COMPILER DESIGN QUIZ

1) What is a compiler?

• a) system program that converts instructions to machine language
  

• b) system program that converts machine language to high-level language
  

• d) None of the mentioned
  

2. Which of the following is a stage of compiler design?

• a) Semantic analysis
  

• b) Intermediate code generator
  

• c) Code generator
  

• d) All of the mentioned
  

3) Which of the following error can a compiler check?

• a) Syntax Error
  

• b) Logical Error
  

• c) Both Logical and Syntax Error
  

• d) Compiler cannot check errors
  

4)Which of the following is a system program that integrates a program’s individually compiled modules into a form that can be executed?

• a) Interpreter
  

• b) Assembler
  

• c) Compiler
  

• d) Linking Loader
  

5)What is CFG?

• a) Regular Expression
  

• b) Compiler
  

• c) Language expression
  

• d) All of the mentioned
  

6) Which of the following is correct regarding an optimizer Compiler?

• a) Optimize the code
  

• b) Is optimized to occupy less space
  

• c) Both of the mentioned
  

• d) None of the mentioned
  

7 In which of the following phase of the compiler is Lexical Analyser?

• a) Second
  

• b) Third
  

• c) First
  

• d) All of the mentioned
  

8 Why Generation of intermediate code based on an abstract machine model is useful in compilers?

• a) Writing for intermediate code generation
  

• b) Portability of the front end of the compiler
  

• c) Implementation of lexical analysis and syntax analysis is made easier
  

• d) All of the mentioned
  

9)Which of the following is known as a compiler for a high-level language that runs on one machine and produces code for a different machine?

• a) Cross compiler
  

• b) Multipass compiler
  

• c) Optimizing compiler
  

• d) One pass compiler
  

10)Which of the following concept of FSA is used in the compiler?

• a) Code optimization
  

• b) Code generation
  

• c) Lexical analysis
  

• d) Parser