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Shelly Cashman Series Lab - Choosing a Programming Language
Name ____________________________________
Course and Division _______________________
Date ___________________ Page 1 of 2
As you step through the Interactive Lab, answer the following
questions in the spaces provided. For multiple choice
questions, enter the appropriate letter on the blank line.
1. A programming language is a set of written words and
symbols that have meaning for the computer. True or False?
_____________
2. As computers have become more sophisticated, programming
languages have become more _____________.
a. cryptic
b. user-friendly
c. wordy
d. error-prone
3. Computers with different _____________ have different
machine languages.
a. input devices
b. output devices
c. storage devices
d. processors
4. Assembly language programs are converted into machine
language using a(n) _____________.
a. assembler
b. compiler
c. interpreter
d. pre-compiler
5. High-level languages _____________.
a. contain nouns and verbs
b. are machine-dependent
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b
6. With a 4GL, a programmer specifies the steps required
to perform a task. True or False? _____________
Shelly Cashman Series Lab - Choosing a Programming Language
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7. In OOP, sets of instructions are called _____________.
a. objects
b. methods
c. 4GL's
d. application generators
8. List six programming languages commonly used
today.
_________________ ___________________ ___________________
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9. Microsoft's Visual Basic is bundled free with the MS-DOS
operating system. True or False? _____________
10. Java is a simple _____________ that can be used to develop small
programs call applets.
a. machine language
b. assembly language
c. object-oriented language
d. fourth-generation language
11. C++ is pronounced _____________.
a. C plus-plus
b. C double-plus
c. C add-add
d. C double-add
12. List the four factors to consider when choosing a
programming language.
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