Programming Languages I

What is the only thing that computers understand?

• Machine Code
• Low Level Languages
• High Level Languages
• Algorithms

A set of instructions given to a computer to perform specific tasks is called

• program

• programming

• hardware

• steps

A list of instructions that enable a computer to perform a specific task is a...

• Computer Program
• Algorithm
• Machine Code
• Binary Code

____ is used to declare a variable

• DIM

• DELETE

• DATA

• GOTO

Answer explanation

DIM statement is use to declare the data type of a variable.

When writing a computer program most program use...

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

There are (a)   main types of programming language.

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

BASIC programming was developed in the

• England

• USA

• France

• China

Answer explanation

BASIC, Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, computer programming language was developed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in the mid 1960s.

Resolving errors in a program is known as...

• Debugging
• Refixing
• Error Checking
• Problem Solving

What must you do if "Syntax Error" appears?

• Check for flaws, edit, and rerun.

• It may be a programmer's error.

• Close the programme

  Delete it

• None of the above

Answer explanation

Syntax errors are mistakes in the source code, such as spelling and punctuation errors, incorrect labels, and so on, which cause an error message to be generated by the compiler.