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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 readable by the CPU

  It must be machine code

  It must have been compiled

 2. Source code is usually written in machine code.

  TRUE

  FALSE

 3. Source code can be written in a …

  script prompter

  text editor

  instruction writer

  data maker

 4. Object code is produced by a …

  human

  random number generator

  secondary storage device

  computer program

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

  TRUE

  FALSE

 6. A .exe file would contain source code.

  FALSE

  TRUE

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

  source code

  object code

  design layout

  program name

 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?

  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

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

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

  escrow

  lien

  harbour


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