Q.1

If special forms are needed for printing the output, the programmer specifies these forms through

  • JCL
  • IPL
  • Utility programs
  • Load modules
Q.2

Convert the ASLA assembly language instructions into hexadecimal machine language:

  • 0111EF
  • 9001E6
  • DA000F
  • 40
Q.3

The advantage(s) inherent to using high level languages is/are:

  • Fewer people, less management and shorter transition in learning time
  • Improved debugging capability, and superior documentation
  • A greater degree of machine independence
  • All of the above
Q.4

Convert the .WORD d#assemblylanguage pseudo-ops into hexadecimal machine language:

  • 0111EF
  • 03 16
  • F8
  • 42 65 61 72
Q.5

A translator which reads an entire programme written in a high level language and converts it into machine language code is:

  • assembler
  • translator
  • compiler
  • system software
Q.6

A compiler for a high-level language that runs on one machine and produces code for a different machine is called

  • optimizing compiler
  • one pass compiler
  • cross compiler
  • multipass compiler
Q.7

A non-relocatable program is one which

  • cannot be made to execute in any area of storage other than the one designated for it at the time of its coding or translation
  • consists of a program and relevant information for its relocation
  • can itself perform the relocation of its address-sensitive portions
  • All Of the above
Q.8

In an absolute loading scheme, which loader function is accomplished by assembler

  • Reallocation
  • Allocation
  • Linking
  • Loading
Q.9

In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the term "Machine independent optimization" is associated with

  • recognition of basic syntactic constructs through reductions
  • recognition of basic elements and creation of uniform symbols
  • creation of more optional matrix
  • use of macro processor to produce more optimal assembly code
Q.10

Which of the following systems software does the job of merging the records from two flies into one?

  • Documentation system
  • Utility program
  • Networking software
  • Security software
Q.11

A base register table

  • is a term that refers to the control programs of an operating system
  • is used to remember which of the general-purpose registers are currently available as base registers, and what base addresses they contain
  • allows multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the same time
  • allows the programmer to write base registers and displacements explicitly in the source program
Q.12

The Process Manager has to keep track of:

  • the status of each program
  • the priority of each program
  • the information management support to a programmer using the system
  • both (a) and (b)
Q.13

Convert the ASCII/BEAR/assembly language pseudo-ops into hexadecimal machine language

  • 0111EF
  • 03 16
  • F8
  • 42 65 61 72
Q.14

A relocate program form is the one which

  • cannot be made to execute in any area of storage other than the one designated for it at the time of its coding or translation
  • consists of a program and relevant information for its relocation
  • can itself perform the relocation of its address-sensitive portions
  • All of the above
Q.15

Which of the following might be used to convert high-level language instructions into machine language?

  • system software
  • applications software
  • an operating environment
  • an interpreter
Q.16

Which of the following program is not a utility?

  • Debugger
  • Editor
  • Spooler
  • All of the above
Q.17

Assembly code data base is associated with

  • a permanent table which lists all key words and special symbols of the language in symbolic form
  • a permanent table of decision rules in the form of patterns for matching with the uniform symbol table to discover syntactic structure
  • consists of a full or partial list or the tokens as they appear in the program. Created by Lexical analysis and used for syntax analysis and interpretation
  • assembly language version of the program which is created by the code generation phase and is input to the assembly phase
Q.18

Indicate which of the following is not true about 4GL?

  • 4GL does not support a high-level of screen interaction
  • Many database management system packages support 4GLs
  • A 4GL is a software tool which is written, possibly, in some third generation language
  • All of the above
Q.19

Multiprogramming was made possible by

  • input/output units that operate independently of the CPU
  • operating systems
  • both (a) and (b)
  • neither (a) nor (b)
Q.20

An Interpreter is

  • is a program that appears to execute a source program as if it were machine language
  • a program that automate the translation of assembly language into machine language
  • program that accepts a program written in a high level language and produces an object program
  • a program that places programs into memory and prepares them for execution
Q.21

Loaders that allow for program relocation are called

  • relocating loaders
  • relative loaders
  • both (a) and (b)
  • None of the above
Q.22

Convert the .BYTE h#F8 assembly language pseudo-ops into hexadecimal machine language:

  • 0111EF
  • 03 16
  • F8
  • 42 65 61 72
Q.23

In what module, multiple instances of execution will yield the same result even if one instancy has not terminated before the next one has begun?

  • non-reusable module
  • serially reusable
  • reenterable module
  • recursive module
Q.24

The function(s) of the Syntax phase is/ are:

  • to recognize the major constructs of the language and to call the appropriate action routines that will generate the intermediate form or matrix for these constructs
  • to build a literal table and an identifier table
  • to build a uniform symbol table
  • to parse the source program into the basic elements or tokens of the language
Q.25

Which table is a permanent databases that has an entry for each terminal symbol?

  • Terminal table
  • Literal table
  • Identifier table
  • Reductions
Q.26

Job Control Language (JCL) statements are Used to

  • Read the input from the slow-speed card reader to the high-speed magnetic disk
  • Specify, to the operating system, the beginning and end of a job in a batch
  • Allocate the CPU to a job
  • All of the above
Q.27

In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the term "Syntax analysis" is associated with

  • recognition of basic syntactic constructs through reductions
  • recognition of basic elements and creation of uniform symbols
  • creation of more optional matrix
  • use of macro processor to produce more optimal assembly code
Q.28

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

  • Algorithm
  • Decision Table
  • Program
  • All of the above
Q.29

Convert the 080Dmachine language instructions into assembly language, assuming that they were not generated by pseudo-ops:

  • ASRA
  • LOADA h#OD4E, i
  • STOREA h#014B, d
  • ADDA h#01FE, i
Q.30

Assembler is

  • a program that automate the translation of assembly language into machine language
  • a program that accepts a program written in a high level language and produces an object program
  • a program that places programs into memory and prepares them for execution
  • is a program that appears to execute a source program as if it were machine language
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