COMPUTER SCIENCE FINAL EXAM-Questions and Answers Graded A+

COMPUTER SCIENCE FINAL EXAM-Questions and Answers Graded A+ Define the word "program". - ANSWER-A set of instructions to achieve a specified goal. Explain why programming in machine language is undesirable - ANSWER-Programming is 1s and 0s is very tedious and problematic. What language uses commands with mnemonic names and hexadecimal numbers? - ANSWER-Assembly language What is the name of the translator used by Assembly Language? - ANSWER-Assembler List 2 of Grace Hopper's accomplishments. - ANSWER-Developed program translators & Developed COBOL Explain the difference between an interpreter and a compiler. - ANSWER-Compilers translates the entire file and then execute. Interpreters translate each line and execute each line What is a "low-level" language? - ANSWER-Close to computer language What is a high-level language? - ANSWER-Close to human language Why do we not simply use English, or any other human language, to program a computer? - ANSWER-English is too ambiguous What was the first successful programming language for the mathematics and scientific Community language? - ANSWER-FORTRAN What does FORTRAN stand for? - ANSWER-Formula Translator What community was COBOL created for? - ANSWER-business A program is made up of words, which usually are called what? - ANSWER-Keywords What is the first Java syntax rule? - ANSWER-Use only keywords known by the Java compiler. List the 3 categories of keywords. - ANSWER-Reserved words, pre-defined identifiers and user-defined identifiers List 3 examples of Java Reserved Words - ANSWER-public, static, void Java has a large number of libraries that enhance the basic Java language. These libraries contain special program modules that perform a variety of tasks to simplify the life of a programmer. What are these modules called? - ANSWER-methods List 2 examples of Predefined Identifiers. - ANSWER-print and println What does OOP stand for? - ANSWER-Object Oriented Programming