EXERCISES, LESSON 2
INSTRUCTIONS. The following exercises are to be answered by marking the lettered
response that best answers the question or best completes the incomplete statement or
by following the special instructions.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to, "Solutions to Exercises" at
the end of the lesson and check your answers.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: MATCHING.
For exercises 1
through 5,
match each
programming language to the appropriate description. Enter the letter you have
selected in the space provided. (There is one extra lettered statement that will not be
used.)
1. FORTRAN _____
a. Used extensively in Europe.
2. PASCAL _____
and business; easy to learn.
3. BASIC _____
c. Developed for scientific and mathematical
4. COBOL _____
applications.
5. ALGOL _____
d. Business data processing applications; retrieves
data from files easily.
mathematical applications; very structured;
named after a philosopher.
f. Developed for use in hospitals.
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