1. What are the three main types of computer programming languages?
Correct : A. Machine language, assembly language, high level language
2. One of the Cobol Program division is
Correct : A. Environment Division
3. Every computer has a set of operation code called as .
Correct : D. Instruction Set
4. Which of the translator program converts assembly language program into equivalent machine language
program?
Correct : C. Assembler
5. Which language makes use of mnemonics instead of numeric op-codes & symbolic names for data
locations instead of numeric address?
Correct : B. Assembly Language
6. Which of the programming language is said to be machine independent language?
Correct : A. High Level Language
7. Which of the translator program converts high level language into its equivalent machine language?
Correct : D. Compiler
8. Which program takes multiple object program files‟ fits them together to assemble them into the
program's final executable form?
Correct : D. Linker
9. Which of the language is sometimes also referred as self-documenting' language?
Correct : A. High Level Language
10. Which of the language is said to be one of the oldest high level languages?
Correct : D. FORTRAN
11. Which of the language was designed to solve the scientific & engineering problems?
Correct : B. PASCAL
12. Who developed the language FORTRAN?
Correct : C. John Backus
13. When was the language FORTRAN developed?
Correct : B. 1957
14. Which of the language became the first standardized language?
Correct : D. FORTRAN
15. Who developed the language COBOL?
Correct : C. Grace Hopper
16. Which version of FORTRAN was oriented towards structured programming approach?
Correct : A. FORTRAN 77
17. What is the latest version of FORTRAN?
Correct : B. FORTRAN 90
18. When was the language BASIC developed?
(C) COBOL (D) BASIC
Correct : A. 1958
19. Which language is said to be the first high-level language to be implemented on personal
computers when they were introduced?
Correct : D. BASIC
20. The language PASCAL is named after which French mathematician ?
Correct : B. Blaise Pascal
21. Which Language was developed on the concepts of structured programming?
Correct : C. C
22. When did ANSI standardized COBOL?
Correct : B. 1968
23. Which of the language is said to be the high level language?
Correct : D. All the above
24. Which of the following translates the source program statements into object codes?
Correct : D. Compiler
25. Which of the following Operating System does not implement multitasking truly
Correct : D. MS DOS
26. when a computer is first turned on or restarted a special type of absolute loader
executed
Correct : C. Bootstrap loader
27. The operating' System manages
.
Correct : D. All of the above
28. The operating system creates __ from the physical computer
Correct : B. Virtual computers
29. Out of following, what is Opcode in assembly language?
Correct : A. mov
30. Who converts Assembly language into machine language?
Correct : B. Assembler
31. . . ... Is an example of Compiled and Interpreted language.
Correct : D. Java
32. Kernel is also known as -
(C) COBOL (D) BASIC
Correct : B. Heart of OS
33. Choose correct form of the format of assembly instruction.
Correct : D. [label] [;comment] (D) [label]<opcode><operand> [;comment]
34. Which language is having more readable, easy to debug and fast development features?
Correct : C. High Level Language
35. Which language is easy to understand by machine?
Correct : A. Low Level Language
36. FORTRON stands for -
Correct : C. Formula Translation
37. Which data type is the major feature of 'c' language?
Correct : A. Pointer
38. Which language was used to write the UNIX operating system?
Correct : B. C
39. Which of the language was primarily used for internet based applications?
Correct : B. JAVA
40. When was JAVA's first commercial release made?
Correct : D. 1995
41. Who developed LISP?
Correct : D. John McCarthy
42. Which of the language is most widely used language for AI applications?
Correct : B. LISP
43. In Hungarian notation.......... Prefix is used for Boolean.
Correct : B. b
44. In Hungarian notation.......... Prefix is used for pointer.
Correct : C. P
45. Which of the term refers to the information describing various products and services to the users
in both computer and software development. ?
Correct : A. Documentation
46. ............... refers to the process of collecting, organizing and maintaining a complete record of
programs and other documents used during the different phases of software development.
Correct : B. Documentation
47. are the forms of documentation that are put within program to help in understanding the
logic of the program.
Correct : C. Comments
48. does not contain any programming instruction and are just language instructions.
Correct : B. Comments
49. arguments the code with the basic description and also help in generating external
documentation.
