MURANG’A TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
DIPLOMA IN ICT (M23)
ASSIGNMENT 1
NAME: YUSUF LUCHENDO
REG NO: 1001
DATE: 10.06.2023
LEC NAME: MADAM MAARA
QN 1: DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STORAGE IN
A COMPUTER SYSTEM.
PRIMARY STORAGE SECONDARY STORAGE
● Can easily access data directly ● Can't access data directly through the
through the processing unit. processing unit.
● Has volatile memory which won't ● Non-volatile memory which even
access data incase of power single after power failure data are still
failure. accessible.
● Also known as Main memory or ● Also known as Supplementary or
Inner memory. Auxiliary memory.
● Accessible by data bus. ● Accessible by I/O channels.
● Small storage capacity hence can't ● Large storage capacity hence can
store much data. store much data.
● Pricier than secondary storage. ● Cheaper compared to primary
storage .
QN 2: OUTLINE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF:
A. LOW-LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
● Provide direct control over ● Programmers must know deeply about
computer hardware. the computer hardware to interact
● Debugging is easy as it's closer to with it.
computer. ● No space for errors, programmers
● Sufficient memory management have to write error free code for the
enables programmers manage the computer hardware.
computer memory directly hence ● Time consuming, memory and
faster execution. complexity of instructions have to be
● Can write highly efficient code managed.
used in software that requires high ● Less portable and have to be hardware
efficiency. specific.
B. HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
● Easy to read and understand. ● Requires more processing time to convert
● Can run on any system or code into machine code hence slower
multiple platforms without execution.
modifications. ● Less control results to difficulty in
● Efficient in memory usage and optimizing code for specific systems.
execution time. ● Use additional functions and structures to
organize code and requires higher
memory usage.
QN 3: OUTLINE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A COMPILER AND AN
INTERPRETER
COMPILER INTERPRETER
● Takes an entire program as input. ● Takes a single instruction as input.
● Compiles programs every time. ● Converts higher level program into
lower level program every time.
● Display errors after checking the ● Display errors for every instruction.
whole program.
● Requires more memory for object ● Requires less memory.
code generation.
● Intermediate object code is ● No Intermediate object code is
generated. generated.
● Faster conditional control statements ● Slower conditions control statements
execution. execution.
QN 4: DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS OF A
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE.
SYNTAX SEMANTICS
● Errors are easy to identify. ● Errors are hard to identify.
● Errors are encountered after program ● Errors are encountered at run
execution. time.
● Doesn't relate with meaning of the
statement. ● Relates with statement meaning.
● Defines rules and regulations that
help to write any statement in a ● The meaning of the associated
programming language. line of code in a programming
language.
QN 5: IN ATHLETICS TRACK EVENTS, MEDALS ARE AWARDED TO THE
FIRST 3 ATHLETES. POSITION 1 GETS A GOLD MEDAL, POSITION 2 GETS A
SILVER MEDAL, AND POSITION 3 GETS A BRONZE MEDAL.
A. WRITE A PSEUDOCODE TO REPRESENT THAT.
START
INPUT Position
IF Position 1
PRINT "Gold"
IF Position 2
PRINT "Silver"
ELSE IF Position 3
PRINT "Bronze"
END IF
STOP
B. DRAW A FLOWCHART TO REPRESENT THAT
