Concepts of Programming Languages and their History

Which of the following is NOT reason for studying programming languages?

• Improving ability to express ideas

• Finding out which is the best programming language ever

• Being able to learn new PLs much more easily

• Being able to choose the best PL for our needs in a project

Answer explanation

There is no best programming language

Which of the following is a common programming domain?

• Business Applications

• Scientific Applications

• Web Applications

• All

Which of the following is not a criteria for evaluating a programming language?

• Readability

• Writeability

• Reliability

• Cost

• The person who created it

Which evaluation criteria are Type Checking and Exception Handling especially about?

• Readability

• Writeability

• Reliability

• Cost

What is the first name of the famous computer scientist, mathematician, Von Neumann?

• Jack

• William

• John

• Michael

What is the first step in a compiler?

• Syntax analyzer

• Lexical analyzer

• Code generator

• Optimizer

Which is the first widely-used functional programming language?

• Lisp

• Haskell

• Clojure

• F#

Which of the following are two currently used dialects of Lisp?

• Common Lisp

• ML

• Scheme

• Racket

Which programming language is considered to be the first step toward sophistication in programming languages?

• Smalltalk

• Prolog

• ALGOL60

• C#

Which of the following PLs is specifically designed for business, and even emphasizes this with its name?

• COBOL

• FORTRAN

• Lisp

• C