CS508 Quiz 1 by VU Topper RM

Measure of ----------------- is considered as the cost of writing programs in a programming language. A. Reliability B. Writability C. Readability D.

Productivity

______ was the era when programming language design took an empirical approach. A. 1940s

B. 1950s

C. 1960s D. 1970s

The design and evaluation of a particular _____________________is highly dependent on the domain in which it is to be used. A. Software design B. Database system C. Computer program

D. Programming language

15-30 function points shows that language level is : A. Above 55

B. 1-3

C. 4-8 D. 16-23

Which of the following statement is best suited for C programming language?

1. With powerful set of operators but poor type checking
2. First language to provide exception handling
3. Introduced the notion of class
4. String manipulation language

Correct answer: With powerful set of operators but poor type checking

_________ are rule based, order of execution is not defined.

A. Declarative languages

B. Parallel programming languages C. System engineering languages D. Imperative languages

In 1988_______compilers ignore parameter errors. A. Java

B. Ada

C. C++ D. C

________is a language for symbolic computation and its syntax is based on lambda calculus. A. ALGOL B. C

C. LISP

D. MATLAB

The __________ field is used to alter the flow of control of a SNOBOL program. A. Pass B. Stay

C. Goto

D. CONTINUE

In ENIAC physical motion was eventually replaced by ________ signals. A. Logical B. Digital C. Analog

D. Electrical

Certain ________ can only be found and fixed if a programmer knows some implementation details such as two-dimensional array in FORTRAN is column major. A. Rule

B. Bugs Page 6

C. Constants D. Exceptions

___________ brought back pointers, structs, enum types, operator overloading, and goto statement which were eliminated by Java.

A. C# Page 29

B. C++ C. PASCAL D. SNOBOL

The only Control structure in SNOBOL is________ A. For Loop

B. Go to Statement Page 45

C. If Else statement D. Switch statement

Following are object oriented programming languages EXCEPT A. C# B. C++

C. LISP Page 29

D. JAVA

Operator overloading _______________Writability but Readability is affected. A. Increases B. Stabilizes

C. Decreases

D. Has no affect on