Quiz 2

Question 1

What was the main design criterion of Fortran?

Security, Orthogonality, Efficiency, or Writability?

Answer 1

Efficiency

Question 2

Security was the major design goal of Algol68, T/F?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Languages that are considered semantically safe usually provide strong type systems, memory safety features, and runtime checks to prevent such issues, T/F?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In Java, primitive and reference types behave differently in many contexts, leading to a lack of __________

Efficiency, Generality, Orthogonality, or Uniformity?

Answer 4

Orthogonality

Question 5

A reliable programming language minimizes the chances of errors unexpected behavior, and system failures, thus enhancing the overall trustworthiness of the programs written in it, T/F?

Answer 5

True

Question 6

A lack of ___________ might be seen in languages where certain features are restricted to specific types or contexts

Generality, Orthogonality, Efficiency, or Uniformity?

Answer 6

Generality

Question 7

Java and Python allow additions to the syntax and semantics, T/F?

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Python is the most suitable programming language for time-critical applications, T/F?

Answer 8

False