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Programming Languages
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Subject
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
Y
assembly language
trace routine
2. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL
interpreter
register number
Pascal
Y
3. a popular compiled high-level language - similar to C but witho bject-oriented features (classes) generic programming (templates) and exception handlingwith - developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1985 at Bell Labs
IFPS
C++
Java
compiler
4. Basic command - directory of files: _________
IFPS
Ada
FILES
machine
5. 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
source program
Java
trace routine
EBDIC
6. In assembly language the place at which computer control can be transferred is marked by the _________ field
4GL
label
memory
trace routine
7. It examines a source program statement by statement - and the resulting machine language instructions are immediately executed before the next statement is examined.
operand
declarative
interpreter
BASIC
8. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.
ALGOL
operation code
Ada
name
9. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.
Job Control Language
assembler
C++
postfix
10. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets
scripting
operand
PL/1
IFPS
11. A program that converts from assembly language to machine language.
assembler
PL/1
declarative
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
12. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable
register number
label
2GL
X
13. 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.
register number
runtime
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
imperative
14. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages
IFPS
Z
X
4GL
15. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and _________ and environment
expression
identification
Java
high level language
16. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
label
operation code
object program
interpreter
17. Divisions of COBOL programs: _________ and identification and environment
data
memory
Job Control Language
COBOL
18. 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
interpreter
4GL
machine
EBDIC
19. In assembly language the location of data values in primary memory is given by the _________ field
1GL
4GL
operand
identification
20. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
operand
Pascal
PL/1
interpreter
21. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements
PL/1
FILES
Lisp
trace routine
22. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design
postfix
C
1GL
ALGOL
23. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code
PL/1
operand
RPG
operation code
24. In machine language the symbol for an index register is _________
assembly
FORTRAN
X
declarative
25. 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
X
declarative
operation code
Pascal
26. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python
compiler
COBOL
operation code
3GL
27. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________
4GL
C++
data address
object program
28. The oldest high-level language.
FORTRAN
assembly
expression
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
29. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding
BASIC
interpreter
RPG
syntax
30. The language of the Department of Defense
IFPS
compiler
Pascal
Ada
31. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and identification and _________
environment
trace routine
assembly
postfix
32. 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.
assembly language
compiler
compiler
assembly
33. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
3GL
Z
scripting
memory
34. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
object program
ALGOL
postfix
name
35. 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
syntax
pseudocode
assembly language
36. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program
object program
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
Pascal
high level language
37. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used
4GL
postfix
imperative
compiler
38. a popular high-level language developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. The language was originally named OAK and unsuccessfully used for set-top devices but hit it big after being renamed in 1995 and introduced to the World Wide Web. It is a
Pascal
Java
LISP (LISt Processing)
PL/1
39. The program that translate a source program (high level language) into an object program.
compiler
pseudocode
Lisp
PL/1
40. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation
declarative
source program
data address
postfix
41. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code
compiler
EBDIC
compiler
1GL
42. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format
name
operation code
EBDIC
machine
43. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations
3GL
memory
label
BASIC
44. Language used primarily for science applications
FORTRAN
ALGOL
operation code
Lisp
45. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run
interpreter
register number
COBOL
object program
46. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc
LISP (LISt Processing)
environment
runtime
imperative
47. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
interpreter
Pascal
imperative
48. Source code may be converted into an executable image by a(n) ______________
interpreter
compiler
object program
interpreter
49. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.
memory
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
high level language
interpreter
50. It allows users to write programs in a language similar to natural language.
scripting
high level language
register number
runtime