Midterm (3)

Question 1

What is machine language?

Answer 1

The only language a CPU understands. Encoded in binary.

Question 2

What is the most defining feature of assembly code compared to higher level languages?

Answer 2

There is usually a 1-to-1 correspondence between an assembly statement and the binary machine code it corresponds to. Higher level languages need to go through more conversion steps first.

Question 3

True or False: Flexibility is an advantage of an interpreted style, and compiled languages execute faster.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

If you were editing a Python program and accidentally deleted a “:”, would that cause a syntax or logic/semantic error?

Answer 4

syntax

Question 5

If a program asks the user for an integer and the user responds with “dfdfdfdf” and this causes the program to bomb, would this be a syntax or a logic/semantic error?

Answer 5

logic/semantic

Question 6

What is a pointer?

Answer 6

A memory location which holds an address/name of some other memory location

Question 7

True or False: In Python, constants and variables MUST be declared the same way.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True or False: A # character can be used to turn the rest of a Python line into a comment.

Answer 8

True