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Ada discriminate types is similar to ______.

  • C/C++ reference
  • C/C++ union
  • all of the given
  • C/C++ pointer (correct)

    • The block structure feature of ALGOL60 has ______ scope.

  • Local (correct)
  • No
  • Global
  • Universal

    • In the Decimal fixed point type, the distance between values is implemented as a power of ______.

  • 16
  • 10 (correct)
  • 2
  • 8

    • Function must have at least ______ return statement.

    <p>One</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ operations must have one of its parameters of the tagged type.

    <p>Primitive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    An understanding of implementation issues leads to a/an ______ of why languages are designed the way they are.

    <p>Understanding</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ has an efficient use of processor and memory.

    <p>LISP</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ is/are harmful as far as readability is concerned.

    <p>Overloading</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A language that can be used for a wide domain of applications has higher ______.

    <p>Generality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement is true from programming language evolution perspective about 1970's era?

    <p>Era of effective software technology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Variable name in SNOBOL may not be longer than ______.

    <p>120 characters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If we have two spaces in SNOBOL the first is used for ______ and the second one for ______.

    <p>pattern matching, concatenation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Today about 50% coding is done in ______.

    <p>C</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement is correct about Table in SNOBOL?

    <p>Table can be indexed by both keys and numbers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statement is Correct about SNOBOL?

    <p>Poor readability and writability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The first-level elements in LISP are called ______ level elements.

    <p>Top</p> Signup and view all the answers

    To write a user defined function in LISP we use ______.

    <p>Defun</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Dotime loop of LISP is similar in working to ______ of Ada.

    <p>for loop</p> Signup and view all the answers

    (.)Dot operator is a ______ in SNOBOL.

    <p>Binary operator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The GOTO statement in SNOBOL is ______.

    <p>explicit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The first argument in LISP list is the ______.

    <p>atom</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Function in LISP is in ______ notation.

    <p>prefix</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ may also change global variable as a side effect.

    <p>dolist LISP iteration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    We have extensive use of ______ in LISP.

    <p>recursion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Java has no ______.

    <p>multiple inheritance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a language designed for distributed computing architecture?

    <p>CORBA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ does not have a predefined inheritance hierarchy.

    <p>Ada</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Record in Ada is similar to structure in C/C++. Record members in Ada is accessed through a/an ______.

    <p>(.)Dot operator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    We may create our own exceptions in ______.

    <p>Ada</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A language is reliable if during execution it does not create ______.

    <p>Error</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If the program written in a particular language is less ______ than the cost of failure of the system may be significant.

    <p>Reliable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The portability has direct relation with ______.

    <p>Standardization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Conditional control transfer" gave rise to the idea of ______, which are blocks of code that can be reused over and over.

    <p>Libraries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Identify the feature which was not available in FORTRAN-IV.

    <p>support for structured programming</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ programming language is known as “Write-Only” language.

    <p>APL</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement is true about SNOBOL?

    <p>Its developers have limited introduction with computer science</p> Signup and view all the answers

    SONOBOL is case ______.

    <p>In-Sensitive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The earliest form of a computer language was ______ motion.

    <p>Physical</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ is The First High Level Language.

    <p>FORTAN</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Following factors influences a portable language design EXCEPT ______.

    <p>Windows XP</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ is concerned with maintenance and debugging this is a very important concern because if maintenance cost is reduced, the overall cost on the software will also be reduced.

    <p>Readability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A language that is more orthogonal is usually more ______.

    <p>Readable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the given resulted in more complex software requiring support for software engineering in the programming languages.

    <p>Decreasing Hardware Cost and increasing Software Cost</p> Signup and view all the answers

    COBOL is mainly designed for ______.

    <p>Business application</p> Signup and view all the answers

    First language that provided the concept of Pointer data type was ______.

    <p>PL/1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    • Sign is used for ______ in SONOBOL.

    <p>Line Continuation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    First electronic computer was ______.

    <p>ENIAC</p> Signup and view all the answers

    : Sign in program written in SONOBOL is used to show the ______.

    <p>Line breaking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Following are some of the reasons for studying concepts related to different programming languages EXCEPT ______.

