Introduction to Programming

ALL are definitions of computer programs except

• is a list of instructions that tell a computer what to do

• are used to communicate instructions to a computer

• a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"

• a sequence of instructions written using a Computer Programming Language to perform a specified task by the computer.

A program is a set of instructions following the rules of the chosen language.

• COBOL

• PowerBuilder

• FORTRAN

• None of the Above

The first computer language developed was______

• COBOL

• PASCAL

• BASIC

• FORTRAN

Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program?

• BASIC

• Assembly Language

• Machine Language

• C Language

The fourth generation was based on integrated circuits.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the only thing that computers understand?

• Machine Code

• Low Level Language

• High Level Language

• Algorithm

Before a computer can understand a program it must be...

• Translated into its machine code.

• Translated into a high level language.

• Translated into a low level language.

Which of the following is not a high level programming language?

• Assembly

• C++

• Java

• Phyton

The two categories of low level language are.

• Machine Code & Assembly

• Machine Code & Algorithms

• Assembly & Algorithms

• Algorithms & Binary

What is the name for the software used to convert an assembly language program into machine code?

• Assembler

• Interpreter

• Compiler

• Translator