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What is the only thing that computers understand?
A level Computer Programming Quiz 1
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Hello and welcome to this online revision platform, gcequiz.com. Here we have a quiz on A level computer programming which has been set based on the national advanced level syllabus for the gce advanced level has 15 questions with each question having four options of which just one and only one of them is correct.
What do you think computer programming is?
Computer programming is simply a way whereby a computer is given a set of instructions about what it should do and the instructions are there to solve problems or to perform a series of tasks. These instructions are called codes and codes are written by computer programmers.
How does computer programming work?
- You write your code to tell the computer what to do
- The code which you’ve written is being compiled
- Then the computer executed the code
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Before a computer can understand a program it must be...
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Question 3 of 16
A list of instructions that enable a computer to perform a specific task is a...
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When writing a computer programmers most program use...
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Question 5 of 16
A language that requires no knowledge of the hardware or the instruction set of the computer is called...
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A language that is close to human language and which is easy to write, debug and maintain is known as...
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Question 7 of 16
Resolving errors in a program is known as...
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Question 8 of 16
Which of the following is not a high level programming language?
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Question 9 of 16
Languages that relate to the architecture and hardware of a specific computer are known as...
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Question 10 of 16
Which of the following is not an advantage of using a low level language?
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What is the name for the software used to convert an assembly language program into machine code?
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Question 12 of 16
Which of the following command would not be found in an assembly language?
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The 3 main types of translators are...
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Which type of translator creates an executable file of machine code from a program written in a high level language?
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Software that translates and executes a high level language program one line at a time is known as a?
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What is a high-level programming language that was developed in the mid-1970s. It is now used to write applications for nearly every available platform.