8. Programming & App Development

Question 1

What is a compiled programming language?

Answer 1

Programming language that is compiled before execution

i.e. C++, C#, COBOL, PASCAL

Question 2

What is an interpreted programming language?

Answer 2

Programming language that does not need to be compiled before executed

i.e. JavaScript, Perl, Python

Question 3

How is interpreted programming languages executed?

Answer 3

Via interpreter

Question 4

What do interpreters do?

Answer 4

Converts code into machine code at runtime

Question 5

What type of programming languages run faster?

Answer 5

Compiled programming languages

Question 6

What type of programming languages is more likely to run on any platform?

Answer 6

Interpreted programming languages

Question 7

2 ways interpreters are implemented?

Answer 7

By being part of the OS or provided as a VM

i.e. Java VM

Question 8

What are query languages designed for?

Answer 8

Retrieving records from a dataset

i.e. SQL

Query code does not need to be compiled

Question 9

What is assembly language?

Answer 9

Low-level programming language that is closely related to machine code

Question 10

Purpose of a markup language?

A markup language is NOT a programming language

Answer 10

Make data in a document accessible to a program

i.e. HTML, XML

Question 11

What is a script?

Answer 11

Smaller piece of code than a program

They’re targeted at completing a specific task

Question 12

What are batch files?

Answer 12

Command-line instructions in a .CMD file

Question 13

3 app delivery methods?

Answer 13

• Local install
• Network server install
• Cloud hosted model

Question 14

What programming concept allows for variable size container?

Answer 14

Vector

Vectors are like arrays but can grow or shrink in size as elements are added or removed