plumiClassification of programming languages and translators: AQA GCSE Computer Science questions
Every AQA GCSE Computer Science exam question on 3.4.4 Classification of programming languages and translators, 2022–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 14 questions on Classification of programming languages and translators, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q06.1 (2 marks): Compilers and assemblers are both types of program translator. Complete the table below with a tick () for each type of translator for which the statement is t
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q06.2 (2 marks): State two differences between assembly language and machine code. [2 marks] 1 2
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q10 (2 marks): Which two statements are true about machine code? Shade two lozenges. [2 marks] A Machine code is directly executed by the processor. B Machine code is easily u
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q11 (3 marks): Describe three differences between high-level programming languages and low-level programming languages. [3 marks] 1 2 3
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q12 (6 marks): Describe how compilers and interpreters operate. [6 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q12.1 (2 marks): Figure 4 shows three programs (A, B, C) that add two numbers and output the result. The programs are written in different programming languages. Figure 4 A B C
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q12.2 (1 mark): State one advantage of writing programs in assembly language instead of a high-level language. [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q12.3 (1 mark): Shade one lozenge to show which statement is true about program translators. [1 mark] A A compiler translates all the original program code before execution. B
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q06 (2 marks): Programming languages can be classified as low-level or high-level. Shade two lozenges to show the statements that are true about code written using a low-level
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q07.1 (1 mark): State the purpose of an assembler. [1 mark]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q07.2 (4 marks): Explain how an interpreter works. [4 marks]
- Specimen, Paper 2, Q07.1 (1 mark): Shade one lozenge to show the statement that is true about Figure 4. [1 mark] A None of the examples of code is in a low-level language. B Only one of the examp
- Specimen, Paper 2, Q07.2 (4 marks): Explain why a developer, who is good at both low-level and high-level programming, would normally use high-level languages when writing programs. [4 marks]
- Specimen, Paper 2, Q07.3 (2 marks): Statements A and B refer to two different types of program translator. Statement A: This type of translator can convert a high-level language program into machi
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