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1 Which concept of grammar is used in the compiler
A Parser
B Code optimization
C Lexical analysis
D Code generation

Answer: Parser
2 Object program is a
A Translation of high-level language into machine language
B Program to be translated into machine language
C Program written in machine language
D None of the mentioned

Answer: Translation of high-level language into machine language
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3 The symbol table implementation is based on the property of locality of reference is
A Hash Table
B Self Organisation
C Linear list
D None of the above

Answer: Hash Table
4 What goes over the characters of the lexeme to produce a value?
A Scanner
B Lexical generator
C Parser
D Evaluator

Answer: Scanner
5 Two Important lexical categories are
A White Space & Comments
B White Space
C Comments
D None of the mentioned

Answer: White Space & Comments
6 Which grammar defines Lexical Syntax
A Lexical Grammar
B Context free Grammar
C Regular Grammar
D None of the above

Answer: Lexical Grammar
7 When expression sum=3+2 is tokenized then what is the token category of 3
A Integer Literal
B Addition Operator
C Identifier
D None of the above

Answer: Integer Literal
8 It has encoded within it information on the possible sequences of characters that can be contained within any of the tokens it handles .Above motioned function is performed by?
A Syntactic Analyser
B Parser
C Scanner
D All of the mentioned

Answer: Scanner
9 A programmer, by mistake, writes an instruction to divide, instead of a multiply, such error can be detected by a/an
A compiler
B interpreter
C compiler or interpreter test
D None of these

Answer: None of these
10 A system program that set-up an executable program in main memory ready for execution is
A loader
B linker
C assembler
D None of the above

Answer: loader
11 A compiler is a program that
A places programs into memory and prepares them for execution.
B automates the translation of assembly language into machine language.
C accepts a program written in a high level language and produces an object program.
D None of the above

Answer: accepts a program written in a high level language and produces an object program.
12 The process of forming tokens from an input stream of characters is called_____
A Tokenization
B Liberalisation
C Characterisation
D None of the mentioned

Answer: Tokenization
13 In an aboslute loading scheme, which loader function is accomplished by programmer?
A Allocation
B LInking
C Reallocation
D both (A) and (B)

Answer: both (A) and (B)
14 Advantage of using assembly language rather than machine language is that
A introduction of data to program is easier
B it is mneomonic and easy to read
C addresses any symbolic not absolute
D All of these

Answer: All of these
15 Language which have many types, but the type of every name and expression must be calculated at compile time are
A strongly-type languages
B weakly typed languages
C loosely typed languages
D none of these

Answer: strongly-type languages
16 Advantage of incorporating the macro-processor into pass 1 is that
A functions are combined and it is not necessary to create intermediate files as output from the macro-processor and input to the assembler.
B more flexibility is available to the programmer in that he may use all the features of the assembler in conjunction with macros.
C many functions have to be implemented twice
D all of these

Answer: all of these
17 Which of the following is a phase of a compilation process ?
A Lexical analysis
B Code generation
C Both (a) and (b)
D None of these

Answer: Both (a) and (b)
18 A simple two-pass assembler does which of the following in the first pass ?
A It computes the total length of the program
B It builds the symbol table for the symbols and their values.
C It allocates space for the literals
D All of these

Answer: All of these
19 Compiler can diagnose
A grammatical errors only
B logical errors only
C grammatical as well as logical errors
D None of these

Answer: grammatical errors only
20 Assembler is a program that
A places programs into memory and prepares them for execution
B automates the translation of assembly language into machine language
C accepts a program written in a high level language and produces an object program.
D None of these

Answer: automates the translation of assembly language into machine language

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