Programming Boot Camp-Quiz I

What is machine code?

• A low-level programming language consisting of binary digits/bits that the computer reads and understands

• A high-level programming language consisting of instruction lists that humans can read and understand

• A low-level programming language consisting of hexadecimal digits that make up high-level language instructions

• A medium-level programming language consisting of the assembly code designed for the computer processor

What are the four fundamental elements that make a language?

• An alphabet, a lexis, phonetics, and semantics

• An alphabet, phonetics, phonology, and semantics

• An alphabet, a lexis, a syntax, and semantics

• An alphabet, morphology, phonetics, and semantics

What do you call a file containing a program written in a high-level programming language?

• A code file

• A machine file

• A source file

• A target file

What is true about compilation? (Select two answers)

• Both you and the end user must have the compiler to run your code

• It tends to be slower than interpretation

• The code is converted directly into machine code executable by the processor

• It tends to be faster than interpretation

What is the best definition of a script?

• It's an error message generated by the interpreter

• It's an error message generated by the compiler

• It's a text file that contains sequences of zeroes and ones

• It's a text file that contains instructions which make up a Python program

Select the true statements. (Select two answers)

• Python is a good choice for creating and executing tests for applications

• Python is free, open-source, and multiplatform

• Python is a good choice for low-level programming, e.g., when you want to implement an effective driver

• Python 3 is backwards compatible with Python 2

What is CPython?

• It's the default, reference implementation of the C language, written in Python

• It's the default, reference implementation of Python, written in the C language

• It's a programming language that is a superset of the C language, designed to produce Python-like performance with code written in C

• It's a programming language that is a superset of Python, designed to produce C-like performance with code written in Python

What do you call a command-line interpreter which lets you interact with your OS and execute Python commands and scripts?

• A console

• Jython

• A compiler

• An editor

What is the expected behavior of the following program?
print("Hello!")

• The program will output Hello! to the screen

• The program will output "Hello!" to the screen

• The program will generate an error message on the screen

• The program will output ("Hello!") to the screen

What is the expected behavior of the following program?
prin("Goodbye!")

• The program will generate an error message on the screen

• The program will output "Goodbye!" to the screen

• The program will output Goodbye! to the screen

• The program will output ("Goodbye!") to the screen