Software Topics & Programming Languages (Lesson 9)

Question 1

A type of program that runs scripting languages, and allows them to run on any machine with this program.

Answer 1

interpreter

Question 2

A type of language that is converted by a tool into machine code, which can run on a particular machine.

Answer 2

compiled language

Question 3

A type of language that is run one statement at a time by another program.

Answer 3

interpreted language (aka scripting language)

Question 4

A tool that converts compiled language programs into machine code for that machine.

Answer 4

compiler

Question 5

C, C++, Java, and C# are examples of what kind of language

Answer 5

compiled languages

Question 6

Python, Javascript, and MATLAB are examples of

Answer 6

interpreted languages

Question 7

Which typically runs faster?

Compiled or Interpreted

Answer 7

Compiled

Question 8

A type of language that allows a developer to describe a document’s content, desired formatting, or other features.

Answer 8

Markup

Question 9

T or F

HTML is a common programming language

Answer 9

FALSE
Markup languages are not programming languages. They do not execute statement-by-statement and HTML files are not programs.

Question 10

A language that supports decomposing a large program into a set of items. Such a program may be simpler to create and maintain than a language that doesn’t support this.

Answer 10

object-oriented language

Question 11

A language whose variable types do not change during execution.

Answer 11

statically-typed

Question 12

A language whose variable types may change during execution.

Answer 12

dynamically-typed.

Question 13

C++, Java, C#, Python are all examples of what kind of language

Answer 13

object-oriented languages

Question 14

Most compiled languages only support ___ typing.

Answer 14

static

Question 15

Many interpreted languages allow ___ typing.

Answer 15

dynamic

Question 16

A language that puts tags around text to indicate formatting and other features.

Answer 16

Markup

Question 17

A programming language that requires no compilation, and instead can be directly run by another program.

Answer 17

Interpreted

Question 18

A programming language that is first converted to machine code, which can then only run on a particular machine type.

Answer 18

Compiled

Question 19

A set of pre-written functions that carry out common tasks, that a programmer can use to improve productivity.

Answer 19

Library

Question 20

A library’s functions typically all relate to…

Answer 20

the same purpose

Question 21

A programmer need only ___ the library, after which the programmer can call any function in the library.

Answer 21

include

Question 22

___ typed languages let the data types change as a program runs.

Answer 22

dynamically

Question 23

___typed languages require a programmer to declare a variable’s type, which cannot change

Answer 23

statically

Question 24

___languages don’t execute, but describe formatting and other features

Answer 24

Markup

Question 25

Libraries improve productivity by providing premade ___.

Answer 25

functions

Question 26

Which language is NOT considered object-oriented?

C, C++, Java

Answer 26

C predates C++ and Java. C supports functions, but not objects.