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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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What is a programming language?

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What are the different levels of programming languages?

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hardware > machine language > assembly language > high-level language

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What is a programming paradigm?

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basic assumptions, ways of thinking, or methodologies that are commonly accepted by members of a group or community

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Give four examples of programming paradigms.

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object-oriented, imperative, logic, and functional

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How is a program written in machine language?

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How are machine language instructions processed by the CPU?

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Is it possible to have conditions and loops in code written in machine language?

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no

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How is a program written in assembly language different from a program written in machine language?

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machine language is composed of 1’s and 0’s only
assembly language uses characters and numbers

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Is code written in assembly language executed in sequential order?

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What is needed to execute a program in assembly language?

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an assembler

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What is the function of an assembler?

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What are the three elements that every single high-level programming language is able to handle?

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All high-level programming languages require that a variable be defined with a specific data type. (T or F)

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What is the function of a compiler?

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15
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Is the compiler the one running the program?

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no

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16
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How did punch cards work? (bonus)

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17
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What are the registers in the CPU? How do they play a role in the execution of instructions in a computer? (bonus)

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18
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When a value is stored in a variable, what actually happens in the computer? Where is it stored and how does the computer refer to the place it is stored?

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19
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Are there languages that support more than one paradigm?

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yes

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20
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Give two examples of object-oriented programming languages.

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C++ and Java

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21
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What is the programming paradigm of Scheme?

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functional?

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What is the key idea of procedural programming?

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What is the key idea of object-oriented programming?

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What is the key idea of functional programming?

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What is the key idea of logic programming?

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What are the main features of procedural programming?

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What are the main features of object-oriented programming?

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What are the main features of functional programming?

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29
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What are the main features of logic programming?

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30
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Inheritance is a feature of imperative programming. (T or F)

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F

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Instance variables are available in imperative programming. (T or F)

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What is a language?

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33
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What is a high-level programming language?

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What is a low-level programming language?

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35
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Is Java low-level or high-level?

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high-level

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36
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What does object-oriented programming mean?

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37
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What is an operator?

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38
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What is a lexical rule?

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What is a syntactic rule?

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40
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What is a semantic rule?

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41
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What is a lexical error?

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42
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What is a syntactical error?

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43
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Give an example of a lexical rule in Java.

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44
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Give an example of a syntactical rule in Java.

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45
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int $ = 1;

Is this sentence correct on the lexical, syntactical, and semantics level in Java?

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lexical = yes
syntactical =
semantics =

46
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int x = ‘a’;

Is this sentence correct on the lexical, syntactical, and semantics level in Java?

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lexical = yes
syntactical = yes
semantics = yes

47
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for(;;);

Is there a syntactical error in this sentence in Java?

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no

48
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Does a lexical error cause a syntactical error?

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49
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Does a syntactical error cause a lexical error?

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50
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12938102&qwerty-1a1a1a/xyzw(;}”aaa999;

(written in Java)
How many words are there?
Are there any lexical errors?
Are there any syntactical errors?

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2, no, yes

51
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int Int = 0xFF-.7/7.;

(written in Java)
How many words are there?
Are there any lexical errors?
Are there any syntactical errors?

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1, no, yes

52
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What is a compiler?

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53
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What is an assembler?

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54
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What is a linker?

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55
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What is object code?

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56
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What is an interpreter?

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57
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What does portability mean?

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58
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What does it mean when a compiler + a virtual machine are used to process a program?

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59
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What does it mean when a compiler + compiler are used to process a program?

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60
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What is intermediate code?

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61
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What is the main advantage of using an interpreter over using a compiler?

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62
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What is the main advantage of using a compiler over an interpreter?

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63
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What are the primitive data types?

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int, float, double, char, void

64
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What types are not primitive?

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array, structure, union, enum

65
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How do objects, arrays, and primitive variables look in the memory?

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66
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Where are primitive global variables stored in the memory?

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67
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Where are primitive local variables stored in the memory?

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68
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Where are non-primitive global variables stored in the memory?

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69
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Where are non-primitive local variables stored in the memory?

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70
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What is a reference?

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71
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What is the heap?

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72
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What is the stack?

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73
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What is stack overflow?

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74
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What is the size of an int (in bytes)?

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4

75
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What is the size of a long (in bytes)?

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8

76
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What is the size of a float (in bytes)?

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4

77
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What is the size of a double (in bytes)?

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8

78
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What is a variable?

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79
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Why does a variable need a data type?

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80
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Is Java a weakly-typed or strongly-typed language?

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strongly-typed

81
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What is casting?

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82
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What is coercion?

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83
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What is structural equivalence?

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84
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What is name equivalence?

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85
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Does Java apply structural equivalence for non-primitive data?

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86
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Does Java apply name equivalence for non-primitive data?

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87
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Which language has strong-type checking?

Java
C
C++

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Java
C++?

88
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Which language has weak-type checking?

Java
C
C++

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C

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