    <p>Increased capability to design communication links</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Following are object oriented programming languages EXCEPT ______.

    <p>LISP</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Following are imperative languages EXCEPT ______.

    <p>LISP</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Learning the implementation details of a language helps the programmer in...

    <p>Both finding and fixing bugs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Learning curve is ______ proportional to the number of basic components.

    <p>Directly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Binary operator in SONOBOL must has at least ______ spaces on both sides.

    <p>1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    PROLOG represent ______ paradigm.

    <p>Declarative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ was the first object oriented language.

    <p>SIMULA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    “Everything for everybody” was the motive of the language ______.

    <p>PL/1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    COBOL was the first language that brings the concept of ______.

    <p>Records</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ are a type of Aliasing.

    <p>Arrays</p> Signup and view all the answers

    SNOBOL was designed for ______ purpose.

    <p>String manipulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A space is used as for ______ concatenation.

    <p>Operator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A language evaluation criteria includes following factors EXCEPT ______.

    <p>Modularity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Learning different programming languages helps in increasing the ______ to express programming concepts.

    <p>Capacity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If a language provides a feature of referencing a variable in more than one way then we say that the language provides ______.

    <p>Aliasing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    For immediate value assignment ______ sign is used.

    <p>$</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ was considered good for describing algorithms.

    <p>ALGOL</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an incorrect option from the following statements regarding ‘objectives of learning new languages’?

    <p>Help in understanding the language piracy policy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If a language become very simple then it will ______.

    <p>increase readability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    LISP was basically developed to solve ______ problems.

    <p>Artificial intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Smalltalk was the first purest ______ language and pioneered graphical user interface.

    <p>object oriented</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is used for indirect referencing in SNOBOL?

    <p>Unary $</p> Signup and view all the answers

    SIZE () arid REPLACE () in SNOBOL4 are ______ functions.

    <p>Primitive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which concept does NOT contribute to the reliability of a programming language?

    <p>Language development environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which language serves as a middle layer between a web browser and a database?

    <p>JavaScript</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the only control structure available in SNOBOL?

    <p>Go to Statement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which language stores two-dimensional arrays in a column-major order?

    <p>FORTRAN</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following was the first high-level programming language?

    <p>FORTRAN</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the Ordinary fixed-point type, what is the power base used for the distance between values?

    <p>2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does operator overloading generally affect the writability and readability of code?

    <p>It increases writability, decreases readability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which symbol is used in LISP to prevent the evaluation of a symbol?

    <p>Quote</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Unlike C/C++, Ada can have ______ within functions/procedures.

    <p>Objects</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Imperative programming languages are the direct result of ______.

    <p>Von Neumann architecture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    "Everything for everybody" was the motive of the language ______.

    <p>PL/1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Solved MCQs - CS508 Modern Programming

    • Discriminate Types (Question 1): Ada discriminate types are similar to C/C++ pointers.

    • ALGOL60 Block Structure (Question 2): The block structure feature of ALGOL60 has local scope.

    • Ada Features (Question 3): Unlike C/C++, Ada can have functions/procedures, objects, and events within functions/procedures, along with parameters.

    • Decimal Fixed Point (Question 4): In Decimal fixed point type, distance between values is implemented as a power of 2.

    • Function Return Statement (Question 5): Functions must have at least one return statement; procedures do not require return statements. The return statement's expression must match the function's declared return type.

    • Tagged Type Parameters (Question 6): Operations must have one of their parameters as the tagged type.

    • Understanding Implementation Issues (Question 7): Understanding implementation issues leads to a better understanding of why languages are designed the way they are.

    Additional MCQs

    • Efficient Processor/Memory Use (Question 8): LISP has efficient use of processor and memory.

    • Readability Concerns (Question 9): Overloading, statements like break/continue, and case statements are harmful when readability is a concern.

    • High Generality (Question 10): A language used for a wide domain of applications has higher generality.

    • Imperative Language Origin (Question 11): Imperative programming languages are a direct result of Charles Babbage's engine (and subsequent architectures), logic and list program languages, and Von Neumann architecture.

