A loader is_________________?

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

In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the term “Syntax analysis” is associated with________________?

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

Loaders that allow for program relocation are called__________________?

A. relative loaders
B. relocating loaders
C. both A and B
D. None of the above

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

A. ASRA
B. ADDA h#01FE, i
C. LOADA h#OD4E, i
D. STOREA h#014B, d

In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the term “Lexical analysis” is associated with________________?

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

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

A. Top-down development
B. Bottom-up development
C. Left-Right development
D. All of the above

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

A. index mode
B. indirect mode
C. absolute mode
D. immediate mode

Job Control Language (JCL) statements are Used to___________________?

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

Multiprogramming was made possible by____________________?

A. operating systems
B. input/output units that operate independently of the CPU
C. both A and B
D. neither A nor B

An algorithm is best described as_______________?

A. A computer language
B. A branch of mathematics
C. A step by step procedure for solving a problem
D. All of the above