CSC305 Topic 1 & 2

1. A programming paradigm is a pattern of problem solving thought that underlies a particular genre of programs and languages. The main programming paradigms are

i. Functional programming

ii. Imperative programming

iii. Logic programming

iv. Object- Oriented programming

• A. I, II and III only

• B. I, II and IV only

• C. I, III and IV only

• D. I, II, III and IV

2. 2. Abstractions are categorized into 3 level EXCEPT

• A. Basic Abstraction

• B. Module Abstraction

• C. Structured Abstraction

• D. Unit Abstraction

Which of the followings are characteristics of a scripting language?

I. Lack of type-checking

II. Extendable syntax

III. Built-In high level data structures

IV. Highly dynamic behavior

• A. I, II and III only

• B. I, II and IV only

• C. I, III and IV only

• D. I, II, III and IV

The followings are the goals of a Syntax analyzer EXCEPT

• to construct hierarchical structures

• to detect syntax errors

• to ignore comment

• to produce parse tree

A compilation process involves 3 different types of analyzer. Select the correct order of analyzers used in translating source code to intermediate code.

• A. Lexical analyzer --> Semantic analyzer --> Syntax analyzer

• B. Lexical analyzer --> Syntax analyzer --> Semantic analyzer

• C. Syntax analyzer --> Semantic analyzer --> Lexical analyzer

• C. Semantic analyzer --> Lexical analyzer --> Syntax analyzer

________ introduce the stored-programming concepts

• Grace Hopper

• John Von Neumann

• Blaise Pascal

• Ada Lovelace

Select THREE(3) key concepts of programming language

• Abstractions

• Computations

• Human-readability

• Machine-readability

Programming language usually uses

• A. Unrestricted grammar

• B. Context free grammar

• C. Context sensitive grammar

• D. Regular grammar

Attribute Grammar describes

• A. Operational semantic

• B. Axiomatic semantic

• C. Denotational semantic

• D. Static semantic

Which are the elements in subprogram?

• Return type

• Subroutine

• Parameter values

• Method