    • SNOBOL Variable Length (Question 13): Variable names in SNOBOL may not exceed 120 characters.

    • SNOBOL Space Usage (Question 14): In SNOBOL, the first space is for concatenation and the second is for pattern matching operations.

    • Common Programming Language (Question 15): Today, about 50% of coding is in C.

    • Table Indexing (Question 16): Tables in SNOBOL can be indexed by number and/or key, or both.

    • SNOBOL Readability and Writability (Question 17): SNOBOL has poor readability but good writability.

    • LISP Top Level Elements (Question 18): The first-level elements in LISP are called top-level elements.

    • LISP User Defined Functions (Question 19): Use the defun keyword in LISP to write user-defined functions.

    • LISP Loop Similarity (Question 20): LISP's do-time loop functions similarly to Ada's while loop statements.

    • SNOBOL Dot Operator (Question 21): The dot operator (.) is a unary operator in SNOBOL.

    • SNOBOL GOTO (Question 22): The GOTO statement in SNOBOL is implicit.

    • LISP List Element (Question 23): The first argument is the first element of a LISP list. A LISP list's first argument can be an atom or another LISP list.

    • LISP Function Notation (Question 24): Functions in LISP are in prefix notation.

    • Global Variable Side Effects (Question 25): LISP may change global variables as a side effect.

    • LISP Extensive Use (Question 26): In LISP, we extensively use recursion.

    • Distributed Computing Language (Question 28): CORBA is designed for distributed computing architecture.

    • Ada Records (Question 30): Ada records are similar to C/C++ structures, accessed using the (.) dot operator.

    • Exception Handling (Question 31): Ada supports creating your own exceptions.

    • Language Reliability (Question 32): A reliable language does not create errors during execution.

    • Portability Relation (Question 34): Portability is directly related to Readability & Simplicity

    • Conditional Control Transfer (Question 35): Conditional control transfer led to the concept of reusable code blocks.

    • FORTRAN-IV Features (Question 36): Procedural programming languages like FORTRAN-IV did not support features for structured programming, explicit data types or passing subprograms as parameters.

    • Language Character Limit (Question 37): The maximum length of a variable name in SNOBOL is 120 characters.

    • SNOBOL Character Recognition (Question 38): SNoBOL developers are computer scientists by specialization/training.

    • SNOBOL Sensitivity (Question 39): SNOBOL is sensitive to the case of variable names (e.g., myVariable is different from myvariable).

    • Early Computer Language (Question 40): The earliest electronic computer language was physical.

    • First High-Level Language (Question 41): FORTRAN is the first High Level Language.

    • Portable Language Design Factors (Question 42): Factors influencing portablility are Computer Architecture, Readability, and required Programmer time.

    • Software Maintenance (Question 43): Windows XP is concerned with software maintenance concerns because reduced maintenance costs will reduce the overall software costs.

    • Orthogonal Language (Question 44): More orthogonal languages are usually more readable, writtable, and portable in usage.

    • Complex Software Requirements (Question 45): Increasing hardware cost and decreasing software costs led to more complex software requiring support for software engineering in programming languages.

    • Design Purpose of COBOL (Question 46): COBOL is typically designed for business applications.

    • Pointer Data Type Language (Question 47): PL/I was the first language that provided pointer data types.

    • SNOBOL Line Continuation (Question 48): A plus (+) sign is used for line continuation in SNOBOL.

    • Earliest Computer (Question 49): ENIAC was the first electronic computer.

    • SNOBOL Colon (Question 50): The colon (:) in SNOBOL is used to indicate line continuation.

    • Programming Language Study Reasoning (Question 51): increased capability to learn new languages was a reason for the study of programming.

    • Programming Languages with Concepts(Question 52): C++, JAVA, and their derivatives are object oriented programming languages.

    • Importance of Implementation Details in Learning (Question 54): Learning implementation details helps a programmer to find and fix bugs.

    • Language Learning Curve (Question 55): The learning curve is directly proportional to the number of basic components of a language.

    • Binary Operator Spaces (Question 56): Binary operators in SNOBOL4 require at least two spaces on either side.

