10 Questions
What is a program compared to?
A recipe with ingredients and directions
What does a programming language provide for instructing a computer?
Vocabulary and grammatical rules
What is the ultimate need for a program created using a programming language?
Conversion into machine language
What renders computers useful according to the text?
Programs
What do high-level programming languages usually refer to?
BASIC, C, C++, COBOL, FORTRAN, Ada, and Pascal
True or false: A program is a set of instructions following the rules of any chosen language?
True
True or false: Without programs, computers are useful?
False
True or false: Programming languages can only be used to create low-level languages?
False
True or false: High-level languages include C++, COBOL, and Pascal?
True
True or false: Programs need to be converted into machine language for computers to understand them?
True
Test your knowledge of programming languages with this quiz on the fundamentals of programming. Brush up on definitions, generations, and types of programming languages.
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