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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
interpreter
LISP (LISt Processing)
name
2. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets
trace routine
Java
IFPS
PL/1
3. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____
data address
imperative
machine
Y
4. 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
Ada
operation code
name
5. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
scripting
declarative
register number
Z
6. Basic command - directory of files: _________
FILES
operand
assembly language
C
7. In machine language the symbol for an index register is _________
X
compiler
imperative
operand
8. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and _________ and environment
expression
identification
name
X
9. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
3GL
compiler
X
10. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design
operation code
FORTRAN
C++
ALGOL
11. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.
Job Control Language
C++
Pascal
register number
12. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
high level language
PL/1
C
name
13. 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
trace routine
compiler
BASIC
register number
14. Type of error: a language command being spelled incorrectly
ALGOL
data address
syntax
RPG
15. The most widely used language for business applications
Pascal
memory
postfix
COBOL
16. An ____________ yields a value. For example: 2 + 2 yields 4.
COBOL
data
compiler
expression
17. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation
postfix
BASIC
memory
source program
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.
assembly language
4GL
FILES
label
19. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.
operand
FORTRAN
assembly language
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
20. 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.
imperative
operation code
assembly
operation code
21. In machine language the symbol for a displacement value is _________
Z
FILES
C
trace routine
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
environment
syntax
declarative
LISP (LISt Processing)
23. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities
C++
2GL
memory
PL/1
24. 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
data address
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
PL/1
25. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used
EBDIC
operand
operation code
compiler
26. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable
2GL
runtime
machine
scripting
27. Source code may be converted into an executable image by a(n) ______________
operation code
Y
assembler
compiler
28. The oldest high-level language.
LISP (LISt Processing)
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
X
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
29. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and identification and _________
environment
FILES
compiler
Java
30. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL
scripting
Pascal
identification
compiler
31. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages
scripting
register number
4GL
Z
32. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run
identification
Z
interpreter
object program
33. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.
C
C++
interpreter
identification
34. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.
COBOL
operation code
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
LISP (LISt Processing)
35. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. ___________ ____________ 3. data address
RPG
operation code
operand
FILES
36. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches
runtime
PL/1
compiler
C
37. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding
Java
object program
BASIC
scripting
38. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code
2GL
declarative
C++
RPG
39. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required
X
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
1GL
register number
40. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
EBDIC
environment
register number
41. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
operation code
assembly language
register number
scripting
42. Components of assembly language : _________ and operation code and name
EBDIC
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
operand
compiler
43. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________
interpreter
data address
postfix
syntax
44. The language of the Department of Defense
COBOL
Pascal
compiler
Ada
45. 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.
Z
postfix
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
Pascal
46. A program that converts from assembly language to machine language.
2GL
assembler
label
operand
47. Divisions of COBOL programs: _________ and identification and environment
runtime
data
environment
expression
48. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.
interpreter
operation code
operand
pseudocode
49. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.
X
compiler
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
object program
50. 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
Ada
declarative
compiler
Java