Which type of program is machine-independent?
Correct answer D. High level language
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What is another name for a functional language?
Correct answer A. Application language
What are compilers and interpreters themselves?
Correct answer D. Programs
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Which language does MS Word use to create macros?
Correct answer C. Visual Basic
In which language are Excel macros written?
Correct answer A. Visual Basic
What kind of program is MS Access?
Correct answer B. Data Base
Which types of command does SQL, a query language, include?
Correct answer D. All of the above
What is a collection of data organised so that it can be accessed, retrieved and used called?
Correct answer C. Database
Which errors can a compiler check?
Correct answer B. Syntax Error
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What is rearranging data into a new sequence known as?
Correct answer C. Sorting
What is the process of locating and fixing or bypassing errors in program code called?
Correct answer A. Debugging
What is the translator that takes an assembly language program as input and produces machine code as output called?
Correct answer D. Assembler
Which statement about computer programs is true?
Correct answer B. High level languages must be converted into machine language to execute
Which type of language reflects the way people think mathematically?
Correct answer D. Functional
Which type of program is ready to run and needs no changes of any kind?
Correct answer C. Executable
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What is a detailed written description of the programming cycle and the program, together with test results and a printout of the program, called?
Correct answer D. Documentation
What is a set of rules that tells the computer which operations to perform called?
Correct answer B. Programming language
Which type of file holds permanent data and is updated as transactions are processed?
Correct answer B. Master file
Which of these numbers cannot be a binary number?
Correct answer A. 202
How many different characters does the standard ASCII coding system provide?
Correct answer D. 128 different characters