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Symbol Table Implementation Techniques Quiz

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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?

To refer to non-local data held in other activation records (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

To store the values that arise in the evaluation of an expression (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of static storage allocation?

To allocate memory at compile time with names bound to storage locations (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

Merge (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

To find the location of a symbol in the table (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

To add a new symbol and its associated data to the table (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

Hash table (A) Signup and view all the answers