Exam 10: Application Development

Binary CPU instructions, called ____, are the earliest programming languages.

​____________________ are detailed, precise statements of formal logic written as sequences of CPU instructions.

____ models provide the detail needed to develop a system that meets users' needs.

A program's ____ version omits the symbol table and debugging checkpoints to reduce program size and increase execution speed.

​____ are integrated collections of models, tools, techniques, and processes.

Software has surpassed hardware to become the most costly component of most information systems.

A(n) ____________________ is an automated tool for testing executable programs.

Source and object code files are compiled and linked as a whole.

Reduced productivity, dissatisfied customers, and poor managerial decisions are just a few indirect costs of software that doesn't address users' needs completely or correctly.

A 5GL program contains nonprocedural rules that mimic the rules people use to solve problems.

A(n) ____________________ provides extensive security controls to prevent programs from accessing unauthorized resources or damaging the hardware, OS, or file system.

​List two capabilities of a symbolic debugger.

A symbolic debugger uses the symbol table, memory map, and source code files to trace memory addresses to specific source code statements and variables.

____________________ assist programmers in writing syntactically correct code by verifying syntax as the code is being typed and highlighting errors.

A ____ is a source code instruction that controls the execution of other source code instructions.

Unlike 2GL programs, 3GL programs must be translated into binary CPU instructions before the program is executed.

User needs are stated in general or abstract terms in basic computer language.

____ programming languages guarantee program portability between other OSs and application programs.

A ____ defines the name and data type of program variables.

A(n) ____________________ lists the memory location of every function and program variable, and a programmer can use it to trace error messages containing memory addresses to corresponding program statements and variables.