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Software Quiz - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 158 times
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- The average score is 4 of 20
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| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What type of software translates high-level code to low-level code one line at a time? | Interpreter | 82%
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| What is the other form of user interface? | Graphical user interface | 50%
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| What form of user interface involves typing commands? | Command line interface | 37%
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| What acts as a layer between a piece of hardware and the OS? | Device driver | 25%
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| What programming language incorporates mnemonics? | Assembly language | 24%
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| What method of memory management dynamically splits memory into chunks? | Segmentation | 23%
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| Why would you want to optimise code? | To improve execution speed or to reduce storage/memory space | 22%
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| What precedes syntax analysis as part of compilation? | Lexical analysis | 20%
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| What software combines fragmented files? | Defragmenter | 16%
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| What software may report a number of errors all at once when translating code? | Compiler | 14%
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| What scheduling algorithm makes use of league tables? | Multi-level feedback queues | 14%
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| What problem is associated with using virtual memory or paging and segmentation? | Disk threshing | 13%
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| What does MBR stand for? | Master Boot Record | 10%
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| Name one type of language that object code can be. | Machine code or intermediate code | 8%
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| What source of interrupt typically has the highest priority? | Imminent power failure | 5%
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| What register is checked after every fetch-decode-execute cycle? | Interrupt register | 5%
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| What method is used to maximise the number of jobs processed in a specific time? | Scheduling | 5%
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| What is the third stage of compilation? | Code generation | 4%
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| Give any reason as to how closed source software compete with open source software. | Better quality/testing/support or recognition as an industry standard | 3%
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| What risk is associated with dynamically linking libraries to your code? | Accidentally deleting the libraries, hence breaking the code. | 1%
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