Programming Languages Quiz

What is the primary characteristic of every programming language as mentioned in the text?

• A fixed set of high-level operations

• A fixed set of built-in operations

• The ability to create unlimited new operations

• The presence of programmer-defined operations only

According to the text, what do high-level and some low-level languages allow programmers to do?

• Limit the use of built-in operations

• Extend the fixed repertoire with programmer-defined operations

• Remove existing built-in operations

• Use only built-in operations without extensions

What term is used in the text to collectively refer to programmer-defined operations such as subroutines, procedures, methods, or functions?

• Modules

• Scripts

• Software & Networking

• Software

What is the effect of calling a function in programming as described in the document?

• It permanently alters the calling function

• It deletes the calling function

• It allows the calling function to call other functions for their effect

• It has no effect on the calling function

What must be done after a function call is completed according to the calling sequence mentioned in the text?

• The callee must save the return address

• The caller must allocate memory resources for the callee

• The caller must save the return address and the callee's resources

• The caller must reinstate the previously saved memory resources of the callee

What is the responsibility of the callee during a function call?

• To save the return address

• To execute or compute something and return a value

• To reinstate the previously saved memory resources

• To resume executing the caller's code

According to the text, what do high-level programmers not have to worry about when using high-level languages?

• The syntax of the programming language

• The overhead generated by the compiler

• The design of the user interface

• The built-in operations of the language

What is the look and feel of programmer-defined functions compared to built-in commands in well-designed languages, as per the text?

• Completely different

• Identical

• Similar but with notable differences

• There is no standard look and feel

According to the text, what is the consistent calling protocol allowing primitive commands and function calls to be applied seamlessly?

• Using a stack to evaluate expressions

• Using a queue to evaluate expressions

• Using a linked list to evaluate expressions

• Using a register to evaluate expressions

What must both operations expect the caller to do in the context of pushing arguments onto the stack?

• Set the stage by pushing arguments onto the queue

• Set the stage by pushing arguments onto the stack

• Set the stage by pushing arguments onto the heap

• Set the stage by pushing arguments onto the register