    • Programming Language Paradigm (Question 57): PROLOG uses a declarative approach as a programming paradigm.

    • First Object-Oriented Language (Question 58): Simula 67 was the first object oriented programming language.

    • Programming Language Motivation (Question 59): everything for everybody was the motive behind one language or programming philosophy's creation.

    • COBOL Data Structures (Question 60): COBOL introduced hierarchical data structures like records and nested selection statements.

    • Aliasing Mechanisms (Question 61): Pointers, arrays, and linked lists are associated with aliasing.

    • SNOBOL Purpose (Question 62): SNOBOL was designed for string manipulation.

    • SNOBOL Space Character use (Question 63): A space in SNOBOL was used for concatenation.

    • Software Evaluation Factors (Question 64): Portability, Writability, Readability, and Modularity (or a combination of multiple factors) affect evaluating programming language effectiveness.

    • Learning Multiple Languages (Question 65): Learning multiple programming languages improves capacity to express a programming concept.

    • Programming Language Multiple Referencing Variables (Question 66): A language that allows multiple ways to reference a variable is implementing an aliasing capability.

    • Immediate Assignment Sign (Question 67): * sign is typically used for immediate assignment operations.

    • Algorithm Descriptive Language (Question 68): FORTRAN was good describing algorithms.

    • New Language Learning (Question 69): Helping to choose a language for a specific development application is a valid goal for understanding languages.

    • Simpler Language Qualities (Question 70): If a language is complex but simple to use, it is likely the readability will increase; if the language is too simple, the opposite may be true.

    • LISP Purpose (Question 71): LISP was primarily developed for Artificial Intelligence and related areas of study.

    • Smalltalk Language Focus (Question 72): Smalltalk was one of the first pure object-oriented programming languages.

    • Indirect Referencing in SNOBOL (Question 73): In SNOBOL, an indirect reference uses the $ operator.

    • SIZE/REPLACE Functions (Question 74): SIZE and REPLACE functions are primitive functions in SNOBOL.

    • Language Reliability Characteristics (Question 75): The concept of a robust language includes type checking, boundary checks, exception handling and a well-documented language development environment.

    • PHP and Other Scripting Languages (Question 76): in JavaScript is used as a middle-layer between a database and client-side applications, often in web browser contexts.

    • 唯一控制结构 (Question 77): The only control structure in SNOBOL is the if-else statement.

    • Array Storage Order (Question 78): Two-dimensional arrays are typically stored column-wise in languages such as FORTRAN

    • First High-Level Language (Question 79): FORTRAN is considered to be the first high-level programming language.

    • **Meaningful Language Development (Question 80):**SNOBOL was important because it was one of the first steps towards the more complex languages we see today.

    • Standardized Language (Question 81): Ada 95 is a standardized programming language, and is an extension of its predecessor Ada 83.

    • Fixed Point Representation (Question 82): In ordinary fixed point types, the distance between values is implemented as a power of two.

    • Operator Overloading Impact (Question 83): Operator overloading can improve writability but decreases readability

    • Language Evaluation Factor (Question 84): Factors not related to language effectiveness that should not be used as evaluation criteria are orthogonal, readability, and writability, and aliasing (these factors are related to effectiveness and suitability).

    • C Programming Language Features (Question 85): C programming is a language related to string manipulation, provides exception handling, includes a comprehensive toolkit of operators, and does not use objects or classes.

    • SNOBOL Operators (Question 86): Unary and binary operations in SNOBOL are both right associative.

    • Arithmetic Language (Question 87): Space, string, character are the different arithmetic expression types (or operators) in SNOBOL.

    • Indirect Reference Operator (Question 88): The . (dot) operator is used for indirect referencing in SNOBOL.

    • Program Function Structure (Question 89): LISP uses a structured approach to functional programming to represent program structure as functions.

    • Dynamic Typing (Question 90): LISP is one of the first programming languages that introduced the concept of dynamic typing, allowing flexible data types for variables.

    • Preventing Symbol Evaluation (Question 91): The quote symbol in LISP prevents a symbol from being evaluated immediately.

    • Ada Composite Type (Question 92): Arrays are a composite data type in Ada.

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