Midterms | Programming Languages

Question 1

First successful programming language

Answer 1

FORTRAN, 1956

Question 2

Used for solving engineering and scientific problems

Answer 2

FORTRAN, 1956

Question 3

Minicomputer and mainframe computer applications in business

Answer 3

COBOL, 1959

Question 4

Especially useful in high-level mathematics

Answer 4

ALGOL, 1960

Question 5

Most frequently used with microcomputers and minicomputers

Answer 5

BASIC, 1964

Question 6

Science, engineering, and business applications

Answer 6

BASIC, 1964

Question 7

Development-stage language

Answer 7

BCPL, 1965
B, 1969

Question 8

Combines the power of assembly language with the ease of use and portability of high-level language

Answer 8

C, 1970

Question 9

High-level, general-purpose language

Answer 9

Pascal, 1971

Question 10

Used for teaching structured programming

Answer 10

Pascal, 1971

Question 11

Based on Pascal

Answer 11

ADA, 1975

Question 12

ADA is used by the —

Answer 12

U.S. Department of Defense

Question 13

First electronic spreadsheet

Answer 13

VisiCalc, 1978

Question 14

Response to complexity of C

Answer 14

C++, 1980

Question 15

Incorporates object-oriented programming methods

Answer 15

C++, 1980

Question 16

Powerful high-level language with advanced user features

Answer 16

QuickBASIC, 1985

Question 17

Visual language programming methods; design environments

Answer 17

Visual C, 1992
VisualBASIC, 1993

Question 18

Advanced user-friendly features

Answer 18

VisualBASIC, 1993