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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. An ____________ yields a value. For example: 2 + 2 yields 4.
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
syntax
LISP (LISt Processing)
expression
2. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
3GL
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
runtime
3. 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
scripting
BASIC
assembly language
4. In assembly language the place at which computer control can be transferred is marked by the _________ field
expression
X
label
PL/1
5. In assembly language the location of data values in primary memory is given by the _________ field
label
FILES
operand
Pascal
6. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________
LISP (LISt Processing)
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
data address
name
7. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program
operation code
data
PL/1
object program
8. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.
pseudocode
imperative
3GL
LISP (LISt Processing)
9. It examines a source program statement by statement - and the resulting machine language instructions are immediately executed before the next statement is examined.
environment
interpreter
label
2GL
10. 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
Java
PL/1
PL/1
3GL
11. The most widely used language for business applications
C++
IFPS
COBOL
interpreter
12. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code
runtime
operand
imperative
1GL
13. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
trace routine
scripting
object program
data
14. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL
Pascal
FILES
high level language
machine
15. Components of assembly language : _________ and operation code and name
runtime
1GL
EBDIC
operand
16. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations
2GL
1GL
memory
3GL
17. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities
RPG
source program
memory
PL/1
18. 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
name
Pascal
object program
RPG
19. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc
register number
declarative
imperative
Java
20. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code
register number
RPG
source program
2GL
21. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required
Ada
scripting
declarative
register number
22. 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.
assembly
label
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
ALGOL
23. Language used primarily for science applications
interpreter
register number
expression
FORTRAN
24. A mixture of natural languages and symbols and terms and other features commonly used in high-level languages. E.g. + or - or * etc.
X
C++
interpreter
pseudocode
25. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.
EBDIC
declarative
interpreter
Job Control Language
26. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.
operation code
compiler
compiler
runtime
27. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.
imperative
ALGOL
memory
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
28. 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.
RPG
IFPS
C++
C
29. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
EBDIC
name
C
RPG
30. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.
machine
assembly language
Job Control Language
operation code
31. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation
COBOL
Ada
Pascal
postfix
32. 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
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
C++
compiler
Pascal
33. The language of the Department of Defense
C
Ada
machine
expression
34. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
register number
PL/1
RPG
1GL
35. 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
assembly
declarative
trace routine
Java
36. Source code may be converted into an executable image by a(n) ______________
2GL
label
compiler
interpreter
37. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run
X
identification
source program
interpreter
38. A program written in a high-level language.
declarative
interpreter
source program
data address
39. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding
BASIC
data
PL/1
3GL
40. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used
compiler
data
IFPS
machine
41. The program that translate a source program (high level language) into an object program.
compiler
Java
Lisp
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
42. In machine language the symbol for a displacement value is _________
RPG
PL/1
Z
1GL
43. 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
operand
BASIC
Job Control Language
44. Basic command - directory of files: _________
interpreter
name
FILES
data
45. A program that converts from assembly language to machine language.
identification
declarative
assembler
register number
46. 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
environment
compiler
machine
pseudocode
47. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages
1GL
4GL
environment
syntax
48. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design
data address
ALGOL
identification
interpreter
49. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
IFPS
name
high level language
50. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable
ALGOL
imperative
scripting
2GL