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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) , Programming Languages .
| 1. |
What are the three main types of computer programming languages? |
| A. | Machine language, assembly language, high level language |
| B. | Imperative language, functional language, declarative language |
| C. | COBOL, Fortran-77, C++ |
| D. | A & C |
| Answer» A. Machine language, assembly language, high level language | |
| 2. |
One of the Cobol Program division is |
| A. | Environment Division |
| B. | Coding division |
| C. | Specification Division |
| D. | Editing Division |
| Answer» A. Environment Division | |
| 3. |
Every computer has a set of operation code called as . |
| A. | Data Set |
| B. | Both |
| C. | None |
| D. | Instruction Set |
| Answer» D. Instruction Set | |
| 4. |
Which of the translator program converts assembly language program into equivalent machine language program? |
| A. | Compiler |
| B. | Linker |
| C. | Assembler |
| D. | Interpreter |
| Answer» C. Assembler | |
| 5. |
Which language makes use of mnemonics instead of numeric op-codes & symbolic names for data locations instead of numeric address? |
| A. | Machine Language |
| B. | Assembly Language |
| C. | None |
| D. | High Level Language |
| Answer» B. Assembly Language | |
| 6. |
Which of the programming language is said to be machine independent language? |
| A. | High Level Language |
| B. | Machine Language |
| C. | Assembly Language |
| D. | All the Above |
| Answer» A. High Level Language | |
| 7. |
Which of the translator program converts high level language into its equivalent machine language? |
| A. | Interpreter |
| B. | Linker |
| C. | Assembler |
| D. | Compiler |
| Answer» D. Compiler | |
| 8. |
Which program takes multiple object program files‟ fits them together to assemble them into the program's final executable form? |
| A. | Assembler |
| B. | Interpreter |
| C. | Compiler |
| D. | Linker |
| Answer» D. Linker | |
| 9. |
Which of the language is sometimes also referred as self-documenting' language? |
| A. | High Level Language |
| B. | Machine Language |
| C. | Assembly Language |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. High Level Language | |
| 10. |
Which of the language is said to be one of the oldest high level languages? |
| A. | BASIC |
| B. | COBOL |
| C. | PASCAL |
| D. | FORTRAN |
| Answer» D. FORTRAN | |
| 11. |
Which of the language was designed to solve the scientific & engineering problems? |
| A. | FORTRAN |
| B. | PASCAL |
| C. | BASIC |
| D. | COBOL |
| Answer» B. PASCAL | |
| 12. |
Who developed the language FORTRAN? |
| A. | Grace Hopper |
| B. | John Kemeny |
| C. | John Backus |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. John Backus | |
| 13. |
When was the language FORTRAN developed? |
| A. | 1960 |
| B. | 1957 |
| C. | 1980 |
| D. | 1972 |
| Answer» B. 1957 | |
| 14. |
Which of the language became the first standardized language? |
| A. | COBOL |
| B. | BASIC |
| C. | PASCAL |
| D. | FORTRAN |
| Answer» D. FORTRAN | |
| 15. |
Who developed the language COBOL? |
| A. | Nicklaus Wirth |
| B. | John Backus |
| C. | Grace Hopper |
| D. | John Kemeny |
| Answer» C. Grace Hopper | |
| 16. |
Which version of FORTRAN was oriented towards structured programming approach? |
| A. | FORTRAN 77 |
| B. | FORTRAN II |
| C. | FORTRAN N |
| D. | FORTRAN 90 |
| Answer» A. FORTRAN 77 | |
| 17. |
What is the latest version of FORTRAN? |
| A. | FROTRAN 77 |
| B. | FORTRAN 90 |
| C. | FORTRAN II |
| D. | FORTRAN N |
| Answer» B. FORTRAN 90 | |
| 18. |
When was the language BASIC developed? (C) COBOL (D) BASIC |
| A. | 1958 |
| B. | 1964 |
| C. | 1970 |
| D. | 1985 |
| Answer» A. 1958 | |
| 19. |
Which language is said to be the first high-level language to be implemented on personal computers when they were introduced? |
| A. | JAVA |
| B. | C++ |
| C. | C |
| D. | BASIC |
| Answer» D. BASIC | |
| 20. |
The language PASCAL is named after which French mathematician ? |
| A. | Grace Hopper |
| B. | Blaise Pascal |
| C. | John Backus |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Blaise Pascal | |
| 21. |
Which Language was developed on the concepts of structured programming? |
| A. | JAVA |
| B. | BASIC |
| C. | C |
| D. | PASCAL |
| Answer» C. C | |
| 22. |
When did ANSI standardized COBOL? |
| A. | 1959 |
| B. | 1968 |
| C. | 1952 |
| D. | 1978 |
| Answer» B. 1968 | |
| 23. |
Which of the language is said to be the high level language? |
| A. | C++ |
| B. | Java |
| C. | C |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 24. |
Which of the following translates the source program statements into object codes? |
| A. | Debugger |
| B. | Interpreter ( |
| C. | Assembler |
| D. | Compiler |
| Answer» D. Compiler | |
| 25. |
Which of the following Operating System does not implement multitasking truly |
| A. | Windows 98 |
| B. | Windows NT |
| C. | windows XP |
| D. | MS DOS |
| Answer» D. MS DOS | |
| 26. |
