CSCI 316: Quiz 1 - Introduction

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One major reason for studying programming language concepts is that it *

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Increases the capacity to express ideas

Improves hardware performance

Replaces compiler theory

Eliminates the need to learn new languages

Guarantees optimal algorithms

Learning multiple programming languages primarily helps programmers *

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Avoid debugging

Reduce compilation time

Write shorter programs

Eliminate documentation

Simulate missing constructs in other languages

Why is simulation of language features generally inferior to native support? *

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It violates standards

It is less elegant and less safe

It increases memory usage

It cannot be debugged

It is slower to compile

Why must programmers continually learn new languages? *

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Standards change yearly

Language usage and popularity are dynamic

Programming languages are unstable

Older languages stop working

Hardware requires it

Understanding implementation issues helps programmers primarily by *

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Visualizing how programs execute

Avoiding documentation

Reducing syntax errors

Eliminating runtime errors

Replacing testing

What is a primary benefit of understanding implementation details? *

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E. Better GUIs

Faster compilation

Automatic optimization

Identifying inefficient constructs

Smaller executables

Poor language choices historically resulted partly from *

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Lack of conceptual understanding

Market forces alone

Compiler limitations

Vendor lock-in

Hardware constraints

Scientific programming languages historically emphasized *

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Linked lists

Text processing

Symbolic computation

GUIs

Floating-point arithmetic and arrays

Which language is identified as the first major scientific programming language? *

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Fortran

Ada

COBOL

Lisp

ALGOL

Business application languages are characterized by *

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Matrix computation

Parallel processing

Pointer manipulation

Decimal arithmetic and report generation

Recursion and lists

The most widely used business application language historically was *

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Java

Ada

Python

COBOL

Artificial intelligence programming traditionally emphasizes *

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Fixed-point arithmetic

Numeric arrays

Assembly code

Symbolic computation

Bit manipulation

The first widely used AI programming language was *

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Lisp

Smalltalk

Scheme

Prolog

Python

Logic programming is most closely associated with which language? *

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Prolog

Java

Lisp

Ruby

C++

Web software commonly combines *

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Assembly and C

Only compiled languages

Functional languages only

Markup languages and scripting languages

Logic languages only

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary evaluation criteria discussed? *

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Reliability

Cost

Writability

Readability

Maintainability

Readability became especially important after *

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Recognition of software maintenance costs

The decline of assembly language

The introduction of structured programming

The invention of Java

The rise of the Internet

Overall simplicity in a language improves readability by *

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Eliminating abstraction

Increasing features

Encouraging overloading

Allowing multiple syntaxes

Reducing primitive constructs

Feature multiplicity refers to *

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Multiple compilers

Multiple standards

Multiple execution models

Multiple data types

Multiple ways to perform the same operation

Orthogonality in language design means *

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Minimal reserved words

Extensive overloading

Independent features that combine uniformly

Dynamic binding

Strict typing

The presence of Boolean types improves readability because *

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They eliminate errors

They compile faster

Their meaning is clearer than numeric flags

They simplify syntax

They reduce memory use

Syntax design affects readability primarily through *

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Program appearance and structure

Hardware mapping

Compiler optimization

Runtime checks

Garbage collection

Writability is best defined as *

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Ease of maintaining programs

Ease of creating programs for a domain

Ease of reading programs

Ease of compiling programs

Ease of optimizing programs

Reliability in a programming language is most directly improved by *

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Strong type checking and exception handling

Shorter programs

Faster execution

Fewer keywords

Extensive libraries

Which implementation method translates source code into machine code before execution? *

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Compilation

Just-in-time linking

Interpretation

Dynamic binding

Hybrid execution

Programming environments primarily affect software development by *

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Reducing memory usage

Supporting editing, testing, and debugging

Improving language syntax

Increasing execution speed

Eliminating bugs

Machine architecture influences language design primarily through *

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Naming conventions

Reserved words

Memory organization and instruction sets

Exception handling

Syntax rules

Program design methodologies influence language design by encouraging *

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Assembly-level programming

Lower-level constructs

Specific control and data structures

Fewer libraries

Less abstraction

The primary purpose of linking and loading is to *

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Check programs for syntax and semantic errors

Translate high-level source code into assembly language

Combine separately compiled program units and prepare them for execution

Optimize instruction execution at runtime

Bind variable names to data types

Which statement correctly distinguishes static linking from dynamic linking? *

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Dynamic linking requires recompilation of the program for every execution

Static linking produces smaller executables than dynamic linking

Dynamic linking prevents code sharing between programs, whereas static linking enables it

Static linking includes all required library code in the executable, whereas dynamic linking binds library code at run time

Static linking binds library routines at run time, whereas dynamic linking binds them at compile time

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