SYMCA (Part (Under Faculty of Engg.) Examination, 2017
SYSTEM PROGRAMMING
Day and Date Saturday, 6-5-2017 Total Marks 100
Time 3.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.
1. MCQ 20
A is the association of an attribute of a program entity with a
value.
Binding Linker
Loader None of the above
A software tool is a program.
System Application
Linker None of the above
An assembler is a language translator whose source language is
language.
Assembly C
Binary None of the above
The primary function performed by the is the building of the
symbol table.
Analysis phase Code generation
Code optimization None of the above
rules which govern the formation of valid statements.
Syntax Semantic
Both a and b None of the above
are used to provide a program generation facility through
macro expansion.
Macro Function
Software tools None of the above
P.T.O.
Seat
No.
SLR-L 12
We use the term to represent the rules of meaning of a
domain.
Language Semantic
Grammar None of the above
The problem of forward reference is tackled using a process called
Linker Back patching
Loader None of the above
An tree is an abstract syntax tree.
Expression Binary
Skewed None of the above
10) are used to reduce the main memory requirement of a
program.
Program Overlay
Function None of the above
11) A static binding is a binding performed the execution of a
program.
Before After
Both a and b None of the above
12) is a language processor which bridges an execution gap
without generating a machine language program.
Interpreter Compiler
Both a and b None of the above
13) The default flow of control during macro expansion is
Random Sequential
Both a and b None of the above
14) The gap between the PL and execution domains is called
Execution gap Load gap
Link gap None of the above
15) A software tool is a program
System Application
Linker None of the above
16) Address assigned by the is called translation time.
Compiler Interpreter
Translator None of the above
17) Address assigned by is called load time address.
Loader Linker
Compiler None of the above
18) instruct the assembler to perform certain action during the
assembly of a program.
Assembler directive Macros
Commands None of the above
19) A is the specification of legal values for variable of the
type.
Data type Linker
Loader None of the above
20) The CPU uses to note address of the next instruction.
Program counter Linker
Loader None of these
SECTION I
2. Write short note on (any 4).
Macro definition and call.
Pass structure of assembler.
Nested macro call.
Macro.
Assembler directives.
3. Answer the following
Explain advanced macro facilities and data structures of macro pre-processor
in detail. 10
Explain design of two pass assembler in detail. 10
OR
Explain elements of assembly language programming in detail. 10

SECTION II
4. Write short note on (any 4).
Programming environment.
Absolute loader scheme.
Code generation.
p-code compiler.
Program linking.
5. Answer the following
What is editor Explain types of editors in detail. 10
Explain user interface in detail. 10
OR
Explain storage allocation of compiler in detail. 10