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