COMPUTER SCIENCE ASSIGNMENT (20 MARKS)

SCHOOL OF ICT, AUCHI POLYTECHNIC, AUCHI

COURSE TITLE: SYSTEM PROGRAMMING CLASS: ND II

NAME: MAT. NO:

S/N QUESTIONS ANSWER

Systems programming is the development of computer system software that manages and controls
1 the computer operations (a) system operation (b) system practicing (c) system programming (d) c
system redundancy
___ is a collection of instructions or ordered operations for a computer to perform a specific
2 function (a) software (b) hardware (c) firmware (d) program d

___ are mainly dependent on the operating system. (a) software (b) hardware (c) firmware (d)
3 program a

Software are usually developed by people having ___ knowledge (a) software (b) expert (c)
4 firmware (d) little b

___ is a kind of utility program that is used to convert Assembly language codes into executable
5 machine code. (a) Assembled (b) Assembling (c) Asembler (d) Assembler d

Program are mainly dependent on the ___ (a) software (b) hardware (c) firmware (d) compiler
6 d

Software development life cycle (SDLC) is used to develop every (a) software (b) hardware (c)
7 firmware (d) system a

System Programs Include The Following EXCEPT (A) Compiler (B) Assembler (C) Firmware (D)
8 program d

The ___ is the general term for a software converting tool (a) compiler (b) interpreter (c)
9 firmware (d) translator d

Any program written in a high level language is known as ___ code (a) software (b) source (c) digital
10 (d) object b

11 Generally, there are ___ types of translator (a) three (b) four (c) five (d) two a
An assembler is a program that translates assembly language programs into ___ (a) software code
12 (b) machine language. (c) assembly language. (d) low level language b

13 A binary number is a string of ___ (a) 0 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 0 and 1 (d) 1 and 1 c
___ scans the entire program and translates the whole of it into machine code at once.(a) Compiler
14 (b) interpreter (c) software (d) hardware a

A compiler always generates an ___ object code. (a) software (b) hardware (c) intermediary (d)
15 immediate c

which of the following is an example of application software (a) software processor(b) word
16 processor (c) real processor (d) program processor b

A compiler is a computer program that can translate high-level language into (a) software code (b)
17 machine language. (c) assembly language. (d) low level language b

The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is a good example of a ___ .(a) compiler (b) interpreter (c)
18 a
translator (d) assembler
___ translates just one statement of the program at a time into machine code. (a) Interpreter (b)
19 compiler (c) firmware (d) hardware a

Interpreters are used by programming languages like ___ (a) JavaScript (b) java (c) visual Basic (d)
20 c# a

Compilers are used by programming languages like ___ (a) Java (b) JavaScript (c) python (d) rugby
21 a

The purpose of an assembler is to translate assembly language into ___ (a) object code (b) source
22 code (c) digital code (d) binary code a

___ is a system software that manages computer hardware (a) operation software (b) operating
23 style (c) operating program (d) operating system d

___ is a software program or set of instructions programmed on a hardware device (a) software (b)
24 Firmware (c) firmware (d) program b
 COMPUTER SCIENCE ASSIGNMENT (20 MARKS)
SCHOOL OF ICT, AUCHI POLYTECHNIC, AUCHI
COURSE TITLE: SYSTEM PROGRAMMING CLASS: ND II
A ___ is a software product that allows an enterprise to schedule and track computer batch tasks.
25 (a) scheduler (b) batcher (c) firmware (d) Linker a

A ___ is a piece of software that is responsible for loading executable files into memory to enable
26 the central processing unit (CPU) to run them. (a) program (b) linker (c) firmware (d) loader d

A ___ is a program that takes one or more object files generated by a translator and combines
27 them into one, executable program (a) program (b) linker (c) firmware (d) loader b

Which of the following is an example of a translator (a) software (b) hardware (c) firmware (d)
28 compiler d

Which of the following is NOT a function of operating system (a) software management (b) file
management (c) memory management (d) device management
29 a

___is simply a collection of sets of programs, procedures, data or instructions that directs or
30 instructs the computers on what to do and how to perform well defined functions. (a) software (b) a
hardware (c) firmware (d) program

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