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03 - Source code and object code

 1. Which of the following is a feature of source code?
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  It will use the language in which the program was originally written

  It must be machine code

  It must have been compiled

  It must be readable by the CPU

 2. Source code is usually written in machine code.

  FALSE

  TRUE

 3. Source code can be written in a …

  script prompter

  instruction writer

  text editor

  data maker

 4. Object code is produced by a …

  computer program

  secondary storage device

  human

  random number generator

 5. A program written in C is an example of object code.

  TRUE

  FALSE

 6. A .exe file would contain source code.

  TRUE

  FALSE

 7. Commercial software developers usually want to keep the '___' '___' confidential.

  source code

  program name

  design layout

  object code

 8. It is easy to work out the original source code from object code in binary.

  TRUE

  FALSE

 9. Why is it more difficult to protect source code that is converted into bytecode object code?

  It is easier to work out the source code from the bytecode than from machine code

  The source code will not be sufficiently complex

  It is impossible to keep the source code confidential

  The bytecode will be identical to the source code

 10. Source code is sometimes kept by a third party in …
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  harbour

  escrow

  lien

  deposit


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