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Programming Languages
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities
label
PL/1
LISP (LISt Processing)
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
2. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
high level language
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
operation code
BASIC
3. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding
BASIC
register number
imperative
IFPS
4. Type of error: a language command being spelled incorrectly
register number
data address
2GL
syntax
5. 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.
operand
postfix
assembly language
high level language
6. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements
interpreter
Lisp
RPG
operation code
7. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program
object program
declarative
operation code
Y
8. It examines a source program statement by statement - and the resulting machine language instructions are immediately executed before the next statement is examined.
interpreter
data address
operand
operation code
9. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____
Z
RPG
X
Y
10. 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
Job Control Language
Pascal
interpreter
syntax
11. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.
interpreter
PL/1
Job Control Language
X
12. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design
PL/1
ALGOL
RPG
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
13. The program that translate a source program (high level language) into an object program.
compiler
FORTRAN
high level language
pseudocode
14. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches
runtime
assembly language
EBDIC
scripting
15. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations
ALGOL
memory
runtime
LISP (LISt Processing)
16. 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
C++
Job Control Language
Java
operand
17. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL
FILES
assembler
interpreter
Pascal
18. 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
IFPS
declarative
operand
Lisp
19. In machine language the symbol for an index register is _________
interpreter
X
object program
interpreter
20. Components of assembly language : _________ and operation code and name
operand
assembly language
compiler
machine
21. 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
C
IFPS
interpreter
22. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages
4GL
compiler
assembly
compiler
23. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.
operation code
LISP (LISt Processing)
C++
compiler
24. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.
runtime
Ada
object program
environment
25. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code
1GL
Pascal
Z
3GL
26. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and identification and _________
RPG
environment
ALGOL
object program
27. The language of the Department of Defense
IFPS
name
Ada
source program
28. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. ___________ ____________ 3. data address
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
label
operation code
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
29. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.
interpreter
operation code
memory
data
30. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format
syntax
BASIC
compiler
EBDIC
31. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run
interpreter
C
register number
environment
32. It allows users to write programs in a language similar to natural language.
high level language
Java
syntax
4GL
33. The most widely used language for business applications
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
RPG
COBOL
EBDIC
34. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation
Z
postfix
object program
memory
35. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable
high level language
2GL
operation code
4GL
36. 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
operand
PL/1
trace routine
data
37. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
compiler
PL/1
interpreter
ALGOL
38. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and _________ and environment
identification
1GL
ALGOL
declarative
39. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python
3GL
EBDIC
compiler
compiler
40. An ____________ yields a value. For example: 2 + 2 yields 4.
register number
data
Pascal
expression
41. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.
BASIC
scripting
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
ALGOL
42. 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
syntax
C++
source program
compiler
43. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
EBDIC
pseudocode
operation code
scripting
44. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code
interpreter
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
RPG
compiler
45. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc
expression
register number
imperative
pseudocode
46. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.
interpreter
PL/1
EBDIC
COBOL
47. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
name
object program
IFPS
operation code
48. 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.
data address
assembly
declarative
Pascal
49. A program written in a high-level language.
ALGOL
source program
operation code
memory
50. The oldest high-level language.
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
RPG
identification
data