LANGUAGE PROCESSORS QUIZ

A base register table

is a term that refers to the control programs of an operating system

allows multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the same time

allows the programmer to write base registers and displacements explicitly in the source program

is used to remember which of the general-purpose registers are currently available as base registers, and what base addresses they contain

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A compiler for a high-level language that runs on one machine and produces code for a different machine is called

optimizing compiler

one pass compiler

cross compiler

multipass compiler

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Multiprogramming was made possible by

neither (a) nor (b)

both (a) and (b)

operating systems

input/output units that operate independently of the CPU

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A translator which reads an entire programme written in a high level language and converts it into machine language code is:

translator

system software

compiler

assembler

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Which of the following system program forgoes the production of object code to generate absolute machine code and load it into the physical main storage location from which it will be executed immediately upon completion of the assembly?

load-and-go assembler

two pass assembler

macroprocessor

compiler

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An Interpreter is

program that accepts a program written in a high level language and produces an object program

a program that automate the translation of assembly language into machine language

is a program that appears to execute a source program as if it were machine language

a program that places programs into memory and prepares them for execution

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

absolute mode

index mode

immediate mode

indirect mode

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Convert the .WORD d#790 assemblylanguage pseudo-ops into hexadecimal machine language:

0111EF

03 16

42 65 61 72

F8

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Loaders that allow for program relocation are called

both (a) and (b)

relative loaders

relocating loaders

None of these

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Job Control Language (JCL) statements are Used to

Specify, to the operating system, the beginning and end of a job in a batch

Allocate the CPU to a job

All of these

Read the input from the slow-speed card reader to the high-speed magnetic disk

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