CSCE 4430 Exam 1 with complete solutions.

Which of the following statements best describes the difference between compilers and (software) interpreters? A compiler translates the high-level language program into a machine or assembly language program which is then executed by the hardware interpreter, whereas an interpreter executes the high-level language program directly. Which of the following statements best describes the a hybrid compiler? A hybrid compiler translates the high-level language program into a virtual machine program which may then be executed by an interpreter. Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More Which phase of the compiler has the main task of building the symbol table and then verifying that identifiers are used according to their representation in the symbol table? semantic analysis Which phase of the compiler is to improve the time and/or space efficiency of the executable code for the program? code optimization The front-end of a compiler consists of: lexical, syntactic and semantic analysis and intermediate code generation The back-end of a compiler consists of: code optimization and machine code generation The purpose of the code generation phase of the compiler is: to produce an assembly or machine language translation of the source program What is the output of the lexical analyzer? a list of tokens What is the compilation phase for finding a syntax (or parse) tree for a string of tokens? syntax analysis In a compiler, the data structure responsible for the management of information about identifiers and their attributes is: symbol table