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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
An assembly language program is said to be |
| A. | Machine dependent |
| B. | Software dependent |
| C. | Application dependent |
| D. | Operation dependent |
| Answer» B. Software dependent | |
| 2. |
When program modifications are necessary, what technique should be followed? |
| A. | Flowcharting |
| B. | Pseudocodes |
| C. | Processes |
| D. | Structures |
| Answer» C. Processes | |
| 3. |
Interpreter takes intermediate object program and converts it into |
| A. | Machine language program |
| B. | High-level language program |
| C. | Macro language program |
| D. | System language program |
| Answer» B. High-level language program | |
| 4. |
Small chunks of data that is sent over a channel is called |
| A. | Packages |
| B. | Packets |
| C. | Data chunks |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» C. Data chunks | |
| 5. |
World Wide Web (www) is developed by |
| A. | Bill Gates |
| B. | Tim Berners Lee |
| C. | James Gosling |
| D. | Niklaus Wirth |
| Answer» C. James Gosling | |
| 6. |
Each statement of a high level language is normally a |
| A. | Micro instruction |
| B. | Mnemonic instruction |
| C. | Macro instruction |
| D. | Code instructions |
| Answer» D. Code instructions | |
| 7. |
Program which interprets each line of high level program at time of execution is called |
| A. | instructor |
| B. | interpreter |
| C. | translator |
| D. | executor |
| Answer» C. translator | |
| 8. |
Input feeded to an interpreter is said to be |
| A. | High level language program |
| B. | Macro language program |
| C. | Micro language program |
| D. | Machine language program |
| Answer» B. Macro language program | |
| 9. |
Executing intermediate object program is responsibility of |
| A. | Linker |
| B. | Loader |
| C. | Compiler |
| D. | Interpreter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The most powerful desktop machines, are called |
| A. | Super machines |
| B. | High power machines |
| C. | Workstations |
| D. | All of them |
| Answer» D. All of them | |
| 11. |
A technique that allows multiple users to send and receive data at the same time over a communication path, in terms of networking is called as |
| A. | Packet switching |
| B. | Data switching |
| C. | Time sharing |
| D. | Resource sharing |
| Answer» B. Data switching | |
| 12. |
Omitting semicolon at the end of a statement is called |
| A. | Run time error |
| B. | Execution time error |
| C. | Syntax error |
| D. | Logical error |
| Answer» D. Logical error | |
| 13. |
Programs structured by basic logic structures are called |
| A. | Operational programs |
| B. | Iterative programs |
| C. | Selection programs |
| D. | Structured programs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Which of the following is an example of problem oriented language? |
| A. | BASIC |
| B. | FORTRAN |
| C. | PL/1 |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
To speed up coding process, several assembly languages support |
| A. | Macro instruction |
| B. | Basic instructions |
| C. | Micro instruction |
| D. | Code instructions |
| Answer» B. Basic instructions | |
| 16. |
Which of the following is called low level languages? |
| A. | Assembly language |
| B. | Both Machine language and Assembly language |
| C. | Machine language |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Machine language | |
| 17. |
Computer can't boot if it does not have |
| A. | compiler |
| B. | linker |
| C. | interpreter |
| D. | operating system |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
COBOL is abbreviation of |
| A. | Common Business Oriented Language |
| B. | Control Binary Outlair Language |
| C. | Control Blinded Organizational Language |
| D. | Computational Binary Oriented Language |
| Answer» B. Control Binary Outlair Language | |
| 19. |
Input to an assembler software goes as |
| A. | Machine language program |
| B. | High-level language program |
| C. | System level language program |
| D. | Assembly language program |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Developed idea of FORTRAN was followed at |
| A. | IBM |
| B. | Microsoft |
| C. | Apple |
| D. | Intel |
| Answer» B. Microsoft | |
| 21. |
C language is evolved from |
| A. | BCPL programming language |
| B. | B programming language |
| C. | C++ |
| D. | Both a and b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
What is an interpreter? |
| A. | An interpreter does the conversion line by line as the program is run |
| B. | An interpreter is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution |
| C. | An interpreter is the representation of the system being designed |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 23. |
Which of the following is a programming language? |
| A. | Netscape |
| B. | Pascal |
| C. | Lotus |
| D. | MS-Excel |
| Answer» C. Lotus | |
| 24. |
What do you call the translator which takes assembly language program as input & produce machinelanguage code as output? |
| A. | Debugger |
| B. | Assembler |
| C. | Compiler |
| D. | Interpreter |
| Answer» C. Compiler | |
| 25. |
All of the following are divisions of the COBOL program except: |
| A. | Indentification |
| B. | Data |
| C. | Input-output |
