System Programming MCQs

2019

1. A. Fill in the blanks:

1. (a) ____ Loader is a loader which is executed when a system is first turned on or
restarted.
o Answer: Bootstrap
2. (b) A ____ links the program with other programs needed for its execution.
o Answer: Linker
3. (c) An assembly language is a ____ level programming language.
o Answer: Low
4. (d) Resolution of externally defined symbols is performed by a ____.
o Answer: Linker
5. (e) Parsing is also known as ____.
o Answer: Syntax analysis

1. B. State whether the following statements are True or False:

1. (a) Predictive parser can be recursive.

o Answer: True
2. (b) Bottom-up parsing involves only operator check.
o Answer: False
3. (c) In a two-pass assembler, the object code generation is done during the second
pass.
o Answer: True
4. (d) The machine-independent phase of a compiler is only code generation.
o Answer: False
5. (e) Type checking is normally done during syntax analysis.
o Answer: False
6. (f) Loader is a system software that resides in the main memory.
o Answer: True
7. (g) Bootstrapping is a language compiling other programs.
o Answer: True
8. (h) Removing whitespace is one of the functions of a lexical analyzer.
o Answer: True
9. (i) A Compiler construction has six phases.
o Answer: False
10. (j) A lexical phase of a compiler generates a syntax tree.
o Answer: False

1. C. Choose the correct answer:

1. (a) Translator for low-level programming languages were termed as:

o Options: (i) Assembler (ii) Compiler (iii) Linker (iv) Loader
o Answer: (i) Assembler
2. (b) Load address for the first word of the program is called:
 o Options: (i) Linker address origin (ii) Load address origin (iii) Phase library
(iv) Absolute library
o Answer: (ii) Load address origin
3. (c) The translator that performs macro expansion is called a:
o Options: (i) Macro processor (ii) Macro pre-processor (iii) Micro pre-
processor (iv) Assembler
o Answer: (i) Macro processor
4. (d) A program in execution is called:
o Options: (i) Process (ii) Instruction (iii) Procedure (iv) Function
o Answer: (ii) Instruction
5. (e) An assembler is:
o Options: (i) Programming language dependent (ii) Machine dependent (iii)
Syntax dependent (iv) Data dependent
o Answer: (ii) Machine dependent

2022

1. A. Fill in the blanks:

1. (a) A ____ instruction is used to move the content of a memory word to a register.
o Answer: Load
2. (b) The action of parsing the source program into the proper syntactic classes is
known as ____.
o Answer: Lexical analysis
3. (c) A ____ table is a data structure used by a language translator such as a compiler
or interpreter.
o Answer: Symbol
4. (d) Macro-processor is an inbuilt function of ____.
o Answer: Assembler
5. (e) Code optimization aims at improving the ____ of a program.
o Answer: Efficiency

1. B. State whether the following statements are True or False:

1. (a) An identifier table contains all the constants of a program.

o Answer: False
2. (b) A non-relocatable program is a program that can perform the relocation of its
own address-sensitive instructions.
o Answer: False
3. (c) A lexical expansion is typically employed to replace occurrences of actual
parameters by the corresponding formal parameters.
o Answer: True
4. (d) In a two-pass assembler, the task of Pass II is to synthesize the target program.
o Answer: True
5. (e) When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader
is executed called Boot Strap Loader.
o Answer: True
 6. (f) Resolution of externally defined symbols is performed by the compiler.
o Answer: False
7. (g) An instruction pointer provides the offset value within the program stack.
o Answer: True
8. (h) When dealing with the branching code, the assembler replaces the target with its
address.
o Answer: True
9. (i) A macro within a macro is called a nested macro.
o Answer: True
10. (j) In a compiler, keywords of a language are recognized during the lexical analysis
of the program.
o Answer: True

1. C. Choose the correct answer:

1. (i) The system software that always resides in main memory is:
o Options: (a) Text Editor (b) Loader (c) Linker (d) Assembler
o Answer: (b) Loader
2. (ii) ____ is a generic term referring to any computer software, which manages and
controls the hardware so that application software can perform a task.
o Options: (a) Operating System (b) Application Software (c) System Software
(d) All of the above
o Answer: (a) Operating System
3. (iii) The translator that performs macro expansion is called a:
o Options: (a) Macro processor (b) Microprocessor (c) Micro pre-processor (d)
Assembler
o Answer: (a) Macro processor
4. (iv) The first pass of the assembler is only to define symbols so the second pass can
then generate the ____.
o Options: (a) Address, instruction (b) Symbols, data (c) Symbols, instruction,
and addresses (d) Address, symbol
o Answer: (c) Symbols, instruction, and addresses

2023

1. A. Fill in the blanks:

1. (a) When we start the computer, a special type of absolute loader is executed known
as ____.
o Answer: Bootstrap Loader
2. (b) Code optimization is an optional phase designed to improve ____.
o Answer: Efficiency
3. (c) The action of parsing the source program into the proper syntactic classes is
known as ____.
o Answer: Lexical analysis
4. (d) Macro definition is enclosed between a ____ statement and ____ statement.
o Answer: Macro, Mend
1. B. State whether the following statements are True or False:

1. (a) In a two-pass assembler, the symbol table is generated in the second pass.
o Answer: False
2. (b) Imperative, declarative, and assembler directives are three kinds of statements
supported by an assembly program.
o Answer: True
3. (c) A loader program links the program with other programs needed for its execution.
o Answer: True
4. (d) The translator which performs macro expansion is called a micro-preprocessor.
o Answer: False
5. (e) Program relocation is the process of modifying the address used in the address-
sensitive instructions of a program.
o Answer: True
6. (f) An assembly language is machine-dependent.
o Answer: True
7. (g) In a compiler, keywords of a language are recognized during the semantic
analysis of the program.
o Answer: False
8. (h) The opcode table contains two entries for each assembly language mnemonic.
o Answer: False
9. (i) A macro definition within another macro is called a nested macro.
o Answer: True
10. (j) The structure of a compiler consists of eight phases.
o Answer: False

1. C. Choose the correct answer:

1. (i) Select the addressing mode, in which the operand is given explicitly in the
instruction itself:
o Options: (a) Immediate mode (b) Absolute mode (c) Indirect mode (d) Index
mode
o Answer: (a) Immediate mode
2. (ii) Select the software that gives permission to your computer to communicate with
the user, applications, and hardware:
o Options: (a) System software (b) Word processor (c) Application software (d)
Database software
o Answer: (a) System software
3. (iii) The phase of the compiler that generates a stream of tokens is called:
o Options: (a) Syntax Analysis (b) Lexical Analysis (c) Semantic Analysis (d)
Parsing
o Answer: (b) Lexical Analysis
4. (iv) In an assembly language program, each statement consists of two operands, the
first operand is ____ and the second operand is ____:
o Options: (a) Register, accumulator (b) Register, memory word (c) Memory
word, register (d) Memory word, accumulator
o Answer: (b) Register, memory word