Programming Languages: Interpreted, Compiled, Scripting, Markup, and Assembly. IT-FUNDAMENTALS-ITF-CERTIFICATION Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–22

1. 21foundation · easy

   Which phase must complete before a compiled program can be executed?

   • AThe program is converted to assembly language and then immediately executed.
   • BThe entire source code is translated into machine code.
   • CThe interpreter reads the first line of source code.
   • DThe source code is converted into a markup document.
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2. 22application · medium

   A system administrator wants to automate the routine task of copying log files to an archive folder and deleting logs older than 30 days on a Linux server. The task must be easy to modify and run directly from the command line. Which language type is most appropriate?

   • AAn assembly language such as MASM
   • BA compiled language such as C
   • CA markup language such as HTML
   • DA scripting language such as Bash
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