Management Information Systems(Ict-Basic)Q1

Terminal Table

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a permanent table of decision rules in the form of patterns for matching with the uniform symbol table to discover syntactic structure
consists of a full or partial list of the tokens as they appear in the program. Created by Lexical analysis and used for syntax analysis and interpretation
contains all constants in the program
a permanent table which lists all key words and special symbols of the language in symbolic form

The system/370 assembler language

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allows multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the same time
is used to remember which of the general-purpose registers are currently available as base registers, and what base addresses they contain
allows the programmer to write base registers and displacements explicitly in the source program
is a term that refers to the control programs of an operating system

Job Control Language (JCL) statements are Used to

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Allocate the CPU to a job
Specify, to the operating system, the beginning and end of a job in a batch
All of the above
Read the input from the slow-speed card reader to the high-speed magnetic disk

An Interpreter is

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program that accepts a program written in a high level language and produces an object program
a program that automate the translation of assembly language into machine language
is a program that appears to execute a source program as if it were machine language
a program that places programs into memory and prepares them for execution

Indicate which of the following is not true about 4GL?

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Many database management system packages support 4GLs
4GL does not support a high-level of screen interaction
All of the above
A 4GL is a software tool which is written, possibly, in some third generation language

Assembler is

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a program that accepts a program written in a high level language and produces an object program
a program that automate the translation of assembly language into machine language
is a program that appears to execute a source program as if it were machine language
a program that places programs into memory and prepares them for execution

In which addressing mode, the effective address of the operand is generated by adding a constant value to the contents of register?

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absolute mode
immediate mode
indirect mode
index mode

Convert the 11014B machine language instructions into assembly language, assuming that they were not generated by pseudo-ops:

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ASRA
ADDA h#01FE, i
STOREA h#014B, d
LOADA h#OD4E, i

Multiprogramming was made possible by

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neither (a) nor (b)
both (a) and (b)
operating systems
input/output units that operate independently of the CPU

Convert the ASLA assembly language instructions into hexadecimal machine language:

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0111EF
9001E6
DA000F
40

Assembly code data base is associated with

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consists of a full or partial list or the tokens as they appear in the program. Created by Lexical analysis and used for syntax analysis and interpretation
assembly language version of the program which is created by the code generation phase and is input to the assembly phase
a permanent table which lists all key words and special symbols of the language in symbolic form
a permanent table of decision rules in the form of patterns for matching with the uniform symbol table to discover syntactic structure

If special forms are needed for printing the output, the programmer specifies these forms through

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Load modules
IPL
JCL
Utility programs

A non-relocatable program is one which

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can itself perform the relocation of its address-sensitive portions
cannot be made to execute in any area of storage other than the one designated for it at the time of its coding or translation
All Of the abov
consists of a program and relevant information for its relocation

A translator which reads an entire programme written in a high level language and converts it into machine language code is:

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system software
assembler
compiler
translator

A development stategy whereby the executive control modules of a system are coded and tested first, is known as

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All of the above
Bottom-up development
Left-Right development
Top-down development

Which of the following systems software does the job of merging the records from two flies into one?

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Documentation system
Utility program
Security software
Networking software

In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the description "resolving symbolic address (labels) and generating machine language" is associated with

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Assembly and output
Syntax analysis
Storage assignment
Code generation

The advantage(s) of incorporating the macro processor into pass 1 is/ are:

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Functions are combined and it is not necessary to create intermediate files as output from the macro processor and input to the assembler
more flexibility is available to the programmer in which he/she may use all the features of the assembler in conjunction with macros
All of the above
many functions do not have to be implemented twice

In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the term "Lexical analysis" is associated with

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use of macro processor to produce more optimal assembly code
creation of more optional matrix
recognition of basic elements and creation of uniform symbols
recognition of basic syntactic constructs through reductions

Convert the ASCII/BEAR/assembly language pseudo-ops into hexadecimal machine language

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F8
03 16
42 65 61 72
0111EF

Convert the ASLA assembly language instructions into hexadecimal machine language:

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40
0111EF
9001E6
DA000F

The advantage(s) inherent to using high level languages is/are:

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A greater degree of machine independence
All of the above
Fewer people, less management and shorter transition in learning time
Improved debugging capability, and superior documentation

Which of the following functions is/ are performed by the loader?

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Physically place the machine instructions and data into memory
All of the above
Allocate space in memory for the programs and resolve symbolic references between object decks
Adjust all address dependent locations, such as address constants, to correspond to the allocated space

A compiler for a high-level language that runs on one machine and produces code for a different machine is called

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multipass compiler
optimizing compiler
cross compiler
one pass compiler

A self-relocating program is one which

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consists of a program and relevant information for its relocation
All of the above
can itself perform the relocation of its address-sensitive portions
cannot be made to execute in any area of storage other than the one designated for it at the time of its coding or translation

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