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Programming Languages
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. ___________ ____________ 3. data address
BASIC
3GL
4GL
operation code
2. A mixture of natural languages and symbols and terms and other features commonly used in high-level languages. E.g. + or - or * etc.
EBDIC
Lisp
pseudocode
C
3. In assembly language the place at which computer control can be transferred is marked by the _________ field
name
label
expression
Job Control Language
4. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format
compiler
identification
object program
EBDIC
5. 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
4GL
postfix
Pascal
6. 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.
Pascal
interpreter
assembly
postfix
7. Type of error: a language command being spelled incorrectly
Pascal
EBDIC
register number
syntax
8. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities
PL/1
postfix
source program
C++
9. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches
data
BASIC
environment
runtime
10. 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
declarative
1GL
ALGOL
11. An ____________ yields a value. For example: 2 + 2 yields 4.
operand
data
PL/1
expression
12. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design
identification
object program
ALGOL
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
13. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required
compiler
register number
EBDIC
name
14. Components of machine code: 1. ___________ ____________ 2. operation code 3. data address
register number
declarative
FORTRAN
Pascal
15. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and identification and _________
environment
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
register number
Y
16. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python
Job Control Language
3GL
BASIC
EBDIC
17. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
C++
IFPS
PL/1
18. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program
object program
compiler
pseudocode
high level language
19. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding
1GL
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
BASIC
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
20. In assembly language the location of data values in primary memory is given by the _________ field
scripting
register number
Pascal
operand
21. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____
COBOL
operand
expression
Y
22. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc
object program
postfix
syntax
imperative
23. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations
assembly
Lisp
C
memory
24. It allows users to write programs in a language similar to natural language.
assembly
high level language
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
postfix
25. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL
FORTRAN
operation code
interpreter
Pascal
26. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
FORTRAN
EBDIC
operation code
compiler
27. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.
ALGOL
interpreter
data
operation code
28. 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
operation code
Java
1GL
object program
29. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________
1GL
object program
interpreter
data address
30. Language used primarily for science applications
FORTRAN
RPG
identification
object program
31. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
postfix
C
FILES
32. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
name
interpreter
Y
COBOL
33. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.
compiler
postfix
FORTRAN
Job Control Language
34. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages
4GL
assembly
register number
X
35. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements
Y
data
Lisp
FORTRAN
36. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
source program
PL/1
scripting
EBDIC
37. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.
memory
interpreter
operation code
2GL
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)
X
compiler
1GL
39. The most widely used language for business applications
register number
FILES
operation code
COBOL
40. Basic command - directory of files: _________
COBOL
4GL
FILES
imperative
41. 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.
interpreter
object program
operation code
C
42. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
scripting
Z
object program
1GL
43. In machine language the symbol for a displacement value is _________
Pascal
operation code
4GL
Z
44. Divisions of COBOL programs: _________ and identification and environment
imperative
operation code
register number
data
45. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.
LISP (LISt Processing)
object program
PL/1
register number
46. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code
interpreter
LISP (LISt Processing)
1GL
FILES
47. Source code may be converted into an executable image by a(n) ______________
interpreter
compiler
imperative
name
48. In machine language the symbol for an index register is _________
X
interpreter
label
scripting
49. 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++
Job Control Language
expression
EBDIC
50. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.
BASIC
FORTRAN
X
LISP (LISt Processing)