Programming language classification

Assembly is a...

• high level programming language

• low level programming language

Assembly langauge is written using...

• Binary/hexadecimal

• English-like key words

• Plain English

• Abbreviated mnemonic keywords

Advantages of low-level languages include...

• Direct access to the CPU

• Programs written will often be more efficient than high-level programs

• Easier to remember programming commands

• Can use subroutines and advanced data structures

Assembly language is better than machine code because...

• it is easier for humans to read

• it is easier to remember the instructions

• a person is less likely to make mistakes in assembly language

• it is written using English-like keywords

Which of these is machine code?

• A

• B

Machine Code uses mnemonics to represent instructions

• True
• False

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.
• Converted into binary.

A language that is close to human language and which is easy to write, debug and maintain is known as...

• A High Level Language
• A Low Level Language
• An Algorithm
• Machine Code

Example of First Generation Programming Language

• COBOL
• Machine Language
• C++

Which of these are high-level languages?

• Java

• Assembly

• Machine code

• VB.NET