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Principles of Programming Languages

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fortran, Algol and COBOL are all PLs under scientific domain

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

Perl was created based on Ruby programming language, both scripting languages.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Von Neumann Architecture uses memory to store both instructions and data. The processor reads them, performs the needed operations, and then puts the result back into memory.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

Most of the early PLs are under the scientific domain.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

Fortran 95 allows use of special words as names for program variables.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

Readability, writability, and reliability are commonly applied as definitive metrics to identify the best programming language across all domains.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

Variable names in Fortran I is up to ___ characters

a)

6

b)

5

c)

4

d)

3

8.

LISP is based on the data structure ___________.

a)

Linked-List

b)

Array

c)

Trees

d)

Matrix

9.

The programming language initially used for ATMs.

a)

COBOL

b)

Smalltalk

c)

Ada

d)

Java

10.

PL developed by students for students to learn programming

a)

BASIC

b)

PL/1

c)

SNOBOL

d)

APL

11.

PL used by Apple in the early years

a)

Ruby

b)

Kotlin

c)

Python

d)

Pascal

12.

The First machine independent PL is :

a)

Algol

b)

Fortran

c)

Plankalkul

d)

Python

13.

1.   PL for air-traffic control in various European countries and space programs.

a)

Ada

b)

COBOL

c)

Java

d)

Fortran

14.

PL designed for system simulation.

a)

SIMULA

b)

BASIC

c)

COBOL

d)

JAVA

15.

Program evaluation criteria can be used to compare the best programming language existing in the market.

a)

False

b)

True