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Programming Languages
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations
data
memory
interpreter
postfix
2. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
name
EBDIC
machine
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
3. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program
high level language
object program
Job Control Language
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
4. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets
Job Control Language
data
Pascal
IFPS
5. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.
operation code
expression
Pascal
X
6. A program written in a high-level language.
2GL
environment
source program
Pascal
7. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____
Y
FORTRAN
interpreter
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
8. A program that converts from assembly language to machine language.
operation code
Y
object program
assembler
9. Components of assembly language : _________ and operation code and name
PL/1
data
Ada
operand
10. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.
Job Control Language
PL/1
scripting
data address
11. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run
operation code
IFPS
interpreter
postfix
12. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities
compiler
IFPS
postfix
PL/1
13. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation
EBDIC
trace routine
3GL
postfix
14. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used
Pascal
object program
compiler
high level language
15. Source code may be converted into an executable image by a(n) ______________
1GL
register number
operand
compiler
16. 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
scripting
object program
Pascal
17. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________
C++
data address
4GL
register number
18. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. ___________ ____________ 3. data address
label
operation code
Job Control Language
identification
19. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc
assembly language
imperative
pseudocode
object program
20. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL
operand
Ada
Pascal
declarative
21. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
PL/1
COBOL
operation code
memory
22. 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
RPG
Z
operation code
23. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.
memory
Java
object program
data
24. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and _________ and environment
identification
COBOL
compiler
data
25. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages
Y
4GL
2GL
Z
26. In machine language the symbol for an index register is _________
X
environment
register number
register number
27. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design
object program
ALGOL
trace routine
interpreter
28. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python
machine
Pascal
3GL
C++
29. 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
interpreter
PL/1
Pascal
30. The language of the Department of Defense
4GL
Lisp
Ada
FORTRAN
31. Type of error: a language command being spelled incorrectly
syntax
Z
scripting
FILES
32. 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.
1GL
identification
Z
C
33. Language used primarily for science applications
Pascal
operand
FORTRAN
environment
34. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements
machine
register number
Lisp
FORTRAN
35. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
operation code
label
3GL
source program
36. The most widely used language for business applications
LISP (LISt Processing)
COBOL
scripting
Java
37. In machine language the symbol for a displacement value is _________
pseudocode
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
Z
C++
38. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format
EBDIC
register number
IFPS
syntax
39. 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.
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
postfix
object program
operation code
40. 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
operation code
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
Java
assembler
41. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.
assembler
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
interpreter
object program
42. 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.
label
assembly
assembler
object program
43. It allows users to write programs in a language similar to natural language.
runtime
high level language
assembly
operand
44. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code
trace routine
FORTRAN
RPG
environment
45. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.
LISP (LISt Processing)
runtime
data
Y
46. 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
declarative
EBDIC
assembly language
name
47. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
assembly
FORTRAN
Y
scripting
48. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding
BASIC
Lisp
operand
operation code
49. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.
BASIC
interpreter
machine
memory
50. Basic command - directory of files: _________
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
FILES
identification
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)