Symbol Table Implementation Techniques Quiz
10 Questions
0 Views

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz
Study Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Chat to lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

What is the purpose of the activation record in a procedure call?

  • To manage the control flow of the program
  • To hold the actual parameters passed to the procedure
  • To store the return value of the procedure
  • To manage the information needed by a single execution of the procedure (correct)
  • What happens when a procedure is called?

  • The procedure name is pushed onto the stack
  • The activation record is created and stored in the heap
  • The activation record is created and pushed onto the stack (correct)
  • The activation record is popped from the stack
  • What is the purpose of the control link in the activation record?

  • To manage the local data of the procedure
  • To store the saved machine status
  • To store the return value of the procedure
  • To point to the activation record of the caller (correct)
  • What is the purpose of the access link in the activation record?

    <p>To refer to non-local data held in other activation records</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the temporaries in the activation record?

    <p>To store the values that arise in the evaluation of an expression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of static storage allocation?

    <p>To allocate memory at compile time with names bound to storage locations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is not a common operation performed on a symbol table?

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

    What is the purpose of the lookup() operation in a symbol table?

    <p>To find the location of a symbol in the table</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the insert() operation in a symbol table?

    <p>To add a new symbol and its associated data to the table</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What data structure is commonly used to implement a symbol table?

    <p>Hash table</p> Signup and view all the answers

    More Like This

    Use Quizgecko on...
    Browser
    Browser