Deck 9: Introduction to High-Level Language Programming

Question 1

Even though a high-level programming language allows the programmer to think of memory locations in abstract rather than physical terms, the programmer is still directing, via program instructions, every change in the value of a memory location.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Individual assembly language statements, though easier to read, can be no more powerful than the underlying ____________________.

Answer 2

instruction set

Question 3

In assembly language, the programmer need not manage the details of the movement of data items within memory.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

If anything is changed on an already-tested module, update testing is done to be sure that this change hasn't introduced a new error into code that was previously correct.

Question 5

Maintenance should be viewed as a separate step in the software development life cycle. _________________________

Question 6

Each assembly language statement corresponds to, at most, one ____________________ language statement.

Question 7

A program written in a(n) procedural language consists of sequences of statements that manipulate data items. _________________________

Question 8

In a high-level language, the programmer's only responsibilities for managing data items are to declare (or in the case of Python, create) all constants and variables the program will use.

Question 9

The problem identification document commits the final and complete problem specification to paper and guides the software developers in all subsequent decisions.

Question 10

Machine language can use the notation --, //, or # to denote a program comment.

Question 11

The programmer's task is to devise the appropriate step-by-step sequence of "imperative commands" that, when carried out by the computer, accomplish the desired task.

Question 12

When we moved from machine language to assembly language, we needed a piece of system software-a(n) ____________________-to translate assembly language instructions into machine language.

Question 13

The availability of the appropriate compiler guarantees that a program developed on one type of machine can be compiled on a different type of machine.

Question 14

The program implementation phase is the time to plan how it is to be done. _________________________

Question 15

A modern programming EXE provides a text editor, a file manager, a compiler, a linker and loader, and tools for debugging, all within this one piece of software. _________________________

Question 16

In early programming languages, conserving machine resources was not an issue.

Question 17

Program maintenance, the process of adapting an existing software product, may consume as much as 85% of the total software development life cycle budget.

Question 18

Newer languages such as Java and C# were developed specifically to run on a variety of hardware platforms without the need for a separate ____________________ for each type of machine.

Question 19

Each low-level language supports if statements and while loops. _________________________

Question 20

The ____________________ computer architecture is characterized by sequential fetch-decode-execute cycles.

Question 21

Machine language is also known as ____ code.

A) object
B) source
C) link
D) reloadable

Question 22

____ is the rules for exactly how statements must be written in a programming language.

A) Order
B) Precedence
C) Syntax
D) Context

Question 23

____ a program means running it on many data sets to be sure its performance falls within those required limits.

A) Debugging
B) Benchmarking
C) Configuring
D) Coding

Question 24

Assembly language programs are ____ specific.

A) language
B) compiler
C) architecture
D) machine

Question 25

A ____ involves developing a clear, concise, and unambiguous statement of the exact problem the software is to solve.

A) problem statement
B) design statement
C) program overview
D) problem specification

Question 26

Most programming languages are now presented within an ____.

A) Integrated Development Environment
B) Integrated Deployment Environment
C) Implementation Development Environment
D) Interactive Development Environment

Question 27

In assembly language, the programmer must take a microscopic view of a task, breaking it down into tiny subtasks at the level of what is going on in individual ____.

A) memory locations
B) programs
C) subtasks
D) tasks

Question 28

The high-level language instructions are known as ____ code.

A) object
B) link
C) source
D) reloadable

Question 29

Ada, Java, C++ and C# require a ____ to terminate an executable program statement.

A) semicolon
B) period
C) blank space
D) comma

Question 30

The software translator used to convert our high-level language instructions into machine language instructions is called a(n) ____.

A) linker
B) editor
C) loader
D) compiler

Question 31

____ are instructions in the programming language.

A) Immediate commands
B) Imperative commands
C) Intrinsic commands
D) Internal commands

Question 32

A ____ stores and fetches values to and from memory cells.

A) random access memory
B) read-only memory
C) flash memory
D) memory cache encoder

Question 33

____ takes place on each module (subtask code) as it is completed.

A) Regression testing
B) System testing
C) Unit testing
D) Integration testing

Question 34

____ is the process of translating the detailed designs into computer code.

A) Translating
B) Interpreting
C) Coding
D) Configuring

Question 35

The ____ evaluates a proposed project and compares the costs and benefits of various solutions.

A) design study
B) feasibility study
C) specification study
D) work breakdown study

Question 36

____ were created to overcome the deficiencies of assembly language.

A) Compilers
B) Low-level programming languages
C) High-level programming languages
D) Linkers

Question 37

____ allows miscommunications between the user and the programmer to be identified and corrected early in the development process.

A) Rapid deployment
B) Rapid configuration
C) Rapid prototyping
D) Rapid interfacing

Question 38

Procedural languages are also called ____ languages.

A) immediate
B) translated
C) interpreted
D) imperative

Question 39

____ includes online tutorials or help systems that the user can bring up while the program is running, and (less often) written user's manuals.

A) Technical documentation
B) Rough documentation
C) First-level documentation
D) User documentation

Question 40

The object code for a task that needs to be performed often can be stored in a(n) ____.

A) code template
B) code library
C) code container
D) object library

Question 41

What is pair programming?

Question 42

Discuss documentation at length, including definitions of all the different types.

Question 43

Define coding.

Question 44

What question should a feasibility study address, and what are some of the possible answers?

Question 45

Explain the following statement at length: Programs written in a high-level language will be portable rather than machine specific.

Question 46

What is the purpose of the feasibility study?

Question 47

List four disadvantages of assembly language.

Question 48

With regard to imperative languages, what is the programmer's task?

Question 49

List four expectations of a program written in a high-level language.

Question 50

Briefly present the function of the following components of an IDE: text editor, file system, language translator, and debugger.