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Programming Languages
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Subject
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Components of assembly language : _________ and operation code and name
runtime
Job Control Language
operand
register number
2. The most widely used language for business applications
C++
interpreter
COBOL
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
3. A program written in a high-level language.
C
source program
operation code
interpreter
4. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
Java
environment
scripting
Z
5. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format
EBDIC
Job Control Language
4GL
imperative
6. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and identification and _________
environment
BASIC
assembler
runtime
7. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
FILES
operation code
operand
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
8. Language used primarily for science applications
imperative
FORTRAN
PL/1
object program
9. In machine language the symbol for an index register is _________
X
high level language
PL/1
IFPS
10. A program that converts from assembly language to machine language.
FILES
operand
assembler
syntax
11. 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
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.
interpreter
source program
operand
assembly
13. The oldest high-level language.
Ada
4GL
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
14. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.
COBOL
Ada
RPG
LISP (LISt Processing)
15. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required
ALGOL
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
compiler
register number
16. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable
2GL
interpreter
C++
expression
17. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and _________ and environment
compiler
2GL
operation code
identification
18. 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.
data address
C
label
Pascal
19. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program
operation code
PL/1
EBDIC
object program
20. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.
object program
machine
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
memory
21. The program that translate a source program (high level language) into an object program.
compiler
RPG
LISP (LISt Processing)
FILES
22. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code
operand
RPG
EBDIC
ALGOL
23. Divisions of COBOL programs: _________ and identification and environment
assembler
scripting
data
register number
24. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets
4GL
assembly
EBDIC
IFPS
25. In assembly language the location of data values in primary memory is given by the _________ field
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
operation code
RPG
operand
26. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations
memory
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
operand
interpreter
27. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.
assembly
register number
object program
RPG
28. 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.
RPG
Pascal
interpreter
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
29. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________
Job Control Language
memory
data address
compiler
30. 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
X
operation code
declarative
interpreter
31. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding
LISP (LISt Processing)
BASIC
Y
PL/1
32. 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
ALGOL
assembly language
operation code
33. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____
C
postfix
Y
scripting
34. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code
Pascal
operand
Lisp
1GL
35. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used
2GL
compiler
name
BASIC
36. Components of machine code: 1. ___________ ____________ 2. operation code 3. data address
register number
Job Control Language
3GL
operation code
37. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run
interpreter
memory
register number
2GL
38. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design
EBDIC
interpreter
ALGOL
compiler
39. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
PL/1
name
compiler
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
40. 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
C++
operand
object program
2GL
41. In machine language the symbol for a displacement value is _________
Z
object program
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
FORTRAN
42. An ____________ yields a value. For example: 2 + 2 yields 4.
Z
3GL
PL/1
expression
43. 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
declarative
compiler
trace routine
runtime
44. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches
register number
imperative
runtime
assembly
45. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.
assembly
operation code
name
operand
46. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
PL/1
RPG
name
interpreter
47. A mixture of natural languages and symbols and terms and other features commonly used in high-level languages. E.g. + or - or * etc.
source program
expression
pseudocode
operation code
48. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
data
operation code
Lisp
49. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python
expression
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
3GL
Pascal
50. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation
postfix
EBDIC
syntax
runtime