Correct : A. Comment
50. is a form of external documentation and is available in the form of separate documents or unit
development folders
Correct : D. System Manual
51. .... is a form of external documentation and is required to ensure smooth execution of software ..
Correct : B. User Manual
52. .... are used within program to help in understanding the logic of the program and hence are a
form of external documentation.
Correct : C. Comments
53. In..... the name of the variable indicates its type of intended use.
Correct : B. Hungarian Notation
54. ..... is said to be a popular naming convention in complete programming
Correct : B. Hungarian Notation
55. Following is the DOS command to print the file' add.c ' without installing a printer driver on your
PC.
Correct : A. type add.c> prn
56. Command for creating directory in MS DOS is
(D) print add.c > prn
Correct : A. md
57. The software tool that. is used for linking modules together is called _______.
Correct : B. Linker
58. A component of a computer that locates a given program or application from the offline storage,
loads it into the main memory and facilitates its execution is called_______.
Correct : D. Loader
59. ______ loads a given program from a disk
Correct : D. Loaders
60. Step by step description of program is known as-
Correct : C. Algorithm
61. To show Start and End of program
(D) Explain user interface of application
Correct : C. Round corner rectangle is used
62. Which statement is used to jump the control of program?
Correct : D. Goto
63. Processing Symbol is used to indicate in the program.
Correct : A. Process (i.e. Arithmetic process)
64. PDL - Program Decision Language is an another name of _
Correct : C. Pseudo code
65. According to Sequence Logic a Pseudo code _
Correct : A. Instructions are written in the order they are to be performed
66. According to Selection Logic (Decision Logic) of Pseudo code
Correct : C. Instructions will be executed only ones based on condition.
67. Selection Logic is used to ___
(B) Write programming instruction in normal language
Correct : C. Select the proper path out of two or more alternative paths
68. What might be considered the seventh step of programming process?
Correct : B. Maintaining
69. What symbol is used to represent output is flow chart?
Correct : C. Parallelogram
70. What is the standard terminal symbol for a flow chart?
Correct : A. Circle
71. What is assignment operator?
Correct : A. =
72. What is an example of string constant?
Correct : C. “oops”
73. In a case structure the term------means “if none of the other cases were true ”
Correct : C. Default
74. A case structure can be replaced one or more
Correct : A. If-then-else
75. Which name is best suited to a module that calculates overtime pay?
Correct : D. CalculateovertimeO
76. The------- can be a useful tool when a program must be modified months or years after the original
writing.
Correct : C. Pseudo code
77. Declaring a variable involves selecting a name and a __
Correct : D. Type
78. A group of variables is often called a __ .
Correct : B. Data structure
79. When a variable is __ it is both declared and initialized.
Correct : C. Defined
80. The time factor when determining the efficiency of algorithm is measured by
Correct : B. Counting the number of key operations
81. The space factor when determining the efficiency of algorithm is measured by
Correct : A. Counting The Maximum Memory Needed By The Algorithm
82. Which of the following case does not exist in complexity theory
Correct : D. Null case
83. The Worst case occur in linear search algorithm when
Correct : D. Item is the last element in the array or is not there at all
84. The Average case occur in linear search algorithm
Correct : A. When Item is somewhere in the middle of the array
85. Finiteness property of an Algorithm is
Correct : C. For all possible combinations of input data, the algorithm terminates after a finite no. of steps.
86. Instructions in algorithms should be_____
Correct : C. Precise & Unambiguous
87. As compared to a flowchart, it is easier to modify the_________of a program logic when program
modifications are necessary.
Correct : D. Pseudo code.
88. Algorithm halts in __________
Correct : A. Finite time
89. The __ flow chart symbol(s) represents one way flow of control.
Correct : A. Processing
90. What is an infinite loop?
Correct : A. It is an endless loop
91. The normal flow of flowchart is from
Correct : D. Top to Bottom
92. Which tool shows textual design solution?
Correct : C. Pseudocode
93. Method which uses a list of well-defined instructions to complete a task, starting from a given
initial state to end state, is called
Correct : B. Algorithm
94. Diamond shape in flow chart denotes
Correct : B. Decision
95. Which of the following shape is used for representing a Conditional Statement in a Flow chart?
Correct : B. Rhombus
96. Any program can be written using structures.
Correct : B. Sequence logic, Selection logic, Iteration logic