Previous year question paper for SP (B-TECH information technology 4th)

1. Introduction: Introduction to system programming and different types of system programs –

editors, assemblers, macro-processors, compilers, linkers, loader, debuggers. [2]

2. Assemblers: Description of single pass and two pass assemblers, use of data structures like OPTAB

and SYMTAB, etc.

3. Macroprocessors: Description

macro expansion.

[9]

of macros, macro expansion, conditional and recursive

[5]

4. Compilers: Various phases of compiler – lexical, syntax and semantic analysis, intermediate

code generation, code optimization techniques, code generation, Case study : LEX and YACC. [9]

5. Linkers and Loaders: Concept of linking, different linking schemes, concept of loading and

various loading schemes. [5]

6. Editors: Line editor, full screen editor and multi window editor, Case study MS-Word, DOS Editor

and vi editor.

7. Debuggers: Description of various debugging techniques