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Programming Languages
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Pascal
environment
syntax
2. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
operand
imperative
IFPS
3. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format
object program
COBOL
EBDIC
FORTRAN
4. Components of machine code: 1. ___________ ____________ 2. operation code 3. data address
syntax
Java
C++
register number
5. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and identification and _________
environment
Ada
assembly language
data
6. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.
3GL
object program
interpreter
operand
7. 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.
compiler
operation code
assembly
declarative
8. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design
scripting
expression
assembly
ALGOL
9. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____
name
Y
Lisp
IFPS
10. The most widely used language for business applications
source program
Pascal
postfix
COBOL
11. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code
1GL
interpreter
Job Control Language
Y
12. 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
label
scripting
IFPS
C++
13. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL
compiler
object program
Pascal
interpreter
14. Basic command - directory of files: _________
compiler
assembler
trace routine
FILES
15. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. ___________ ____________ 3. data address
2GL
pseudocode
ALGOL
operation code
16. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.
operation code
interpreter
LISP (LISt Processing)
EBDIC
17. 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
3GL
declarative
operation code
data address
18. 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.
PL/1
compiler
assembly language
X
19. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
FORTRAN
EBDIC
PL/1
C
20. A mixture of natural languages and symbols and terms and other features commonly used in high-level languages. E.g. + or - or * etc.
imperative
pseudocode
compiler
high level language
21. A program written in a high-level language.
FILES
source program
RPG
name
22. The oldest high-level language.
pseudocode
operation code
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
Ada
23. 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
memory
assembly language
24. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required
PL/1
FILES
register number
operand
25. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.
LISP (LISt Processing)
syntax
assembler
Pascal
26. 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.
syntax
PL/1
operand
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
27. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
COBOL
IFPS
register number
operation code
28. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run
compiler
interpreter
operation code
EBDIC
29. 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
machine
assembler
COBOL
trace routine
30. A program that converts from assembly language to machine language.
assembler
LISP (LISt Processing)
BASIC
operation code
31. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc
Pascal
Java
X
imperative
32. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program
Lisp
object program
C
Ada
33. 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
Job Control Language
register number
Pascal
4GL
34. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and _________ and environment
LISP (LISt Processing)
register number
identification
Ada
35. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements
Ada
Lisp
imperative
declarative
36. Divisions of COBOL programs: _________ and identification and environment
data
3GL
FILES
compiler
37. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches
FORTRAN
compiler
postfix
runtime
38. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
Pascal
operand
Lisp
scripting
39. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages
imperative
operand
assembly
4GL
40. The program that translate a source program (high level language) into an object program.
compiler
Z
assembly
environment
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.
BASIC
environment
C
Ada
42. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
name
assembly
3GL
postfix
43. In assembly language the location of data values in primary memory is given by the _________ field
object program
runtime
COBOL
operand
44. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
PL/1
Lisp
identification
45. It allows users to write programs in a language similar to natural language.
Job Control Language
COBOL
imperative
high level language
46. In assembly language the place at which computer control can be transferred is marked by the _________ field
source program
label
high level language
COBOL
47. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable
environment
2GL
name
Pascal
48. Source code may be converted into an executable image by a(n) ______________
Lisp
assembler
compiler
assembly language
49. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code
PL/1
LISP (LISt Processing)
C
RPG
50. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used
identification
LISP (LISt Processing)
compiler
operation code