DISC OPERATING SYSTEM (DOS) QUIZ

Which of the following program is not a utility?

Spooler

Debugger

Editor

All of these

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Loaders that allow for program relocation are called

relative loaders

both (a) and (b)

None of these

relocating loaders

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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

multipass compiler

one pass compiler

cross compiler

optimizing compiler

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In what module, multiple instances of execution will yield the same result even if one instancy has not terminated before the next one has begun?

reenterable module

recursive module

non-reusable module

serially reusable

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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?

macroprocessor

two pass assembler

compiler

load-and-go assembler

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

03 16

F8

0111EF

42 65 61 72

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Assembly code data base is associated with

a permanent table of decision rules in the form of patterns for matching with the uniform symbol table to discover syntactic structure

assembly language version of the program which is created by the code generation phase and is input to the assembly phase

consists of a full or partial list or the tokens as they appear in the program. Created by Lexical analysis and used for syntax analysis and interpretation

a permanent table which lists all key words and special symbols of the language in symbolic form

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In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the description "resolving symbolic address (labels) and generating machine language" is associated with

Code generation

Assembly and output

Syntax analysis

Storage assignment

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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:

compiler

translator

system software

assembler

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A loader is

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

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

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

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

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