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CSE 230 midterm 1 Questions and Correct
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An assembly language programmer's view of the microprocessor
Ans: instruction set architecture
Assembly language instructions that can be executed by the processor
Ans: instruction set
Storage within the processor
Ans: register
Addresses where data comes from and where it goes when it is
executed
Ans: addressing mode
Binary encoding of instructions and data
Ans: machine language
The representation of symbols in a source alphabet by strings of binary
digits
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Ans: binary encoding
What translates symbolic assembly language code into binary machine
language code?
Ans: assembler
When using a HLL, does a programmer need an understanding of the
underlying instruction set architecture?
Ans: no
What does using a HLL increase?
Ans: productivity
The rate at which programmers can develop code
Ans: productivity
HLLs are generally hardware-(dependent, independent).
Ans: independent
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A compiler can be written to generate machine language for (any, only
one) target ISA.
Ans: any
Programs written in HLLs are (less, more) portable than those written
in assembly language.
Ans: more
A trait of code that means source code can be modified as required and
recompiled to run on a different machine
Ans: portability
What is a kilobyte?
Ans: 10^3
What is a megabyte?
Ans: 10^6
What is a gigabyte?
Ans: 10^9
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CSE 230 midterm 1 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
An assembly language programmer's view of the microprocessor
Ans: instruction set architecture
Assembly language instructions that can be executed by the processor
Ans: instruction set
Storage within the processor
Ans: register
Addresses where data comes from and where it goes when it is
executed
Ans: addressing mode
Binary encoding of instructions and data
Ans: machine language
The representation of symbols in a source alphabet by strings of binary
digits
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Ans: binary encoding
What translates symbolic assembly language code into binary machine
language code?
Ans: assembler
When using a HLL, does a programmer need an understanding of the
underlying instruction set architecture?
Ans: no
What does using a HLL increase?
Ans: productivity
The rate at which programmers can develop code
Ans: productivity
HLLs are generally hardware-(dependent, independent).
Ans: independent
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A compiler can be written to generate machine language for (any, only
one) target ISA.
Ans: any
Programs written in HLLs are (less, more) portable than those written
in assembly language.
Ans: more
A trait of code that means source code can be modified as required and
recompiled to run on a different machine
Ans: portability
What is a kilobyte?
Ans: 10^3
What is a megabyte?
Ans: 10^6
What is a gigabyte?
Ans: 10^9
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