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04 - Stages of compilation

 1. What is a compiler?

  A type of transformer

  A program that transforms one computer language into another

  A type of memory

  A mythical creature

 2. What is the first stage of compilation?

  Binary analysis

  Spelling analysis

  Grammatical analysis

  Lexical analysis

 3. High level languages have key words and symbols called a lexicon.

  TRUE

  FALSE

 4. The compiler looks for key words that cannot be broken down further. These are called …
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  lexemes

  intervenes

  memes

  genes

 5. The compiler reads and translates comments.

  FALSE

  TRUE

 6. The compiler produces a token '___'

  list

  table

  chart

  schedule

 7. The second stage is called …

  synthetic analysis

  simultaneous analysis

  synthesised analysis

  syntactic analysis

 8. This second stage involves looking for errors that are noted in the compiler report.

  TRUE

  FALSE

 9. The third stage is called …

  instruction authoring

  code generation

  binary production

  primary execution

 10. In this third stage, each token is …
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  reduced in size

  converted into a high level language

  automatically corrected to remove errors

  converted into machine code


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