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Programming Languages
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
postfix
C++
PL/1
scripting
2. 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.
identification
trace routine
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
Z
3. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and _________ and environment
Z
identification
compiler
1GL
4. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding
compiler
BASIC
operand
register number
5. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
name
compiler
runtime
object program
6. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
Y
operation code
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
PL/1
7. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run
assembler
C
operation code
interpreter
8. 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.
compiler
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
compiler
C
9. In machine language the symbol for an index register is _________
postfix
Z
scripting
X
10. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements
object program
interpreter
Lisp
machine
11. Components of assembly language : _________ and operation code and name
operand
name
PL/1
EBDIC
12. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
2GL
IFPS
machine
13. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____
BASIC
Y
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
assembly
14. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code
register number
2GL
4GL
RPG
15. Source code may be converted into an executable image by a(n) ______________
expression
operation code
PL/1
compiler
16. An ____________ yields a value. For example: 2 + 2 yields 4.
C++
scripting
compiler
expression
17. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages
Y
expression
4GL
compiler
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.
interpreter
assembly language
compiler
EBDIC
19. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required
BASIC
compiler
register number
Pascal
20. Divisions of COBOL programs: _________ and identification and environment
data
expression
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
trace routine
21. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.
interpreter
4GL
EBDIC
ALGOL
22. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design
ALGOL
scripting
2GL
Z
23. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.
Job Control Language
assembly
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
LISP (LISt Processing)
24. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations
memory
compiler
pseudocode
2GL
25. In machine language the symbol for a displacement value is _________
environment
LISP (LISt Processing)
Z
trace routine
26. 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
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
environment
Job Control Language
27. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________
LISP (LISt Processing)
expression
data address
memory
28. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and identification and _________
environment
Y
label
assembly language
29. Components of machine code: 1. ___________ ____________ 2. operation code 3. data address
Z
Y
compiler
register number
30. The language of the Department of Defense
Ada
FORTRAN
IFPS
operand
31. 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
runtime
3GL
Java
interpreter
32. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities
FORTRAN
EBDIC
PL/1
LISP (LISt Processing)
33. 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
postfix
declarative
IFPS
scripting
34. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc
scripting
C
register number
imperative
35. The most widely used language for business applications
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
COBOL
FILES
data
36. In assembly language the place at which computer control can be transferred is marked by the _________ field
postfix
label
expression
Y
37. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. ___________ ____________ 3. data address
register number
interpreter
compiler
operation code
38. Basic command - directory of files: _________
FILES
declarative
imperative
Pascal
39. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code
1GL
BASIC
interpreter
COBOL
40. Language used primarily for science applications
COBOL
FORTRAN
2GL
interpreter
41. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format
EBDIC
4GL
ALGOL
operand
42. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets
expression
IFPS
identification
declarative
43. A mixture of natural languages and symbols and terms and other features commonly used in high-level languages. E.g. + or - or * etc.
register number
operand
interpreter
pseudocode
44. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation
high level language
interpreter
postfix
RPG
45. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python
3GL
2GL
PL/1
X
46. A program that converts from assembly language to machine language.
interpreter
1GL
assembler
runtime
47. In assembly language the location of data values in primary memory is given by the _________ field
assembler
X
memory
operand
48. 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
interpreter
trace routine
operand
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
49. 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
FORTRAN
IFPS
Pascal
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
50. The program that translate a source program (high level language) into an object program.
EBDIC
compiler
object program
Job Control Language