41. Which of the following might be used to convert high-level language instructions into machine language ?
A. an interpreter
B. system software
C. applications software
D. an operating environment
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Language processors MCQs
42. In an absolute loading scheme, which loader function is accomplished by assembler________________?
A. Linking
B. Loading
C. Allocation
D. Reallocation
✅ The correct answer is option D.
43. A system program that combines the separately compiled modules of a program into a form suitable for execution_______________?
A. assembler
B. load and go
C. linking loader
D. cross compiler
✅ The correct answer is option C.
44. The system/370 assembler language________________?
A. is a term that refers to the control programs of an operating system
B. allows multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the same time
C. allows the programmer to write base registers and displacements explicitly in the source program
D. is used to remember which of the general-purpose registers are currently available as base registers, and what base addresses they contain
✅ The correct answer is option C.
45. Convert the 11014B machine language instructions into assembly language, assuming that they were not generated by pseudo-ops__________________?
A. ASRA
B. ADDA h#01FE, i
C. LOADA h#OD4E, i
D. STOREA h#014B, d
✅ The correct answer is option D.
46. In an absolute loading scheme, which loader function is accomplished by loader ?
A. Linking
B. Loading
C. Allocation
D. Reallocation
✅ The correct answer is option B.
47. A sequence of instructions, in a computer language, to get the desired result, is known as______________?
A. Program
B. Algorithm
C. Decision Table
D. All of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
48. When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader, called a ___________ is executed?
A. bootstrap loader
B. loader
C. linker
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
49. A compiler is_________________?
A. a program that places programs into memory and prepares them for execution
B. a program that automate the translation of assembly language into machine language
C. is a program that appears to execute a source program as if it were machine language
D. program that accepts a program written in a high level language and produces an object program
✅ The correct answer is option D.
50. The action of parsing the source program into the proper syntactic classes is known as________________?
A. lexical analysis
B. syntax analysis
C. general syntax analysis
D. interpretation analysis
✅ The correct answer is option A.