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Date May 2019 Marks available 2 Reference code 19M.1.SL.TZ0.9
Level SL Paper 1 Time zone no time zone
Command term Identify Question number 9 Adapted from N/A

Question

Compilers translate source code into object code. Identify two other operations performed by a compiler.

Markscheme

Award [2 max].
Pre-processing;
Lexical analysis;
Parsing;
Semantic analysis;
Syntax analysis;
Linking;
Optimisation;

Examiners report

A good range of the possible correct answers for this question was seen, but the most common correct answer was ‘syntax analysis’. However, a high proportion of the answers for this question were too general, or they repeated the example given in the question.

Syllabus sections

Topic 4: Computational thinking, problem-solving and programming » 4.3 Introduction to programming
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