Which of the following is not true of FORTRAN?

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1 PART II : A brief historical perspective and early high level languages, a bird's eye view of programming language concepts. Syntax and semantics-language definition, syntax, abstract syntax, concrete syntax, and pragmatics, semantics, an introduction to formal semantics, languages. ((MARKS (/2/3... Which of the following is most oriented to scientific programming B _CHOICE FORTRAN COBOL BASIC PL/ A TIO ((MARKS (/2/3... Which of the following is not true of FORTRAN?

2 B _CHOICE TIO it was developed for scientific and mathematic applications it is one of the oldest high-level languages it is a problem oriented language All of the above A It is early but not oldest. ((MARKS (/2/3... B Which of the following is an example of problem oriented language BASIC PL/ FORTRAN All of above D

3 _CHOICE TIO ((MARKS (/2/3... B _CHOICE Which of the following languages is case-sensitive (i.e., IF is not same as if? BASIC C FORTRAN None of above B TIO

4 ((MARKS (/2/3... B _CHOICE TIO In the evaluation of a computer language, all of the following characteristics should be considered except? Environment : S/w development tools Efficiency readability hardware maintainance costs D ((MARKS (/2/3... B A factor in the selection of a source language is programming writability language availability program compatibility with other software

5 _CHOICE all of the above D TIO ((MARKS (/2/3... B _CHOICE TIO Which of the following generations of language will likely include the languages of the future? first generation second generation or third generation fourth generation fifth generation C Aim of Risk analysis phase in the spiral model is to eliminate the high risk problems before they threaten the project operation or cost. ((MARKS

6 (/2/3... ((OTION_B _CHOICE TIO BNF was used for which developed by? Alan Turing Joseph Jacquard John Backus Alonzo Church C Backus developed BNF notation which was used in the development of Algol 60. ((MARKS (/2/3... ((OTION_B the origins of the major computational models that early computer scientists developed are? A. the Lambda-calculus B. Turing Machine C. Propositional and Predicate Logic D. All of the above B Only A,and B

7 _CHOICE B and C D D TIO ((MARKS (/2/3... ((OTPION_ B _CHOICE TIO Programming language 'FORTRAN' stands for formula translator. formula translation. free translator. free translation. A

8 ((MARKS (/2/3... ((OTPION_ B _CHOICE TIO Programming language 'COMAL' stand for common algorithmic language. common arithmetic language. common arithmetic learning. common algorithmic learning. A for this question. ((MARKS (/2/3... Programming language used to encourage logical thinking is classified as PASCAL.

9 ((OTPION_ B _CHOICE TIO COBOL. PROLOG COMAL. C for this question. ((MARKS (/2/3... ((OTPION_ B _CHOICE TIO Which of the following is machine independence program? High level language Low level language Assembly language Machine language A

10 ((MARKS (/2/3... ((OTPION_ B _CHOICE TIO Which of the following is called low level languages? Machine language Assembly language Both of the above None of above C Option A and B are m/c dependent languages ((MARKS (/2/3... The first electronic computer in the world was UNIVAC

11 ((OTPION_ B _CHOICE TIO EDVAC ENIAC All of above C ((MARKS (/2/3... ((OTPION_ B _CHOICE TIO High level language is also called Problem oriented language Business oriented language Mathematically oriented language All of the above D No explanation

12 ((MARKS (/2/3... ((OTPION_ B _CHOICE TIO In the third Generation of computers Distributed data processing first became popular An operating system was first developed High level procedural language were first used Online real time systems first become popular D ((MARKS (/2/3... ((OTPION_ Algebraic datatypes have been successfully used for formal specifications of Abstract syntax Concrete syntax

13 B _CHOICE TIO Pragmatics Semantics A ((MARKS (/2/3... ((OTPION_ B _CHOICE TIO Which aspect of language deals with the meaning of words and sentences? phonology pragmatics semantics syntax C

14 ((MARKS (/2/3... B _CHOICE TIO It is the study of the meaning of languages. Pragmatics Syntax Linguistics Semantics D ((MARKS (/2/3... The rules of a language are called its. Structure

15 B _CHOICE TIO Code Syntax Rigidity C ((MARKS (/2/3... B _CHOICE TIO The syntax of a programming language is defined by a context free grammar. Abstract Concrete Both None B

16 ((MARKS (/2/3... B _CHOICE The syntax defines the way the programs look like to the evaluator/compiler. Abstract Concrete Both None A TIO

1. In waterfall model, output of one phase is input to next phase. True or false.

1. In waterfall model, output of one phase is input to next phase. True or false. a) True b) False ANSWER: a) True Comment: The output of requirement gathering is creation of URS (User requirement specification)