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Programming Languages
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.
high level language
operand
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
Pascal
2. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required
pseudocode
object program
register number
C++
3. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
4GL
environment
Pascal
scripting
4. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL
LISP (LISt Processing)
Pascal
source program
scripting
5. In assembly language the location of data values in primary memory is given by the _________ field
expression
operand
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
assembly language
6. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____
Y
data address
expression
high level language
7. An ____________ yields a value. For example: 2 + 2 yields 4.
operation code
expression
FORTRAN
ALGOL
8. Basic command - directory of files: _________
2GL
name
FILES
C
9. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.
interpreter
3GL
operation code
COBOL
10. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets
assembler
operation code
IFPS
high level language
11. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding
syntax
BASIC
environment
data
12. It allows users to write programs in a language similar to natural language.
operation code
C++
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
high level language
13. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code
Job Control Language
1GL
operation code
assembly language
14. A mixture of natural languages and symbols and terms and other features commonly used in high-level languages. E.g. + or - or * etc.
Ada
COBOL
pseudocode
Y
15. Language used primarily for science applications
operand
FORTRAN
C
memory
16. Components of machine code: 1. ___________ ____________ 2. operation code 3. data address
compiler
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
register number
interpreter
17. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________
operation code
FILES
assembly language
data address
18. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
assembly
PL/1
imperative
Y
19. 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
interpreter
Pascal
LISP (LISt Processing)
memory
20. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation
operation code
operand
BASIC
postfix
21. A program that converts from assembly language to machine language.
ALGOL
assembler
X
COBOL
22. 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
declarative
Ada
syntax
postfix
23. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.
interpreter
operand
pseudocode
FORTRAN
24. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format
EBDIC
compiler
interpreter
memory
25. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code
data address
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
RPG
3GL
26. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable
pseudocode
2GL
compiler
object program
27. In machine language the symbol for a displacement value is _________
Z
identification
data
EBDIC
28. The program that translate a source program (high level language) into an object program.
compiler
declarative
data address
operand
29. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python
COBOL
3GL
C
4GL
30. 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
Java
data
pseudocode
operation code
31. 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
source program
compiler
C++
COBOL
32. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used
Y
scripting
4GL
compiler
33. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design
trace routine
operation code
declarative
ALGOL
34. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.
IFPS
object program
declarative
Pascal
35. A program written in a high-level language.
register number
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
Job Control Language
source program
36. In machine language the symbol for an index register is _________
1GL
X
assembly
compiler
37. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
object program
Ada
operation code
expression
38. 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.
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
register number
declarative
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
39. 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
register number
environment
runtime
trace routine
40. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches
runtime
scripting
machine
operation code
41. 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
machine
Pascal
register number
operation code
42. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. ___________ ____________ 3. data address
operation code
data address
operand
C++
43. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
PL/1
Job Control Language
4GL
44. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc
name
declarative
imperative
assembly
45. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements
compiler
compiler
Lisp
scripting
46. It examines a source program statement by statement - and the resulting machine language instructions are immediately executed before the next statement is examined.
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
Lisp
interpreter
data address
47. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations
memory
4GL
assembly
environment
48. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities
PL/1
object program
operation code
declarative
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
EBDIC
operation code
assembler
50. In assembly language the place at which computer control can be transferred is marked by the _________ field
label
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
operation code
register number