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Question	Answer	% Correct
What type of software translates high-level code to low-level code one line at a time?	Interpreter	85%
What is the other form of user interface?	Graphical user interface	52%
What form of user interface involves typing commands?	Command line interface	38%
What acts as a layer between a piece of hardware and the OS?	Device driver	30%
What programming language incorporates mnemonics?	Assembly language	27%
What method of memory management dynamically splits memory into chunks?	Segmentation	26%
What software combines fragmented files?	Defragmenter	23%
Why would you want to optimise code?	To improve execution speed or to reduce storage/memory space	23%
What precedes syntax analysis as part of compilation?	Lexical analysis	21%
What software may report a number of errors all at once when translating code?	Compiler	17%
What scheduling algorithm makes use of league tables?	Multi-level feedback queues	15%
What does MBR stand for?	Master Boot Record	14%
What problem is associated with using virtual memory or paging and segmentation?	Disk threshing	12%
Name one type of language that object code can be.	Machine code or intermediate code	9%
What source of interrupt typically has the highest priority?	Imminent power failure	6%
What register is checked after every fetch-decode-execute cycle?	Interrupt register	5%
What method is used to maximise the number of jobs processed in a specific time?	Scheduling	5%
Give any reason as to how closed source software compete with open source software.	Better quality/testing/support or recognition as an industry standard	3%
What risk is associated with dynamically linking libraries to your code?	Accidentally deleting the libraries, hence breaking the code.	2%
What is the third stage of compilation?	Code generation	2%