Practice Test: Question Set - 03
1. An algorithm is best described as
- (A) A
computer language
- (B) A
step by step procedure for solving a problem
- (C) A
branch of mathematics
- (D) All
of the above
2. An Interpreter is
- (A) Is
a program that appears to execute a source program as if it were machine
language
- (B) A
program that automate the translation of assembly language into machine
language
- (C) Program
that accepts a program written in a high level language and produces an object
program
- (D) A
program that places programs into memory and prepares them for execution
3. When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader, called a ________ is executed
- (A) Loader
- (B) Linker
- (C) Bootstrap
loader
- (D) None
of the above
4. Convert the .WORD d#790 assembly language pseudo-ops into hexadecimal machine language:
- (A) 0111EF
- (B) 03 16
- (C) F8
- (D) 42
65 61 72
5. The table created by lexical analysis to describe all literals used in the source program, is:
- (A) Terminal
table
- (B) Literal
table
- (C) Identifier
table
- (D) Reductions
6. Systems software is a program that directs the overall operation of the computer facilitates its use and interacts with the users. What are the different types of this software?
- (A) Operating
system
- (B) Languages
- (C) Utilities
- (D) All
of the above
7. A system program that combines the separately compiled modules of a program into a form suitable for execution
- (A) Assembler
- (B) Linking
loader
- (C) Cross
compiler
- (D) Load and go
8. In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the term "Lexical analysis" is associated with
- (A) Recognition
of basic syntactic constructs through reductions
- (B) Recognition
of basic elements and creation of uniform symbols
- (C) Creation
of more optional matrix
- (D) Use
of macro processor to produce more optimal assembly code
9. In an absolute loading scheme, which loader function is accomplished by assembler
- (A) Reallocation
- (B) Allocation
- (C) Linking
- (D) Loading
10. A development strategy whereby the executive control modules of a system are coded and tested first, is known as
- (A) Bottom-up
development
- (B) Top-down
development
- (C) Left-Right
development
- (D) All
of the above