when a computer is first turned on or restarted a special type of absolute loader executed |
| A. | Compile and go loader |
| B. | Boot loader |
| C. | Bootstrap loader |
| D. | Relating loader |
| Answer» C. Bootstrap loader | |
| 27. |
The operating' System manages . |
| A. | Memory |
| B. | Processes |
| C. | Disks and I/O devices |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 28. |
The operating system creates __ from the physical computer |
| A. | Virtual space |
| B. | Virtual computers |
| C. | Virtual device |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Virtual computers | |
| 29. |
Out of following, what is Opcode in assembly language? |
| A. | mov |
| B. | add |
| C. | cmp |
| D. | None |
| Answer» A. mov | |
| 30. |
Who converts Assembly language into machine language? |
| A. | Linker |
| B. | Assembler |
| C. | Interpreter |
| D. | Compiler |
| Answer» B. Assembler | |
| 31. |
. . ... Is an example of Compiled and Interpreted language. |
| A. | C |
| B. | BASIC |
| C. | C++ |
| D. | Java |
| Answer» D. Java | |
| 32. |
Kernel is also known as - (C) COBOL (D) BASIC |
| A. | Operating System |
| B. | Heart of OS |
| C. | High Level Language |
| D. | Low Level Language |
| Answer» B. Heart of OS | |
| 33. |
Choose correct form of the format of assembly instruction. |
| A. | [comment] [label] <opcode> <operand> |
| B. | [label]<operand><opcode> [;comment] |
| C. | <opcode>(opera |
| D. | [label] [;comment] (D) [label]<opcode><operand> [;comment] |
| Answer» D. [label] [;comment] (D) [label]<opcode><operand> [;comment] | |
| 34. |
Which language is having more readable, easy to debug and fast development features? |
| A. | Machine Level Language |
| B. | Assembly Language |
| C. | High Level Language |
| D. | All of the above 39. |
| Answer» C. High Level Language | |
| 35. |
Which language is easy to understand by machine? |
| A. | Low Level Language |
| B. | Assembly Language |
| C. | High Level Language |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Low Level Language | |
| 36. |
FORTRON stands for - |
| A. | For Translation |
| B. | Formula Translator |
| C. | Formula Translation |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Formula Translation | |
| 37. |
Which data type is the major feature of 'c' language? |
| A. | Pointer |
| B. | Union |
| C. | Structure |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» A. Pointer | |
| 38. |
Which language was used to write the UNIX operating system? |
| A. | PASCAL |
| B. | C |
| C. | JAVA |
| D. | BASIC |
| Answer» B. C | |
| 39. |
Which of the language was primarily used for internet based applications? |
| A. | C |
| B. | JAVA |
| C. | LISP |
| D. | COBOL |
| Answer» B. JAVA | |
| 40. |
When was JAVA's first commercial release made? |
| A. | 1952 |
| B. | 1966 |
| C. | 1983 |
| D. | 1995 |
| Answer» D. 1995 | |
| 41. |
Who developed LISP? |
| A. | Brian Kernighan |
| B. | John Backus |
| C. | James Gosling |
| D. | John McCarthy |
| Answer» D. John McCarthy | |
| 42. |
Which of the language is most widely used language for AI applications? |
| A. | PASCAL |
| B. | LISP |
| C. | COBOL |
| D. | C |
| Answer» B. LISP | |
| 43. |
In Hungarian notation.......... Prefix is used for Boolean. |
| A. | bol |
| B. | b |
| C. | bl |
| D. | None above |
| Answer» B. b | |
| 44. |
In Hungarian notation.......... Prefix is used for pointer. |
| A. | ptr |
| B. | Pr |
| C. | P |
| D. | None above |
| Answer» C. P | |
| 45. |
Which of the term refers to the information describing various products and services to the users in both computer and software development. ? |
| A. | Documentation |
| B. | Debugging |
| C. | Testing |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» A. Documentation | |
| 46. |
............... refers to the process of collecting, organizing and maintaining a complete record of programs and other documents used during the different phases of software development. |
| A. | Debugging |
| B. | Documentation |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | Testing |
| Answer» B. Documentation | |
| 47. |
are the forms of documentation that are put within program to help in understanding the logic of the program. |
| A. | System manual |
| B. | User manual |
| C. | Comments |
| D. | Logic Errors |
| Answer» C. Comments | |
| 48. |
does not contain any programming instruction and are just language instructions. |
| A. | User Manual |
| B. | Comments |
| C. | System Manual |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Comments | |
| 49. |
arguments the code with the basic description and also help in generating external documentation. |
| A. | Comment |
| B. | Hungarian Notation |
| C. | User Manual |
| D. | None |
| Answer» A. Comment | |
| 50. |
is a form of external documentation and is available in the form of separate documents or unit development folders |
| A. | Hungarian Notation |
| B. | User Manual |
| C. | Syntax errors |
| D. | System Manual |
| Answer» D. System Manual | |
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