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Programming Languages
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets
IFPS
imperative
memory
assembler
2. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
ALGOL
object program
PL/1
Ada
3. 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
identification
operand
C++
LISP (LISt Processing)
4. Language used primarily for science applications
Y
operand
FORTRAN
assembler
5. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
machine
trace routine
scripting
6. It examines a source program statement by statement - and the resulting machine language instructions are immediately executed before the next statement is examined.
scripting
Pascal
interpreter
trace routine
7. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required
COBOL
register number
EBDIC
high level language
8. A program written in a high-level language.
name
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
source program
Pascal
9. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.
LISP (LISt Processing)
ALGOL
interpreter
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
10. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
4GL
label
ALGOL
11. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation
operation code
postfix
name
COBOL
12. 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.
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
assembly
interpreter
PL/1
13. In assembly language the place at which computer control can be transferred is marked by the _________ field
EBDIC
compiler
label
Job Control Language
14. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements
Lisp
assembly language
operand
COBOL
15. Type of error: a language command being spelled incorrectly
syntax
Job Control Language
BASIC
operand
16. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run
Z
imperative
PL/1
interpreter
17. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities
assembly language
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
LISP (LISt Processing)
PL/1
18. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________
environment
PL/1
data address
X
19. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format
EBDIC
declarative
data
object program
20. 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
EBDIC
postfix
compiler
21. A mixture of natural languages and symbols and terms and other features commonly used in high-level languages. E.g. + or - or * etc.
pseudocode
Pascal
identification
source program
22. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL
Pascal
assembly
compiler
Lisp
23. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program
object program
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
operation code
RPG
24. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.
BASIC
Job Control Language
X
register number
25. The program that translate a source program (high level language) into an object program.
object program
compiler
Z
identification
26. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable
scripting
FORTRAN
Ada
2GL
27. In assembly language the location of data values in primary memory is given by the _________ field
IFPS
object program
operand
BASIC
28. Components of machine code: 1. ___________ ____________ 2. operation code 3. data address
high level language
Z
register number
compiler
29. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
name
register number
FORTRAN
label
30. Components of assembly language : _________ and operation code and name
environment
identification
register number
operand
31. Source code may be converted into an executable image by a(n) ______________
interpreter
pseudocode
compiler
Job Control Language
32. Divisions of COBOL programs: _________ and identification and environment
postfix
data
PL/1
high level language
33. 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
Z
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
assembler
34. A program that converts from assembly language to machine language.
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
declarative
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
assembler
35. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code
FILES
COBOL
RPG
Ada
36. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.
operand
operation code
Z
pseudocode
37. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used
interpreter
FILES
Lisp
compiler
38. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and _________ and environment
PL/1
identification
LISP (LISt Processing)
compiler
39. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____
Y
Pascal
trace routine
object program
40. The language of the Department of Defense
3GL
postfix
BASIC
Ada
41. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations
high level language
assembler
register number
memory
42. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code
imperative
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
1GL
pseudocode
43. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. ___________ ____________ 3. data address
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
operation code
environment
interpreter
44. 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.
high level language
assembler
assembly language
trace routine
45. It allows users to write programs in a language similar to natural language.
interpreter
high level language
data
FILES
46. Basic command - directory of files: _________
FILES
environment
object program
Z
47. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.
compiler
postfix
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
environment
48. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
label
assembly language
PL/1
operation code
49. An ____________ yields a value. For example: 2 + 2 yields 4.
Ada
machine
Pascal
expression
50. 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.
machine
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
declarative
RPG