PCEP Practice Exam V2

Which statement about an interpreter is true?

• It executes source code instruction by instruction without producing a separate executable.
• It always translates the whole program into machine code before running it.
• It is the same thing as a linker.
• It can only run code written in machine language.

The set of rules describing how correct statements are FORMED in a language is called its:

• syntax
• semantics
• console
• interpreter

Which is a characteristic of a high-level programming language?

• It uses human-readable keywords and must be translated for the processor.
• It consists only of zeros and ones.
• It is executed directly by the CPU with no translation.
• It cannot contain comments.

What are the data types of these literals, in order?
42, 2.5, "0", False

• int, float, str, bool
• int, float, int, bool
• int, float, str, int
• float, float, str, bool

What are the data types of these values, in order?
10//310 // 310//3 , 10/310 / 310/3 , "10", 77 % 27

• int, float, str, int
• float, float, str, int
• int, int, str, int
• int, float, str, float

• 1 , int
• 1.5 , float
• 2 , int
• 1.0 , float

• 14
• 20
• 100
• 36

Which TWO expressions evaluate to a non-zero result? (select two)

Which TWO expressions evaluate to zero? (select two)