SRM University 2007 B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering BANK : SYSTEM SOFTWARE - Question Paper

11. provide the functions performed in pass two of an assembler
12. How the assembler translate the register to register instruction ?
13. discuss base and no base assembler directives.
14. describe literals.
15. describe "literal pools".
16. What is LTORG ?
17. What is a literal table LITTAB ?
18. elaborate the kinds of expressions ?
19. What is absolute expression ?
20. What is relative expression ?
21. describe program blocks
22. describe control parts.
23. discuss the use assembler directive.
24. elaborate the 2 assembler directives used to identify external reference ?
25. What is EXTDEF ?
26. What is EXTREF ?
27. elaborate the kinds of 1 -pass assembler ?
28. What is load and go assembler ?
29. What is the use of multi pass assembler ?
30. What is presume assembler directive ?
31. How the JUMP instructions are assembled in a MASM assembler ?
32. What is near JUMP ?
33. What is far JUMP ?






Unit –III

1. Define loader.
2. What are the functions of loaders ?
3. Define loading.
4. Define relocation.
5. Define linking
6. What do you mean by linkage loader ?
7. How to design of an absolute loader ?
8. What is the use of text record in absolute loader ?
9. What is bootstrap loader ?
10. What are machine dependent loader features ?
11. What are machine independent loader features ?
12. Define relocating loaders.
13. Define relative loaders.
14. What are the 2 kinds to relocating the programs using loaders ?
15. Define relocation bit
16. Define bitmask.
17. Define the concept of program linking
18. Write the steps for pass1 of loader.
19. Write the steps for pass2 of loader.
20. What is the use of ESTAB in loader ?
21. Define referrence number.
22. Write short notes on automatic library search.
23. Write short notes on loader choices.
24. What is the use of INCLUDE command
25. What is the use of DELETE command
26. What is the use of change command
27. Define linkage editor
28. Define linking editor
29. Define load and call
30. How to load and call of a subroutine using dynamic linking
31. Define binding
32. Write short notes on bootstrap loaders.
33. Wrtite any 3 MS-DOS object module
34. What are the 2 kinds of linkers in SUNOS linker
35. Define dynamic executable in sunos linker.










UNIT –IV

1. Define macro
2. Define macro instruction.
3. Define expanding of macros
4. Define macro invocation
5. Define the term macro call with example.
6. Define arguments
7. Write short notes on macro definition.
8. Write short notes on macro expansion.
9. Write the steps for pass1 of macroprocessor
10. Write machine independent macroprocessor features.
11. How to cancatenate 2 macros ?
12. How to generate the unique tags in macroprocessor ?
13. Write short noates on conditional macro expansion.
14. Define the term conditional assembly.
15. What is macro time variable.
16. Write 3 various macro invocation statement.
17. Give example for WHILE statement.
18. What is positional parameters.
19. What is keyword parameters.
20. Define the term recursion macro expansion.
21. Define macro definition
22. Write difference ranging from general purposse macroprocessor and special purpose macroprocessor ,
23. What is preprocessor ?
24. What is the use of #define in ANSI c macro language.
25. Write 1 example of masm macro conditional language.
26. Write 1 example of ELENA macro definition and invocation.
27. Give example of ELENA macro time instructions
28. Give example of ELENA macro headers.
29. Define tokens
30. Write short notes on ELEna macroprocessor
31. Write short notes on ANSI c macro language
32. Write short nores on MASM macroprocessor
33. State advantages of line by line approach
34. Define integrated macroprocessor.









UNIT – V

1. Define complier
2. Define grammer
3. Define syntax
4. Define semantics
5. What is the use of assignment operator ?
6. Define tokens.
7. What is lexical analyser
8. What is scanner ?
9. What are the 3 main compilation process of compiler ?
10. Define terminal symbols
11. Define non terminal symbols.
12. Give example for ambiguous
13. Give example for unambigous
14. Give example for parse tree
15. Define finite automaton
16. Give the graphical representation of a finite automaton.
17. What is syntatic analysis
18. Define operator precedence
19. What is shit decrease parsing ?
20. Give example for recursive descent parsing
21. What is code generation ?
22. What is intermediate form ?
23. What are machine independent compiler features ?
24. What is structured variables ?
25. Write short notes storage allocation ?
26. State the functions of interpretor.
27. State the funtions of complier.
28. Write the difference ranging from interpreter and compiler.
29. Write short notes on grammar and semantics
30. Difference ranging from terminal symbols and non terminal symbols

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