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Programming Languages
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________
Java
scripting
data address
X
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.
interpreter
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
high level language
Lisp
3. 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
interpreter
Ada
register number
machine
4. 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
interpreter
runtime
5. Language used primarily for science applications
compiler
FORTRAN
BASIC
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.
3GL
Y
memory
assembly
7. A program that converts from assembly language to machine language.
Pascal
Java
assembler
COBOL
8. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
EBDIC
C++
interpreter
scripting
9. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets
X
IFPS
label
machine
10. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and _________ and environment
Pascal
EBDIC
X
identification
11. 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
high level language
trace routine
IFPS
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
12. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code
COBOL
RPG
data address
machine
13. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable
compiler
runtime
2GL
RPG
14. In machine language the symbol for an index register is _________
Y
X
ALGOL
3GL
15. Type of error: a language command being spelled incorrectly
syntax
expression
scripting
register number
16. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages
C
4GL
scripting
pseudocode
17. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
trace routine
operation code
BASIC
EBDIC
18. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____
interpreter
name
compiler
Y
19. In assembly language the place at which computer control can be transferred is marked by the _________ field
PL/1
label
X
operand
20. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches
operation code
trace routine
runtime
assembly language
21. In assembly language the location of data values in primary memory is given by the _________ field
C
register number
operand
interpreter
22. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
data address
Z
postfix
name
23. 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.
operation code
assembly language
3GL
postfix
24. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.
Pascal
label
assembly language
LISP (LISt Processing)
25. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.
compiler
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
IFPS
LISP (LISt Processing)
26. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. ___________ ____________ 3. data address
interpreter
EBDIC
operation code
operand
27. Basic command - directory of files: _________
source program
high level language
FILES
pseudocode
28. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.
ALGOL
object program
C
FILES
29. It examines a source program statement by statement - and the resulting machine language instructions are immediately executed before the next statement is examined.
assembly
name
interpreter
trace routine
30. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.
operand
data
interpreter
operand
31. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and identification and _________
interpreter
register number
environment
Pascal
32. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program
Y
compiler
object program
data
33. It allows users to write programs in a language similar to natural language.
operation code
high level language
compiler
machine
34. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run
interpreter
data address
LISP (LISt Processing)
high level language
35. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation
Lisp
postfix
Y
2GL
36. 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
assembly language
compiler
Ada
37. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
FORTRAN
object program
data address
PL/1
38. 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
declarative
FILES
operation code
39. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required
register number
machine
operation code
compiler
40. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements
X
Lisp
operand
C++
41. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc
Java
syntax
imperative
Pascal
42. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used
interpreter
operation code
compiler
machine
43. The language of the Department of Defense
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
PL/1
Ada
Pascal
44. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code
identification
operation code
PL/1
1GL
45. Divisions of COBOL programs: _________ and identification and environment
environment
data
IFPS
compiler
46. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
syntax
2GL
PL/1
47. A program written in a high-level language.
1GL
syntax
imperative
source program
48. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations
PL/1
data
memory
EBDIC
49. In machine language the symbol for a displacement value is _________
data
3GL
expression
Z
50. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python
3GL
compiler
declarative
postfix