This document contains 9 questions about compilers for a class assignment. It asks students to define a compiler and list its major functions. It asks them to differentiate compilers, interpreters, and assemblers. It also asks students to explain the analysis-synthesis model of compilation and factors that affect compiler design. Additional questions cover identifying errors in code and the compiler phases that would detect them, cousins of compilers, symbol tables and their data structures, one-pass and two-pass compilers, linkers and loaders, front ends and back ends of compilers.

1. Unit-1
Assignment-1
Introduction
Prof. Ankita Chauhan
Ce dept. MBICT
1. What is compiler? List major functions done by compiler.
2. Differentiate compiler, interpreter and Assembler.
3. Explain the analysis synthesis model of compilation. List the factors that affect the design
of compiler. Or (explain structure of compiler.) Or (Draw different phases of Compiler
with example. Also explain all Phase in brief. )
4. Find errors and identify the phase of compiler detecting them for following C program
segment. Justify your answers.
int fi( int);
char a[10], * cptr;
int k = 1 ;
int j = 2;
float f;
cptr = a;
if (k);
fi(k);
fi( j )
++k;
*(cptr + 1 ) = 0 ;
++ a;
n + *k ;
5. Explain cousins of compiler or context of compiler.
6. What is a symbol table? Discuss any two data structures suitable for it & compare their
merits / demerits. Also compare one pass & two pass compilers.

2. Unit-1
Assignment-1
Introduction
Prof. Ankita Chauhan
Ce dept. MBICT
7. Explain linker and loader in details.
8. Differentiate single pass and multi-pass compiler.
9. Explain front end and back end in details.