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