| D. | Procedure |
| Answer» D. Procedure | |
| 26. |
All computers execute |
| A. | FORTRAN programs |
| B. | Machine language program |
| C. | BASIC programs |
| D. | COBOL programs |
| Answer» C. BASIC programs | |
| 27. |
In the evaluation of a computer language, all of the following characteristics should be consideredexcept? |
| A. | Application oriented features |
| B. | Efficiency |
| C. | Readability |
| D. | Hardware maintainance costs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
In BASIC, description comments are put in the source program with the |
| A. | PRINT statement |
| B. | INPUT statement |
| C. | DATA statement |
| D. | REMARK statement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Which of the following generations of language will likely include the languages of the featuer? |
| A. | Fifth generation |
| B. | Fourth generation |
| C. | First generation |
| D. | Second dgeneration or third generation |
| Answer» C. First generation | |
| 30. |
A computer generated output that lets programmer follow the execution of their programs line by lineis a |
| A. | Core dump |
| B. | Source listing |
| C. | Trace routine |
| D. | Detail listing |
| Answer» D. Detail listing | |
| 31. |
Program which translates high level program into machine code is classified as |
| A. | compiler |
| B. | translator |
| C. | translating analyst |
| D. | instruction analyst |
| Answer» B. translator | |
| 32. |
Name which has some special meaning and significance for programmer is called |
| A. | reserved words |
| B. | changing words |
| C. | files |
| D. | data array |
| Answer» B. changing words | |
| 33. |
When LDA is used instead of LOAD ACCUMULATOR it can use |
| A. | symbolic addresses |
| B. | lined addresses |
| C. | mnemonics |
| D. | mechanics |
| Answer» D. mechanics | |
| 34. |
Multi-programming involves the |
| A. | Simultaneous operation of many jobs |
| B. | Computer shares its resources among the jobs |
| C. | Operation on only one task |
| D. | Both a and b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
High level language's programming doesn't deal with |
| A. | Process level coding |
| B. | Machine level coding |
| C. | Program level coding |
| D. | Operational level coding |
| Answer» C. Program level coding | |
| 36. |
FORTRAN was developed by |
| A. | Macintosh |
| B. | Microsoft |
| C. | IBM |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» D. None of them | |
| 37. |
Which of the following isn’t a characteristic of High level languages? |
| A. | machine code |
| B. | platform independent |
| C. | interactive execution |
| D. | user-friendly |
| Answer» B. platform independent | |
| 38. |
Machine language is |
| A. | Machine dependent |
| B. | Error prone |
| C. | Difficult to program |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
Set of commands by using which a user can instruct a computer for getting a job done is known to be |
| A. | Command execution module |
| B. | Command process module |
| C. | Command interpretation module |
| D. | Command expression module |
| Answer» D. Command expression module | |
| 40. |
Format followed by a machine language instruction normally has |
| A. | One-part format |
| B. | Two-part format |
| C. | Three-part format |
| D. | Four-part format |
| Answer» C. Three-part format | |
| 41. |
Computer language can be broadly classified into |
| A. | Two categories |
| B. | Three categories |
| C. | Four categories |
| D. | Five categories |
| Answer» C. Four categories | |
| 42. |
An error that causes the program to terminate immediately without having successfully performed its job, is called |
| A. | Syntax error |
| B. | Fatal error |
| C. | Termination error |
| D. | Both b and c |
| Answer» C. Termination error | |
| 43. |
Machine language are |
| A. | Machine dependent |
| B. | Machine independent |
| C. | Input dependent |
| D. | Output dependent |
| Answer» B. Machine independent | |
| 44. |
C language was implemented on |
| A. | DEC PDP-7 computer |
| B. | DEC PDP-10 computer |
| C. | DEC PDP-11 computer |
| D. | DEC PDP-12 computer |
| Answer» D. DEC PDP-12 computer | |
| 45. |
Which from the following is not type of computer language? |
| A. | Machine language |
| B. | Assembly language |
| C. | High-level language |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Machine language program that is produced as an output in case of an assembler is known as |
| A. | Destination Program |
| B. | Modulated Program |
| C. | Source Program |
| D. | Object Program |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Special quantity whose value doesn't change during whole program is classified as |
| A. | variable |
| B. | constant |
| C. | string |
| D. | float |
| Answer» C. string | |
| 48. |
Program used in interactive computing is termed as |
| A. | translator |
| B. | executor |
| C. | instructor |
| D. | interpreter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
FORTRAN is |
| A. | File Translation |
| B. | Format Translation |
| C. | Floppy Translation |
| D. | Formula Translation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Easily reloctable language is |
| A. | Medium level language |
| B. | Assembly language |
| C. | Machine language |
| D. | High level language |
| Answer» C. Machine language | |