.
object program
assembly language
PL/1
runtime
14. In machine language the symbol for a displacement value is _________
Ada
Z
BASIC
Pascal
15. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.
3GL
Job Control Language
EBDIC
identification
16. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements
Lisp
name
assembler
declarative
17. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
COBOL
LISP (LISt Processing)
PL/1
interpreter
18. It examines a source program statement by statement - and the resulting machine language instructions are immediately executed before the next statement is examined.
high level language
interpreter
Lisp
compiler
19. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and identification and _________
interpreter
Java
imperative
environment
20. Divisions of COBOL programs: _________ and identification and environment
data
runtime
trace routine
operation code
21. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code
EBDIC
1GL
interpreter
data address
22. In assembly language the location of data values in primary memory is given by the _________ field
operation code
operand
Z
Job Control Language
23. The purpose of ___________ language is to condense machine code instructions into simpler instructions. Its disadvantage is that it is machine dependent. It is not immediately executable.
expression
IFPS
operation code
assembly
24. The language of the Department of Defense
operand
Ada
interpreter
identification
25. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable
2GL
data address
LISP (LISt Processing)
operand
26. Components of assembly language : _________ and operation code and name
ALGOL
Y
operand
register number
27. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages
4GL
machine
label
Lisp
28. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL
Pascal
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
compiler
operation code
29. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code
BASIC
RPG
assembly language
Lisp
30. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
operation code
Pascal
register number
high level language
31. It allows users to write programs in a language similar to natural language.
high level language
imperative
interpreter
operation code
32. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. ___________ ____________ 3. data address
Ada
X
operation code
3GL
33. The most basic type of programming language - immediately executable instructions and making efficient use of computer storage. Manipulation of individual bits by instruction. Not easy in design or writing
scripting
operand
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
machine
34. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc
pseudocode
imperative
Y
Pascal
35. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.
LISP (LISt Processing)
scripting
memory
Ada
36. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities
PL/1
ALGOL
compiler
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
37. Programming paradigm that expresses the logic of a computation without describing its control flow. Regex or logic programming or functional programming or xslt or svg
data address
declarative
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
assembly
38. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________
data address
COBOL
interpreter
high level language
39. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____
interpreter
3GL
Y
PL/1
40. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format
EBDIC
interpreter
FILES
RPG
41. Components of machine code: 1. ___________ ____________ 2. operation code 3. data address
C
register number
compiler
Ada
42. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program
compiler
runtime
object program
LISP (LISt Processing)
43. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
operation code
scripting
Pascal
runtime
44. The most widely used language for business applications
pseudocode
COBOL
FILES
3GL
45. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations
RPG
FILES
EBDIC
memory
46. It was developed in 1959 - is especially wordy (just as C and Perl are characterized as terse). The vast majority of Year 2000 problems involved programs written in this language.
compiler
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
Lisp
3GL
47. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python
3GL
scripting
assembly language
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
48. A _________ _________ is a set of print statements or screen-display statements whose output enables a programmer to follow a computer's processing path during execution
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
identification
scripting
trace routine
49. It is a high-level and highly standardized language that remains very "close to the hardware" and allows the programmer to perform useful fast and dangerous tricks.
C
identification
IFPS
COBOL
50. Basic command - directory of files: _________
compiler
label
Lisp
FILES