Basics of Programming Language MCQs

1. A program which translates a high-level language program into a machine language program is called ?

(A) Compiler
(B) Interpreters
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

2. A sequence of instructions in a computer language to get the desired result is known as :

(A) An algorithm
(B) A decision table
(C) A program
(D) None of the above

3. Which type of errors are flagged by Compilers ?

(A) Logical errors
(B) Syntax errors
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these

4. 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) None of the above

5. Bug means :

(A) A logical error in a program
(B) A difficult syntax error in a program
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

6. The part of a machine level instruction which tells the central processor what has to be done ?

(A) An operation code
(B) An address
(C) An operand
(D) None of the above

7. Which of the following is not true about an interpreter?

(A) Interpreter generates an object program from the source program.
(B) Interpreter is a kind of translater
(C) Interpreter analysis each source statement every time it is to be executed.
(D) None of the above

8. The errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are :

(A) Syntax errors
(B) Semantic errors
(C) Logical errors
(D) None of the above

9. Which of the following statement is not true?

(A) FORTRAN is a high-level language.
(B) A FORTRAN program written for the IBM-PC, is totally different from a FORTRAN program written in for the execution of SUN machine.
(C) FORTRAN is extensively used to write programs for programming scientific computations.
(D) None of the above

10. A program that converts a high level language program to a set of instructions that can run on a computer is called a :

(A) Compiler
(B) Debugger
(C) Editor
(D) None of the above

11. The name given to a sequence of instructions in a computer language to get the desired result is :

(A) A program
(B) An algorithm
(C) A pseudocode
(D) A decision table

12. The language understood by a computer with out translation is called :

(A) Command language
(B) High-level language
(C) Assembly language
(D) Machine language

13. The mapping from assembly language instructions into machine language instructions is

(A) Many-one
(B) One-many
(C) One-one
(D) Many-many

14. A compiler is :

(A) A machine-independent and OS-independent
(B) Machine-dependent and OS-dependent
(C) Machine-dependent and OS-independent
(D) Machine-independent and OS-dependent

15. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

(A) A compiler compiles the source program.
(B) An assembler takes an assembly program as input.
(C) A compiler does the same type of function as interpreter.
(D) None of these

16. A translator which reads an entire program written in high-level and converts it into machine language code is :

(A) Assembler
(B) Translator
(C) Compiler
(D) System software

17. Which of the following is not one of the process that a high-level language program must go through before it is ready to be executed?

(A) Translation
(B) Controlling
(C) Loading
(D) Linking

18. Which of the following is related to machine language ?

(A) Difficult to learn
(B) First generation language
(C) Machine dependent
(D) All of the above

19. The language C is:

(A) An assembly language
(B) A third generation high-level language
(C) A machine language
(D) None of the above

20. C compiler traps :

(A) Logical errors
(B) Syntax errors
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these