Grade 9 Program Design and Problem Solving Quiz 1

Translator which is used to convert codes of assembly language into machine language is known as?

• Attempter

• Assembler

• Debugger

• Compiler

The low level language that uses machine code is called?

• Assembly language

• Machine language

• Pascal

• C + +

How many classes of programming languages exist?

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 5

How many generation of programming languages are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

A set of instructions that tell a computer how to perform a specific task is a...

• Computer Program

• Algorithm

• Machine Code

• Binary Code

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

• Assembly

• C++

• Java

• Python

Which of the following is not an advantage of using a low level language?

• Makes more efficient use of primary memory.

• Tailor a program to a specific piece of hardware.

• To perform a task very quickly.

• To enable the program to be run on multiple platforms.

What is the name for the software used to convert high level language into machine code?

• Assembler

• Interpreter

• Compiler

• Translator

What does binary code mean?

• a coding system using the binary digits 0 and 1.

• a coding system using the binary digits 1-10

• 1000100100

• code.org

Java, Python, PHP, and C++ are examples of

• low level languages

• medium level languages

• Graphic arts languages

• high level languages