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Comp 410 Y4s1 Question Paper

Comp 410 Y4s1 

Course:Bachelor Of Computer Science

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2010



INSTRUCTIONS:

Question 1 compulsory. Answer Any TWO Questions from Sections B.

SECTION A: 30 marks
QUESTION 1:
i) Explain the following terms. (10marks)
a) Programming language
b) Compiler
c) Debugging
d) Syntax
e) Semantics

ii) Briefly explain the five programming domains. (10 marks)
iii) Outline the five generations of programming languages. (10 marks)
SECTION B 40 marks
QUESTION 2
Discuss the reasons of studying the concepts of programming languages (20 marks)
QUESTION 3
Discuss the most important criteria of judging a programming language
(20 marks)
QUESTION 4
a) Explain the four commonly accepted categories of languages (10 marks)

b) Using illustrations discuss briefly the general methods in which programs are run
(10 marks)

QUESTION 5

a) Explain the most prominent syntactic elements of a language (10 marks)
b) Briefly discuss the program development life cycle (10 marks)






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