02H1 - ALGOL-Based Languages

Question 1

Derived from Algorithmic Language

Answer 1

ALGOL

Question 2

Originally developed in the mid-1950s

Answer 2

ALGOL

Question 3

Designed specifically for programming scientific computations

Answer 3

ALGOL

Question 4

What are the three major specifications of ALGOL?

Answer 4

ALGOL 58, 60, and 68

Question 5

Characteristics: Block Structure, Parameter passing, Structured Control Statements, Recursion, Dynamic Arrays, Reserved words, user-defined data types

Answer 5

ALGOL

Question 6

What is the meaning of BASIC?

Answer 6

Beginner’s All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

Question 7

Originally designed as a teaching language by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz in the early 1960s

Answer 7

BASIC

Question 8

Described as easy to learn, especially for the non-science oriented individuals

Answer 8

BASIC

Question 9

Can be implemented on computers with small memory capacity

Answer 9

BASIC

Question 10

First widely used language that was used through terminals connected to a remote computer

Answer 10

BASIC

Question 11

What is the meaning of PL/I

Answer 11

Programming Language I

Question 12

Introduced by the IBM in the 1960s

Answer 12

PL/I

Question 13

Represents the first large-scale attempt to design a language that could be used for various application areas

Answer 13

PL/I

Question 14

Programs were allowed to create concurrently executing subprograms

Answer 14

PL/I

Question 15

Pointers were included as data type

Answer 15

PL/I

Question 16

It was possible to detect and handle 23 different types of exceptions or runtime errors

Answer 16

PL/I

Question 17

Subprograms were allowed to be used recursively, but the capability could be disabled, allowing more efficient linkage for non-recursive subprograms

Answer 17

PL/I

Question 18

Cross-section of arrays could be referenced

Answer 18

PL/I

Question 19

Designed in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth

Answer 19

Pascal

Question 20

Pascal was named after?

Answer 20

Blaise Pascal

Question 21

Has been most useful as a teaching tool

Answer 21

Pascal

Question 22

Used as a beginner’s programming language

Answer 22

Pascal

Question 23

By the mid-1970s, it was the most widely used language for instruction

Answer 23

Pascal

Question 24

Originally developed by Dennis Ritchie in 1972

Answer 24

C

Question 25

Designed for systems programming

Answer 25

C

Question 26

Implemented in the UNIX operating system

Answer 26

C

Question 27

Has adequate control statements and data-structuring facilities to allow its used in many application areas

Answer 27

C

Question 28

Has a rich set of operators that provide a high degree of expressiveness

Answer 28

C

Question 29

Developed for the US Department of Defense in the 1970s

Answer 29

Ada

Question 30

What Ada was derived from

Answer 30

Augusta Ada Bryon

Question 31

Improves code safety and maintainability by using the compiler to find errors in favor of runtime errors

Answer 31

Ada

Question 32

It includes extensive facilities for exception handling

Answer 32

Ada

Question 33

Program units can be generic in ...

Answer 33

Ada

Question 34

It provides for concurrent execution of special program units , named tasks, using rendezvous mechanism.

Answer 34

Ada