Empower Your Learning with the [Programming Languages Principles and Practices Advanced Topics,Louden,3e] 2024 Test Bank

Chapter 1: Introduction




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1. Before the middle of the 1940s, computer operators hardwired their programs by setting switches
that adjusted the internal wiring of the computer.


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2. Machine language consists of entering a series of hexadecimal codes into the computer.


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3. Machine code was considered to be the first software.


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4. Assembly language consists of entering a series of binary codes into the computer.


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5. A linker program is used to load machine code into computer memory.


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6. An abstraction is a way of expressing ideas that make them concise, simple, and easy for the
human mind to grasp.


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, 7. Assembly language is standard across all types of computer hardware architectures.


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8. The FORTRAN language provided support for algebraic notation and floating-point numbers.


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9. The first assembly languages appeared in the 1970s.


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10. FORTRAN was the first programming language to be machine independent.


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11. The ALGOL programming language provides support for recursive procedures.


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12. The lambda calculus was based on the theory of recursive functions.


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13. The use of variable names is considered to be a basic data abstraction.


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,14. A structured control abstraction divides a program into groups of instructions.


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15. A procedure is a function that returns a value to its caller.


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16. A higher-order function returns a function as a value.


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17. The primary feature of an imperative language is a sequence of statements that represent
commands.


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18. The syntax of a programming language refers to its meaning.


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19. The syntax of a programming language is like the grammar of a natural language.


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20. The lexical structure of a programming language is similar to grammar in a natural language.


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21. A translator that executes a program directly is called a compiler.

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22. A translator that produces an equivalent program in an executable form is called a compiler.


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23. A virtual machine is an interpreter.


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24. A programming language’s words are referred to as tokens.


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25. Specification languages would allow users to indicate their requirements and would then
implement those requirements.


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MULTIPLE CHOICE



1. Which of the following statements about programming languages is correct?

a. ALGOL was developed before FORTRAN.

b. C language was developed before ALGOL.

c. The Ada language is based on Prolog.

d. Pascal is based on ALGOL.


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