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Compiler Design MCQ Quiz

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Below are few Compiler Design MCQ test that checks your basic knowledge of Compiler Design. This Compiler Design Test contains around 20 questions of multiple choice with 4 options. You have to select the right answer to a question. You can see the correct answer by clicking view answer link.

1. A optimizing compiler

  • Is optimized to take less time for execution
  • Optimized the code
  • Is optimized to occupy less space
  • None of the mentioned
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2. Which of the following actions an operator precedence parser may take to recover from an error?

  • Delete symbols from the stack
  • Insert symbols onto the stack
  • Inserting or deleting symbols from the input
  • All of the mentioned
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3. Shift reduce parsers are

  • Bottom up parser
  • Top down parser
  • Top down parserMaybe both
  • None of the mentioned
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4. Which of the following is used for grouping of characters into tokens?

  • Parser
  • Code generator
  • Lexical analyser
  • Code generator
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5. In a compiler, keywords of a language are recognized during -

  • the code generation
  • parsing of the program
  • the lexical analysis of the program
  • dataflow analysis
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6. Compiler translates the source code to

  • Machine code
  • Binary code
  • Executable code
  • Both 1 and 2
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7. What is the output of lexical analyzer?

  • A list of tokens
  • Intermediate code
  • A parse tree
  • Machine code
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8. How many parts of compiler are there?

  • 8
  • 4
  • 2
  • 1
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9. ......................is a process of finding a parse tree for a string of tokens.

  • Analysing
  • Recognizing
  • Tokenizing
  • Parsing
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10. ......................is a process of finding a parse tree for a string of tokens.

  • Analysing
  • Recognizing
  • Tokenizing
  • Parsing
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11. Compiler can check ________ error.

  • Syntax
  • Content
  • Logical
  • Both A and B
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12. ......................is the most general phase structured grammar.

  • Regular
  • Context free
  • Context sensitive
  • All of these
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13. A _________ is a software utility that translates code written in higher language into a low level language.

  • Text editor
  • Compiler
  • Converter
  • Code optimizer
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14. The graph that shows basic blocks and their successor relationship is called

  • Flow graph
  • control graph
  • Hamiltonion graph
  • DAG
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15. When a computer is first turned on or resrarted, a special type of absolute loader is executed called

  • Boot strap loader
  • " Compile and GO " loader
  • Relating loader
  • Boot loader
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16. When a computer is first turned on or resrarted, a special type of absolute loader is executed called

  • Boot strap loader
  • " Compile and GO " loader
  • Relating loader
  • Boot loader
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17. A self-relocating program is one which

  • consists of a program and relevant information for its relocation
  • cannot be made to execute in any area of storage other than the one designated for it at the time of its coding or translation
  • can itself perform the relocation of its address sensitive portions
  • all of these
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18. Scissoring enables -

  • entire data to be displayed
  • full data display on full area of screen
  • a part of data to be displayed
  • no data to be displayed
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19. which is the permanent data base in the geneal model of Compiler ?

  • identifier table
  • literal table
  • terminal table
  • source code
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20. which of the following parsers is the most powerful ?

  • Operator - precedence
  • LALR
  • SLR
  • Canonical LR
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